Month: June 2013

ClassNK has reached a preliminary agreement with two major shipping lines over the use of its As-built Drawings Storage Service (ADSS).

Two Stena Line ferries are now fitted with Variable Speed Drivers (VSDs) for seawater pumps to help cut fuel costs and carbon emissions.

By redesigning the bulbous bow of slow steaming container ships, operators can make fuel savings of 5% and above.

Mercator Media has made another significant investment in its online offering and redesigned all 14 of its magazine and event websites. All of the sites have been re-engineered to incorporate ‘responsive design’…

Bilbao-based ZamaKona Yards reports that Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new vessel valued at €25 million. The contract provides for a second option.

Finnish shipping company Bore has made a second order for ClassNK-NAPA’s Green ship efficiency software for installation on its 13,625dwt ro-ro vessel ‘Bore Song’ after successful sea trials aboard sister vessel ‘Bore…

Wärtsilä’s X40 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its type approval test (TAT) programme, which was carried out at Chinese licensee Yuchai Marine Power.

MAN PrimeServ, the service division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, says that its has recently retrofitted its 20,000th slide fuel valve.