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ABB has announced orders valued at more than $60 million to provide complete power and Azipod propulsion systems for two new cruise ships to be built by Meyer Werft for Royal Caribbean…

Scana Industrier ASA subsidiary, Scana Propulsion AS, has signed two new contracts with STX OSV Trading and MAN Diesel AS for the delivery of new propulsion equipment worth NOK30m.

Japanese manufacturer Furuno is to launch a new ECDIS, said to deliver a significant enhancement over its predecessor in terms of user interface and functionality, in readiness for forthcoming carriage requirements.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set up a joint industry project to investigate the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Singapore in collaboration with Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

Germany’s P+S Shipyard in Stralsund has rolled out Copenhagen the second of two 169.5m newbuildings for Danish-German Baltic ferry operator Scandlines.

International classification society RINA, has been approved by Sweden’s Clean Shipping Project, to perform verification checks to ships as per the Clean Shipping Index requirement.

Russia’s largest shipowner, Sovcomflot, has chosen dual-fuel MAN 51/60DF engines for an LNG carrier newbuilding programme comprising two firm newbuilding orders with an option for two further vessels.

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following its grounding on the astrolabe off Tauranga on 5 October.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has reported strong growth in the number of Japanese and North East Asian companies signing up for its Ships Agency Re-Defined (SARD) service.

The cargo ship, MS Carrier, which ran aground off the coast of north Wales on Tuesday night, is not expected to present a huge pollution disaster, according to the UK Environment Agency…

STX Finland Rauma Shipyard has delivered a polar supply and research vessel to the South African government. ‘Agulhas II’ will operate as a supply, research and passenger vessel as well as its…

Up to 10 bulk carriers to Finnish company Deltamarin’s B.Delta37 design are to be built for the China Navigation Company, the first ships of this type to be constructed at the Chengxi…

The board of MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that the company has acquired Kappel Propeller - including designs, software, and intellectual property together with continued co-operation with Jens Julius Kappel.

Icelandic marine energy management solutions provider Marorka has announced the launch of its Online SEEMP, which it describes as a new addition to its range of energy management solutions for ships.

The Sietas shipyard in Hamburg has made a start on the construction of the first sections and blocks of the offshore wind power jack-up vessel for Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord.