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Fuel injection systems company LOrange has widened its product range with the introduction of what it describes as a new concept in exhaust after-treatment for large diesel and heavy fuel engines.

ExxonMobil Marine Fuels and Lubricants’ Mobil SHC Aware H series of hydraulic fluids are now approved by Parker Hannifin Denison as HF1, HF2 and HF6 hydraulic oils.

Japanese classification society, ClassNK, has published the final report into the ‘MOL Comfort’ incident conducted by its Investigative Panel on Large Container Ship Safety.

Spain’s Astilleros Gondan Shipyard has won a tender to build a passenger ship that will operate on the tourist route at the Azután reservoir in Toledo, Spain.

Joint venture Hyundai and Shell Base Oil Co Ltd has opened a new base oil manufacturing plant in Daesan, South Korea, to meet the growing demand for API Group II base oils…

Maersk Line says it will be introducing a new low sulphur surcharge (LSS) to help offset additional costs incurred by switching to cleaner fuels in Emission Control Areas (ECAs), required by the…

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) says the decision by Norwegian controlled Siem Industries to take over the German yard was “necessary” and will strengthen FSG’s position on the offshore market, reports Tom Todd.

Damen Shipyards Group has established three strategic partnership agreements with ballast water treatment (BWT) system suppliers Bio-UV, Evoqua Water Technologies and Trojan Marinex.

MacGregor has won a series of deck equipment orders for the Chinese shipbuilder, Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd which will be fitted to six newbuilds under construction

Stena Line says that the new Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) coming into force in Northern Europe on 1 January 2015, will have a significant economic impact on its business.

The second vessel in a two-vessel contract with Grimaldi Group left Gibraltar’s Gibdock on-time recently after undergoing extensive repair works.

CM Technologies of Germany says it has developed an onboard test kit to help identify corrosive wear, abrasive wear and insolubles in cylinder oil at an early stage.

Hyde Marine Inc has established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard for the installation of its Hyde Guardian Gold Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) in Asian retrofits.

Alumarine is to build a new waterways passenger boat with an environmentally-friendly hybrid propulsion system.

The total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global maritime transport are estimated to have been more than 20% lower in 2012 than in 2007, according to the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).