Month: September 2006

MTU in Friedrichshafen is unveiling at SMM its new generation of the 4000 series marine diesel engines which will be cleaner and more powerful than their predecessors.The latest Series 4000 engines are…

V-T Halter Marine will build a new $15 million coastal mapping ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company expects to deliver the 124-foot, twin-hull ship in the summer of…

A new class of U.S. Navy warships was launched recently at Marinette Marine. The littoral combat ship, named Freedom, is 377-foot long, can sail at more than 40 knots and will act…

EnSolve Biosystems in the USA has successfully completed testing its new oily water separator (OWS) system for U.S. Coast Guard type approval. The new-generation PetroLiminator PL630M was tested to meet the new…

Spain's leading oil company Repsol YPF SA and its affiliate Gas Natural SDG SA plan shortly to put out for tender a contract to build a fleet of five LNG carriers. According…

A federal court in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate ballast water discharges from freighters, a ruling that has huge implications for the Great Lakes shipping industry. Three…

CSSC held a ceremony in Guangzhou Longxue Island for the start of construction of the largest ship repair yard in southern China. Ship repair business is one of the primary sectors in…

The Marine Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association (MHFCA) has been officially registered this week in Germany as a non-profit organisation and has already attracted over 120 organisations to pre-register for membership from…

Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp.'s Holland America Line has hired SeaMobile Enterprises to provide the company's 13 ships with wireless cell phone and personal digital assistant device communications. SeaMobile will begin installing…