Month: February 2012

Reintjes says that class society RINA has completed extensive tests and inspections and granted type approval to the Fortjes drive, making it the only podded drive in this power range with class…

‘Berlin’, the first of two new 169m ferries for Scandlines, will be named March 9th in Stralsund, cementing the German-Danish operator’s commitment to traditional Baltic ferry services.

Bremen-based water and wastewater treatment company RWO says that it can now offer its maritime customers an additional service for retrofittings of its sea-tested CleanBallast treatment system.

According to Norwegian company Vimex, inaccurate measuring of fuel quantity when bunkering can often add 5% to 10% to shipping companies’ fuel bills; its system can help avoid this unneccessary expense.

After nearly 18 months of travelling, experimental vessel ‘Planet Solar’ is nearing the end of the first round-the-world voyage to be completed using only solar power.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has met in London to discuss progress being made at IMO on further measures to reduce CO2 emissions from international shipping, among other issues.

Jowa Technology of Sweden says that Norwegian ship owner Jo Tankers has achieved positive results in respect of meeting CARB and ECA requirements as a consequence of installing Jowa’s Diesel Switch DS…