Month: July 2012

The COO of Germanischer Lloyd, Torsten Schramm, has said restructuring and job losses are now likely in the classification society as a result of a continuing global decline in ships on order,…

Repair activity in widely diversified German yards this summer has involved a famous sailship, a cruise liner, luxury yachts and offshore installation vessels, writes Tom Todd.

Busy German shipbuilder Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemuende has booked another two Viking Longship river cruise newbuilds bringing the number of orders taken for the popular new vessel type to 14, writes Tom…

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that its first super-long-stroke, 90-cm bore Mk 9 engine has successfully completed test bed trials at licensee Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division in Korea.

German propulsion system supplier Voith Turbo says it has received an order for a second propulsion system for a wind turbine installation ship, having supplied a shipset to A2SEA for the ‘Sea…

The Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is entering the African market with an order for six OSVs from Slok Nigeria Ltd - the first African client to order medium and large sized PSVs from…

Wärtsilä reports that it has been contracted to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels to be built in Norway by Kleven Maritime AS, two for Atlantic Offshore and…

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on the IMO to fast track a critical study into the global availability of low sulphur fuel for ships.

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line to install four-engine LNG-based power plants with Promas propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen yard in…