Month: October 2012

Italian shipyard Fincantieri has announced an agreement with US-based Carnival Corporation for the construction of two new cruise ships for the Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines brands.

Rolls-Royce has won a £24m contract to design and equip four platform supply vessels (PSVS) for Brazilian ship owner, Bravante Group.

MAN Diesel & Turbo says that the first IMO Tier III-compliant low speed diesel engine to use EGR has been unveiled at licensee HHI-EMD (Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division) in…

Germany’s Nobiskrug Shipyard in Rendsburg – part of the Abu Dhabi Mar (ADM) Group - wants to take over Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel, which has been in the hands of the receivers…

The new fleet of military afloat reach and sustainability (MARS) tankers for the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary is to use an energy efficient hybrid propulsion system based on GE drive technology.

GEA Westfalia Separator says that its BallastMaster ultraV ballast water treatment system has been ordered for an offshore wind power installation vessel newbuilding for Hochteif.

The new Havyard designed ‘Vestland Mira’ PSV went into service seven minutes after its naming ceremony in Balestrand, Norway recently.

ABB recently delivered four of its Azipod C propulsion systems for the wind turbine installation vessel, ‘Blue Ocean II’, being built by Samsung Shipyard in Korea.