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A complex financial rescue package is being put together to help cash-strapped German shipyard group P+S Werften meet what reports now say is a cash shortfall of more than €300 million.

Cammell Laird has won a multi-million pound contract to build two new vessels for Western Ferries’ Gourock to Dunoon route.

A second Staten Island ferry has been given the Ecospeed treatment in Virginia, US – the underwater hull of Sen. John J. Marchi has been coated to optimise fuel efficiency and increase…

ABB has won an order from Rickmers Group in Germany to supply energy and fleet management systems for five multi-purpose vessels.

Diesel engine service company Royston has been appointed as UK service centre for Napier turbochargers, ensuring that Napier customers in the UK receive only official spare parts from the Napier factory.

Wärtsilä says that it has successfully tested an RT-flex50 engine with the turbocharger installed on the driving end side, increasing the possibility of fitting the engine to other ship types, particularly smaller…

A new range of small high-speed diesel engines has been launched by the Wimborne, UK-based Perkins Marine Power Centre. The six-cylinder in-line turbocharged units are based on the 6.6 litre Perkins 1106…

German shipyard Nobiskrug is beefing up its already potent repair and conversion activities in all sectors and has appointed a new manager to head up the expansion, writes Tom Todd.

Investment company Blue Ship Invest has contracted with Ulstein Werft of Norway for four more PX121 X-bow platform supply ships, following the success of its first PX121. The new ships are all…

MAN Diesel & Turbo has opened its 11th PrimeServ academy in Frederikshavn, Denmark, to provide propulsion and propeller training, offering both general training and specialised courses.

Wärtsilä has made an agreement with Canadian company, Trojan Technologies, to offer the Marinex ballast water management system (BWMS) along with the Wärtsilä Hamworthy Aquarius range.

Castrol Marine has launched Cyltech 80 AW, an 80BN cylinder oil developed for two-stroke crosshead engines to match engine performance with the demands of varying sulphur fuels and the impact of slow…

DNV reports that it has developed a simulation model using global shipping data and technology-specific information to predict the deployment of emission reduction and energy efficiency technologies up to 2020.

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime has signed contracts with Eidesvik and Ugland for, respectively, a large offshore subsea construction vessel and a platform supply vessel. Both are to designs by Salt Ship Design.

German propulsion specialist Schottel has added a rim thruster, designated SRT, to its portfolio. The SRT is targeted mainly at offshore support ships, inland waterway vessels and large yachts.

Energy efficiency and new shipping strategies has been a major focus of the Posidonia 2012 international shipping exhibition taking place in Greece this week.

The Liberian Registry has introduced a sophisticated programme to screen advance notice of ship arrivals as part of a detention prevention plan.