General News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed an agreement with the UK-based Harris Pye group to carry out after-sales service on MHI marine boilers on a world wide non-exclusive basis.

Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of a new 180,000dwt 292m bulk carrier, Shin Koho, at the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s Tsu Shipyard.

Crane supplier Palfinger Wind reports that an order for 48 platform cranes, to be used for servicing large offshore wind turbines, by turbine producer Repower Systems, has recently been completed.

Rolls-Royce has won a £50 million contract to design and equip two UT 731 CD anchor handling vessels for Farstad Shipping of Norway. They will work in extreme environmental conditions at water…

ABB has announced the start of a marine energy appraisal initiative, intended to help vessel operators lower fuel consumption by reducing their energy use and improving the environment by cutting CO2 emissions.