Month: June 2009

Wave piercing technology is a well-proven concept for high-speed catamarans and trimarans. Now, at NorShipping, Rolls-Royce says that it is bringing the benefits of this to the offshore market, with the new…

Wärtsilä has opened a new office and workshop complex in Mexico, in the city of Veracruz, which is the largest container shipping port in the country and is home to the Mexican…

Berg Propulsion has signed a contract with Dubai Shipbuilding and Engineering to deliver the first two production units of the Berg Propulsion Azimuth Thruster (BAT) in early 2010.The BAT is designed in-house…

Kongsberg Maritime has launched, at NorShipping, what it describes as an industry first, an integrated aft bridge workstation, which combines navigation, control and manoeuvring functions in one unit. The K-Master provides access…

At NorShipping, tanker industry body Intertanko reinforced its support for IMO action on emissions to air, but expressed considerable concern about the EU plans to impose strict limits for sulphur emissions in…

This was the key question posed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) at the Nor-Shipping fair in Oslo. At a press conference, the classification society and technical assurance and consulting company described its latest…

According to Det Norske Veritas, a new study shows that with minimal modifications current ships can cut their emissions to air by some 15%. Announcing the results of the study at a…

Speculation continues in the industry about the state of the Korean-owned STX Europe (formerly Aker Yards) after the company pulled out of a planned pre-NorShipping press conference due to be held today…

Austal has officially unveiled its new 102m trimaran vehicle-passenger ferry platform, which is currently under construction at its Western Australian shipyard and available for purchase.The new 102m long, 26.8m wide trimaran is…