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The new Havyard designed ‘Vestland Mira’ PSV went into service seven minutes after its naming ceremony in Balestrand, Norway recently.

ABB recently delivered four of its Azipod C propulsion systems for the wind turbine installation vessel, ‘Blue Ocean II’, being built by Samsung Shipyard in Korea.

Classification society ABS has released a new energy and environmental manager module for its NS5 Enterprise asset management software, in order to help owners and operators meet environmental and operational demands.

Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven has won a contract from oilfield service provider Schlumberger to convert two platform supply vessels into well-service ships for North Sea operation, reports Tom Todd.

An estimated 1.7million TEU is scheduled to be delivered during 2013 making it the biggest year ever for containership deliveries, according to Braemar’s latest Quarterly Container Ship Fleet Statistics.

Sweden’s MJP Waterjets AB has acquired the UK and US based waterjet specialist, Ultra Dynamics – the merger will create one of the world’s largest waterjet providers.

Wärtsilä Ship Design has announced a new design for an Aframax-size tanker that focuses on efficiency, and is said to offer solutions for current and forthcoming emissions legislation.

Tognum company MTU Friedrichshafen has announced that higher power ratings are to be made available for its large high speed engine, the series 8000. The maximum output has been raised from 9,100kW…

Scottish ferry operator, Western Ferries, has hosted a keel laying ceremony for the first of two vessels being built by Birkenhead based shipyard and engineering company, Cammell Laird.

German cruise ship builder Meyer Werft has clinched a giant contract worth about €700 million with Norwegian Cruise Line for a 163,000gt cruise ship and secured an option for a second.

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and nine key members of the Australian maritime, port and energy sectors have established a four-month study into LNK Bunkering organised as a Joint Industry Project (JIP).

Hamburg based system solutions company, SAM Electronics, has won a contract to supply and install a full IT network and associated equipment for the world’s largest offshore construction vessel.

New orders have meant future security for leading German shipyard Flensburger (FSG), but MD Peter Sierk has cautioned that developing and building four prototypes at once is “an enormous challenge”, writes Tom…

The seventh GreenPort Congress was held during the first week of October 2012 in Marseille - during which nearly 200 environmental experts across the sector came together to discuss working towards a…

Wärtsilä Hamworthy has won a contract to supply ballast water management systems (BWMS) to four platform supply vessels (PSVs) being built in China for offshore service provider Tidewater Marine.

Wärtsilä has announced a contract from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard to supply main generating engines and thrusters for six new deep water drill ships to be built in Brazil at Estaleiro…

The majority of the shares of Finnish ship design company Deltamarin are to be sold to AVIC International Investments Limited, a publicly listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that it has received an order, jointly with Imabari Shipbuilding, for two next-generation pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line).