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A Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) box ship has achieved a Maritime Labour Statement of Compliance from Germanischer Lloyd (GL) confirming it meets requirements for the forthcoming ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).

The second of four tough and unusually versatile patrol ships for the Swedish Coast Guard has been named in Germany and will be handed over soon along with the first ship in…

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of its hybrid car carrier ‘Emerald Ace’ at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe shipyard. The ship has been designed to generate zero emissions while…

China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a new joint agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to work on design optimisation for the new Crown MHI bulk carrier concept.

An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.

Finnish company Eniram claims that its latest software product, Optimum Speed Assistant (OSA), will radically change the way the shipping industry manages speed, engine use and fuel consumption.

ABB has released details of a $60million contract to provide complete power and propulsion systems for the two cruise ships ordered by German operator AIDA from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki shipyard.

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has concluded a four-year service contract with US-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line covering the maintenance of the engines on nine of the fleet’s cruise liners.