Month: October 2012

The latest Risk Focus bulletin from the UK P&I Club highlights a number of incidents involving sudden loss of power during and after the switchover to lower sulphur fuels that are now…

Van der Velden Marine Systems and Mecklenburger Metallguss have joined forces to develop a high-efficiency propulsion system known as the Energy Saving Package, which combines rudder and propeller with bulb and caps.

International transporter, Cargill, manufacturer Huntsman Corporation and oil trader, UNIPEC UK Company Ltd, say they have set a new industry standard on fuel efficiency by deciding to charter only the more efficient…

ABB has announced an order worth $35 million from Baltic Shipyard to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE.

The suction dredger ‘Eke Möbius’, built by Sietas shipyard, has been handed over to hydraulic engineering company, Josef Möbius Bau-GmbH, and was christened last week.

Gibdock has completed a containership crane refurbishment for a German owner. The deck crane work called for certification of strict welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register (LR), which approved all materials used.