Month: September 2012

Eidesvik’s new LNG powered supply vessel, the Viking Princess, was named in an official ceremony, which took place at the same time as Mercator Media’s Gasfuelled ships conference in Norway last week.

UK based marine component manufacturer, Simplex-Turbulo Company Ltd, recently opened its new office in Australia, despite builders still being on site.

Classification society Korean Register (KR) recently moved its global headquarters to Busan, South Korea – the company says the move was prompted by continuing international growth.

Cunard-operated, 90,000gt Queen Victoria is to undergo an unscheduled dry-docking at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven in October for “essential maintenance work” related to bearing problems in one of her ABB Azipod propulsion units,…

The Motorship’s third annual Gas Fuelled Ships conference has got under way in Bergen, Norway, and has scored another resounding success, with many involved in the industry anxious to explore this powering…

Damen’s inland waterway shipyard, Bodewes Binnenvaart BV, has designed a new inland shipping concept, the 110m long ‘EcoLiner’, in partnership with Dutch inland shipping company, The QaGroup.

A new ferry nearing completion at the French shipyard of STX France Lorient will have a pioneering new type of electric propulsion, writes Dag Pike.