Month: March 2012

The second of four tough and unusually versatile patrol ships for the Swedish Coast Guard has been named in Germany and will be handed over soon along with the first ship in…

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of its hybrid car carrier ‘Emerald Ace’ at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe shipyard. The ship has been designed to generate zero emissions while…

Swedish company ME Solutions AB (Mesab), which is involved in project engineering services for ballast water systems, exhaust gas cleaning, and energy efficiency, has recently formed a subsidiary in Korea.

China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a new joint agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to work on design optimisation for the new Crown MHI bulk carrier concept.

Following on from an order in April 2011, Cargotec has won a contract for two active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from privately-owned Norwegian specialist operator, Volstad Maritime.

An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.

Finnish company Eniram claims that its latest software product, Optimum Speed Assistant (OSA), will radically change the way the shipping industry manages speed, engine use and fuel consumption.