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2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has placed an order for six MAN main engines for the building of a new 5,000 tonne floating installation crane vessel for the Jan De Nul Group.

30th April 2020

MAN engines for offshore installation vessel

30th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has announced that it is halting plans to expand the shipyard’s annual production capacity from one to two large ships. The yard had planned to ramp up to…

29th April 2020

Meyer Turku downgrades output plans, cuts jobs

29th April 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Burckhardt Compression has acquired the global compressor business arm from Japan Steel Works (JSW).

29th April 2020

Burckhardt acquires JSW compressor business

29th April 2020

LNG

LNG

Babcock LGE’s LNG reliquefaction technology has completed live cargo operations on an LNG carrier following the first loading of Sovcomflot’s ‘SCF La Perouse’ in Houston, Texas at the end of March.

29th April 2020

First LNGC voyage with ecoSMRT in operation

29th April 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Schottel will supply a range of propulsion systems for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV).

28th April 2020

Schottel supplies propulsion gear for SOV

28th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Norwegian ship operator Østensjø Rederi has ordered four next generation vessels from Spanish shipyards. The innovative hybrid vessels are designed to be hydrogen ready, permitting hydrogen storage and fuel supply systems and…

28th April 2020

Innovative ‘hydrogen-ready’ CSOVs for Østensjø Rederi

28th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Troubled German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) hopes to resume production in summer now that an application for self-administered insolvency has been approved, writes Tom Todd.

27th April 2020

FSG looks to revived fortunes

27th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

French liner shipping giant CMA CGM is to deploy the first South Korean-built, LNG-fuelled container vessel writes David Tinsley. The 14,681TEU CMA CGM Tenere is further distinguished by the adoption of a…

27th April 2020

FIRST CMA CGM DF BOXSHIP FROM KOREAN YARD

27th April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ClassNK granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Imabari Shipbuilding for its concept design of an LPG-fuelled 180,000dwt Capesize bulk carrier. The AiP is the first for an LPG-fuelled Capesize bulk carrier.

27th April 2020

ClassNK grants AiP on LPG fuelled Capesize design

27th April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

CIMC Pacific Offshore Engineering and the German Hartmann Group have signed an order contract for 3 + 2 5000m3 dual-fuel full-pressure LPG carriers.

27th April 2020

CIMC and Hartmann sign LPG carriers order

27th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The east German shipbuilding group MV Werften (MVW) has been told it can hope for financial support worth some €600 million up to the end of the year to help it cope…

27th April 2020

€600 million support tipped for troubled German yard group

27th April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Individual shipment scale in ethane transportation is set to reach a new level as a consequence of an order for two vessels of 99,000m3-capacity placed with a Chinese yard, writes David Tinsley.

24th April 2020

LARGEST SHIPS YET FOR ETHANE TRADE

24th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HMM has held a naming ceremony for the world’s largest containership at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard in Korea.

24th April 2020

World’s largest containership naming ceremony

24th April 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

RH Marine will supply and install all energy distribution, automation and bridge systems for a new combat support ship (CSS) for the Dutch navy.

24th April 2020

RH Marine to supply systems for new CSS

24th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Wärtsilä has won a contract to develop a customised design for up to six new luxury expedition cruise vessels owned and operated by Amundsen Expeditions.

23rd April 2020

Wärtsilä luxury expedition cruise contract

23rd April 2020

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply propeller equipment for five general-purpose frigates to be constructed by Babcock International Group.

23rd April 2020

MAN ES wins RN frigate contract

23rd April 2020

LNG

LNG

Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the construction of LNG carriers on Wednesday, 22 April. The 20 billion yuan (US$2.86 billion)…

22nd April 2020

Qatar Petroleum inks LNG carriers deal with CSSC

22nd April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A consortium of ship owners and operators and original equipment manufacturers are collaborating in a project into the use of ammonia (NH3) as a marine fuel. As a first step, Bureau Veritas…

22nd April 2020

HAZID workshop examines ammonia as fuel

22nd April 2020

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the designer of MTU engines and systems, has appointed Otto Preiss as COO to the management board. Preiss will take up his new position from 1 May.

22nd April 2020

Rolls-Royce Power Systems appoints new COO

22nd April 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

In an industry first, ABS is now able to conduct almost all classification annual surveys remotely on eligible vessel.

22nd April 2020

ABS extends remote survey offering

22nd April 2020