General News

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations of Singapore has announced a new order for four platform supply vessels. The vessels, of 5,000dwt capacity, will be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan.

Germanischer Lloyd recently held a forum at its Hamburg head office to discuss exhaust gas scrubbers, which GL agrees provide one solution to tightening regulations governing sulphur emissions from ship engines.

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), managed by Thomas Miller, has highlighted the level of exposure to liability which naval architects can face, especially in today’s financially troubled shipping industry.

Total Lubmarine has announced that uptake of its Talusia Universal marine cylinder lubricant has increased 22% year-on-year, a figure bolstered by a 6% rise in overall lubricant sales in Asia during the…

Siemens Industry Inc. has improved on its Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue Drive Plus C system - a new diesel electric propulsion system available now in the USA.

Bremen-based RWO GmbH - Marine Water Technology, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has secured an order to supply ballast water treatment systems to Hamburg shipping company Peter Döhle.