General News

In late 2010 Wärtsilä initiated a major project to further develop its low-speed engine portfolio to include gas engines, alongside its medium-speed dual fuel engines, as part of the companys strategy.

Rolls-Royce has won a £20 million order from Chinese conglomerate Sinopec to design and equip a specialist seismic research vessel.

Singapore-based ST Engineering announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has been awarded a shipbuilding contract worth about $144 million from Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii (Pasha).

Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world largest shipbuilder and marine engine manufacturer, has produced its 5,000th HiMSEN engine ten years after manufacturing its first unit in 2001.

Royal Caribbean reports on its web site that it has signed a letter of intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft to build a 4,100-passenger cruise ship with an expected delivery in autumn…