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SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

In a rare case of a European shipbuilding success on the Japanese market, the VARD Group has won an order from Toyo Construction for a cable lay and construction vessel.

16th January 2024

Norwegian Yard Lands Japanese Contract

16th January 2024

NEWS

NEWS

There is an increasing urgency for all of us to address climate change and there is a need to work together. Most of the problems, and their solutions, overlap and require collaboration.

16th January 2024

Green Ports & Shipping Congress – Reducing Emissions Together

16th January 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The hull of the first of two new construction service operation vessels (CSOV) for Olympic has arrived at Ulstein Verft’s yard in Norway for outfitting.

15th January 2024

Ulstein Verft welcomes first of two CSOV hulls

15th January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

A EU-led project to bring forward the introduction of ammonia cracking technology connected with a PEM fuel cell into the marine industry has been awarded funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and…

15th January 2024

Corvus participates in EU APOLO ammonia cracker project

15th January 2024

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has appointed Svend Stenberg Mølholt as Chief Commercial Officer. Stenberg was appointed with effect from 9 January 2024. 

15th January 2024

Inchcape appoints new CCO

15th January 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

A consortium to encourage the development of a common standard for data exchange relating to 3D design data has added SSI, the specialist provider of shipbuilding software as a member.

15th January 2024

Consortium to drive digital standards for 3D vessel design approval expands

15th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Prominent short-sea specialist Erik Thun has extended its fleet development programme by placing a further tranche of orders with Ferus Smit in the Netherlands.

15th January 2024

Thun Bolsters Short-Sea Fleet Investment

15th January 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Euronav NV and CMB NV, its controlling shareholder, entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in CMB.TECH in December 2023, and CMB.TECH CTO Roy Campe…

15th January 2024

CMB.TECH puts technology at heart of Euronav reorientation

15th January 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Orca AI has unveiled a new version of its SeaPod digital watchkeeping unit with enhanced target detection.

11th January 2024

Orca AI unveils updated SeaPod watchkeeper

11th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a four-year Service, Spares and Technical Support agreement with Carnival Corporation. The contract covers a platform for providing the support needed to maintain and operate the onboard waste-handling equipment…

11th January 2024

Wärtsilä signs four-year agreement to to support Carnival’s waste handling

11th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Karpowership, the world’s largest operator of power barges, has signed a contract with MAN Energy Solutions for the delivery of 48 dual-fuel engines for Karpowership’s fleet of power plant ships (Powerships). The…

11th January 2024

Karpowership inks contract for 48 DF engines with MAN ES

11th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The IMCA has released guidance on biofouling not just to save fuel and cut emissions but also to minimise the transfer of invasive marine species to foreign waters.

11th January 2024

IMCA calls on ship operators to clean hulls

11th January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a tender seeking a lead contractor or consortium to design and build a bulk liquid green energy terminal at the Port of Immingham on England’s east…

11th January 2024

ABP launches ammonia terminal tender for Immingham

11th January 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

A number of Atlantic ports on the Iberian peninsular are to play host to a variety of pilot schemes exploring the use of hydrogen and methanol for shipping and port vehicles.

11th January 2024

Iberian Atlantic ports to explore H2 and methanol

11th January 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Deltamarin is teaming up with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group on the design of three wind-assisted RoRos for Airbus aircraft subassembly transportation.

10th January 2024

Deltamarin joins wind-assisted RoRo design team

10th January 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

HD Hyundai Marine Solution (HD HMS) has signed an agreement with Accelleron to simplify access to Accelleron’s digital turbocharger optimisation solutions for vessels built or serviced by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering. As…

10th January 2024

HD Hyundai Marine Solution integrates turbo analytics into digital ship system

10th January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Spurred by growing demand for interconnector and offshore windfarm cable systems, Milan-headquartered Prysmian Group has ordered two high capacity cable laying ships. This further stage of fleet development represents a capital expenditure…

10th January 2024

Further Boost To Prysmian Cableship Fleet

10th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

InfluxData, the creator of the leading time series database InfluxDB, has announced that MAN Energy Solutions is using InfluxDB to drive real-time analytics across its connected equipment operations.

10th January 2024

MAN ES advances data analytics with InfluxData tie-up

10th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded the contract by Royal Boskalis B.V., the Dutch dredging and marine services company, to supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for a 31,000 cbm Trailing Suction…

10th January 2024

First marine application for MAN 49/60 engine

10th January 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Gasum and Nordic Ren-Gas have signed an e-methane offtake agreement bringing renewable e-methane to market starting 2026.

9th January 2024

Bringing renewable e-methane to the market

9th January 2024