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Maersk Supply Service has announced that it has entered into a contract with the Cosco Dalian shipyard in China for construction of four offshore support vessels with options for two additional ships.

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s Sovcomflot for use in the North East Sakhalin Offshore region oil and gas field.

Workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)’s facility in Okpo-dong are to don robot exoskeletons that give them superhuman strength, local media reports.

Germany’s GEA Group is to showcase its new GEA Bock F28 compressor models for marine applications at SMM later this year.

UK-based seafaring charities, including Apostleship of the Sea, were beneficiaries of a recent Seafarers’ charity ball which aimed to raise awareness of the important role of seafarers.

Jaya Holdings has delivered a new state-of-the-art anchor handling supply (AHTS) vessel to its new owner, Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA), marking its first delivery since been being acquired by the company in…

The long ordeal faced by two groups of stranded crew in the UK has finally ended, after the 12 seafarers from Ukraine and Russia received their unpaid wages amounting to a total…

Finnish design house Deltamarin has announced the award of a contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the entire machinery and technical spaces outfitting production design of the first LNG-powered icebreaker.

Mechanical pipe-joining system supplier Victaulic says that its Vic-Press system has now received type approvals from ABS, BV, DNV GL, Korean Register and Lloyd’s Register.

Fanar Marine Services of the UAE has been re-certified by the National Transport Authority as the sole MARPOL inspector for the UAE.

Wärtsilä Ship Design reports that a second confirmed design contract for its new series of Arctic platform supply vessels has been signed.

US company ESRG says it has launched OstiaEdge, a software platform designed to offer dynamic, rather than static, energy monitoring for ships and their machinery.

ABB has announced a five-year maintenance agreement with Prestige Cruise Holdings (PCH) to provide services, parts and support for all turbochargers installed on its fleet of eight cruise ships.

Japan-based Eco Marine Power (EMP) and Blue Star Ferries of Greece, part of the Attica group, are to collaborate on development of renewable energy and fuel-saving solutions.

The China-based Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has received an order for three PSVs to its own SPP17A design from Mexican shipping company Naviera Petrolera Integral.