Repair & Conversion

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bulk carrier owners are increasingly investing in corrosion protection for cargo hold tank tops as they seek to extend vessel life, avoid costly steel replacement work during drydockings and reduce long-term maintenance costs.

29th July 2026

Owners embrace tank top protection

29th July 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec has secured a €7 million order from a global container shipping company to retrofit additional vessels with shorepower technology, further strengthening its position in the growing ship electrification market.

20th July 2026

Cavotec retrofits vessels for shorepower

20th July 2026

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a new campaign aimed at helping feeder vessel owners tackle mounting commercial and regulatory pressures as ageing fleets, stricter emissions rules and rising operating costs reshape the…

16th July 2026

LR targets feeder fleet renewal

16th July 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new European initiative bringing together 19 maritime industry partners has been launched to help shipowners accelerate the decarbonisation of existing vessels through more effective retrofit planning and technology selection.

11th June 2026

EU retrofit project targets decarbonisation

11th June 2026

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

GLO Marine has announced a €6 million investment in a new integrated assembly and production facility in Galați, Romania to strengthen its role as an end-to-end partner for vessel upgrades and decarbonisation…

6th March 2026

GLO Marine expands Romanian production

6th March 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), AIM Horizon Investments and their partners have successfully closed the Fund for Energy Efficiency Technologies (FEET), securing commitments of up to US$35 million, exceeding the…

20th November 2025

New fund boosts green retrofits

20th November 2025

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Atlantic Towing has marked a significant achievement in its environmental efforts with the successful retrofit of its platform supply vessel (PSV), equipped with Vard Electro’s SeaQ energy storage system (ESS).

29th August 2025

PSV ESS retrofit drives fuel savings

29th August 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Elcome International has inked a landmark deal with a Middle East-based shipowner to retrofit boiler control systems on ten crude tankers and product carriers.

27th August 2025

Elcome secures major retrofit deal

27th August 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MEYER RE and Everllence (formerly MAN Energy Solutions) have teamed up to accelerate the adoption of methanol retrofit solutions across the maritime industry.

14th August 2025

Methanol retrofits boost maritime sustainability

14th August 2025

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Kinetics have signed an MoU to develop what they call the world’s first electrified floating ship data centre platform.

7th July 2025

MOL’s electrified floating ship data centre

7th July 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A RoRo vessel operated by Stena Line will return to the Europoort/Rotterdam–Immingham route at the end of July following a major rebuild at the CMI Jinling shipyard in Weihai, China.

3rd July 2025

Stena RoRo rebuild boosts capacity

3rd July 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Demand for energy-saving propeller retrofits has nearly quadrupled since 2020, but wider-scale adoption is being hampered by technical complexity and performance fears.

5th June 2025

Propeller retrofit demand soars

5th June 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is to upgrade RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels in a retrofit project expected to deliver potential CO2 emissions savings of over 1,500 tonnes annually.

16th April 2025

Wärtsilä wins bulk carrier engine retrofit double

16th April 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions has teamed up with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) on a range of decarbonisation retrofit projects.

10th April 2025

MAN and COSCO partner on green fuel retrofits

10th April 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Ulstein Design & Solutions has secured its largest aftermarket design contract to date, awarded by Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the cable-laying vessel Orient Adventurer.

27th January 2025

Ulstein wins major conversion deal

27th January 2025

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Kongsberg Maritime has won a deal to upgrade the propulsion systems on ten pure car & truck carriers (PCTC) for Höegh Autoliners.

6th September 2024

KM wins PCTC propulsion upgrade deal

6th September 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A collaboration between Berg Propulsion, CMA CGM and Reederei Rambow has led to substantial efficiency gains for an 868 teu container vessel.

2nd September 2024

Innovative retrofit boosts ship’s efficiency

2nd September 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry and COSCO SHIPPING Container Lines have inked a deal for 12 new dual-fuel methanol container ships.

30th August 2024

COSCO orders 12 dual-fuel methanol ships

30th August 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ClassNK has classed a tugboat completed by NYK Line and IHI Power Systems as an ammonia-fuelled vessel.

23rd August 2024

World’s first ammonia tugboat classed

23rd August 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Increasing numbers of vessels are suffering failures in their stern tube bearings, according to SLS Technical Manager, Engineering, Jose Antonio Vazquez and 90% of them are in the aft bearing. And he…

12th June 2024

Sterntube failures on the rise

12th June 2024