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Japan’s KEI System Ltd (KEI) and Eco Marine Power (EMP) have jointly established the Aquarius Innovation Lab to develop sustainable shipping technologies.

A series of four 9,000 teu container ships for Turkish operator Ciner will be powered by eight-cylinder Wärtsilä X92 main engines.

ABB is to supply the complete electrical power plants and propulsion systems for six new cruise liners that include its latest generation Azipod XO units. The total value of the orders is…

Wärtsilä says that it has received an order to supply complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers, being built in China for Stolt Tankers by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in China.

Alfa Laval has announced an order to supply five PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems to Dutch ship owner Spliethoff, following the same owner’s initial delivery in 2012.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, designed for energy efficiency and versatility.

Caterpillar Marine has announced increased power ratings for the MaK M 25 C propulsion engine, to be made available from the end of 2014.

Damen Shipyards Group delivered the fifth platform supply vessel, ‘World Opal’, in a series of six, to World Wide Supply of Norway on December 5.

The Russian government and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are considering establishing a repair base at Novorossiysk Shipyard, writes Eugene Gerden.

Wärtsilä is to supply the engineering scope for the initial, basic and production designs for a series of two LNG-powered container Ro-Ro vessels.

Parker Kittiwake has launched an updated Digi TBN test kit, designed to provide a rapid indication of total base number (TBN) depletion in scrape down cylinder lubricants with a base number range…

Bulgaria’s shipbuilder Bourgas Shipyards has been put up for sale. The shipyards’ assets are to be sold through three separate auctions, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

Wärtsilä has launched a two-speed marine gearbox, intended for ships with multiple operating modes or low transit speeds, such as ro-pax ferries, offshore support vessels, tugs and fishing vessels.

Damen Shipyards Group has received an order from The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government for a state-of-the-art, 80m Ice Class ferry, its first ferry contract on the East Coast of Canada.

Alfa Laval has launched a new efficient freshwater generator, the Aqua Blue, which it says cuts the need for seawater in half along with the electricity needed to power it.