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Eleven major shipping banks, supported by a number of industry partners including Lloyd’s Register (LR), will launch the Poseidon Principles – a pioneering doctrine that will integrate climate considerations into lending decisions…

Jotun and Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a memorandum of understanding heralding an era of close cooperation and the use of a new, solvent-free primer.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and DNV GL have agreed to cooperate on joint development projects (JDP) for future technologies in the shipbuilding and offshore plant industries.

Oshima Shipbuilding and classification society DNV GL have signed a long-term strategic cooperation to conduct R&D into new bulk carrier designs. Oshima unveiled the first design to result from the cooperation, the…

Lloyds Register (LR) has presented Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with approval in principle (AiP) for a very large crude carrier (VLCC) ‘eco-tanker’ design, capable of using volatile organic compounds (VOC) mixed with…

Cruise operator RCL, technology group Wärtsilä, and classification society DNV GL have joined forces to improve engine room fire prevention.

Ulstein has developed a range of X-BOW® vessels for the RoPax market. The portfolio is based on the ship designers ‘compact concept’ of shorter, wider and slower design solutions, leading to high…

DNV GL and SUMEC’s New Dayang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd have agreed to a Joint Development Project (JDP) to update the Crown 63.5k Bulk Carrier design. The agreement, which follows a strategic cooperation…

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has presented Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute with approval in principle (AiP) for a J-lay heavy lift vessel concept design.

Corvus Energy has unveiled its next generation energy storage system (ESS), aimed at cruise ships, ro-pax and ro-ro vessels.

A pan-industry research consortium investigating the use of composite superstructures in shipbuilding plans to start tests with a demonstration product later this year, writes David Tinsley.

The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine fuel. New designs together with existing ships of Boskalis, Van Oord, the…

ABB has opened a Marine Service Centre in Russia in support of growing Arctic maritime industries, focused on the company’s ship power, propulsion, automation technologies and service capabilities.

Japan’s IHI Group is set to integrate its engine, propulsion and power plant activities into a single organisation so as to realise efficiencies and better respond to evolving market requirements, writes David…

Kongsberg Maritime has formed a partnership with DOF, SINTEF Ocean and NORCE which aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for complex offshore operations, while streamlining fleet-wide maintenance.

Maritime software company, NAPA, has become the first service provider for ClassNK-owned Ship Data Center’s Internet of Ships Open Platform (ShipDC IoS-OP), providing performance analytics and voyage optimisation capabilities.

Bureau Veritas has released a new digital tool to support classification and statutory surveys and audits.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has been awarded recognised organisation (RO) status by the Italian flag administration and is now authorised to issue statutory certification on its behalf to all seagoing ships sailing under…

A new international standard contract governing the services provided during offshore decommissioning has been developed by BIMCO and will be published at the end of June 2019. The contract is to provide…

An appeal for concerted co-operation to prevent Asian and particularly Chinese penetration of high-end European ship production has come from German shipbuilders, writes Tom Todd.