General News

Programme leader Hans Hopman of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) outlined the progress in the Sloshing of Liquefied Natural Gas (SLING) project during an event to mark the inauguration of MARINs…

Yanmar Global CS Co., Ltd. (YGCS), a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. has commenced operations at Yanmar Synergy Square (YSQ) in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.

GTT has acquired Areva H2Gen, a French company leader in proton exchange membrane electrolysis.

Ulstein Group has appointed Cathrine K. Marti as the company’s new chief executive officer.

Lloyd’s Register Group (LR) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its energy business unit to London-based investment firm, Inspirit Capital.

Classification society ClassNK has opened new exclusive survey offices in Kandla in India and Valencia in Spain with operations beginning on 1 October 2020.

Hamworthy Pumps is aiming to regain dominance in the pump room systems market with a new alliance with Hoyer Motors.

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a NOK45 million contract to design and equip the third wellboat in a series to be built for Sølvtrans Rederi by the Myklebust Verft yard in Gursken, Norway.

Wärtsilä has won a contract for the delivery and integration engineering of two retractable thrusters and a dynamic positioning (DP) system for the ’CCGS Amundsen’, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker.

Lloyds Register (LR) and the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are collaborating on marine autonomy projects, bringing clarity to the requirements and assisting stakeholders in realising the potential of these systems.

Intertanko paints a bleak picture for tankers under current EEDI plans, in which flaws in the IMO’s initial EEDI baseline could imperil VLCCs as a vessel type.

EEDI reductions for bulk carriers scheduled to be implemented under IMO’s EEDI requirements for newbuilding bulk carrier and tankers from 2025 under EEDI phase 3 “can mostly be met without major changes…

Wilhelmsen and Østensjø have joined forces to fast track the growth of renewable energy company Edda Wind.

DNV GL has presented Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with a general approval of ship application (GASA) for a new concept of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with a centreline oil-tight longitudinal bulkhead.

Wilhelmsen and Hyundai Glovis have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange expertise and improve the companies’ technology and service offerings.

Autonomous shortsea and feeder distribution could disrupt hub-and-spoke logistics, Stevie Knight hears

A four-year service contract for NorthLinks vessels has been awarded to Babcock, which will undertake planned maintenance and dry docking at its Rosyth facility.

ABS and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have updated their Common Structural Rules Software (CSRS) to comply with a 1 July Rule Change Notice from IACS.

A profit-sharing contract between Wärtsilä and Brittany Ferries has resulted in a reduction of operational exhaust emissions for the latter’s vessels.

The UK government is making £900 million available through the new Getting Building Fund for investment in local, shovel-ready infrastructure projects to stimulate jobs and support economic recovery.