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Incat Tasmanias first high speed dual fuel vehicle and passenger ferry has surpassed expectations at sea trials, reaching speeds of over 58 knots.

Prospects for the introduction of a controversial self-propelled container feeder barge in Hamburg have improved following a decision by the city-state’s parliament to refer the issue to committee for further study, writes…

Transportation time is one of the many reasons why food goes to waste worldwide. In a bid to help shipping lines reduce food wastage, Maersk Container Industry has become an official sponsor…

ClassNK has reached a preliminary agreement with two major shipping lines over the use of its As-built Drawings Storage Service (ADSS).

Two Stena Line ferries are now fitted with Variable Speed Drivers (VSDs) for seawater pumps to help cut fuel costs and carbon emissions.

By redesigning the bulbous bow of slow steaming container ships, operators can make fuel savings of 5% and above.

Mercator Media has made another significant investment in its online offering and redesigned all 14 of its magazine and event websites. All of the sites have been re-engineered to incorporate ‘responsive design’…

Finnish shipping company Bore has made a second order for ClassNK-NAPA’s Green ship efficiency software for installation on its 13,625dwt ro-ro vessel ‘Bore Song’ after successful sea trials aboard sister vessel ‘Bore…

Norwegian ship designer Marin Teknikk has announced a contract for design and engineering of an MT6024 diving and construction vessel for Kreuz Subsea Marine of Singapore.

MAN PrimeServ, the service division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, says that its has recently retrofitted its 20,000th slide fuel valve.

Wärtsilä’s X40 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its type approval test (TAT) programme, which was carried out at Chinese licensee Yuchai Marine Power.

Wärtsilä has been contracted by Italy’s Carbofin SPA, part of the Carboflotta group, to retrofit its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessel, ‘Marola’.

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply Germany’s Aida Cruises with its Promas Lite propulsion system as part of a technical upgrade to the company’s Sphinx series cruise ships.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the design for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV) to be built for Subsea 7 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.

Canadian grease and oil-free bearing solutions provider, Thordon Bearings Inc, has launched a new water lubricated mechanical face seal, TG100.

Wärtsilä has announced a higher-output version of its dual fuel four-stroke 34DF engine, for which lower fuel consumption and improved environmental performance are also claimed.

At Nor-Shipping, Rolls-Royce announced a contract to convert 95m tanker ship Bergen Viking to run on engines powered by LNG, replacing the current liquid fuelled diesel-electric power plant.