Month: June 2013

Rolls-Royce announced at Nor-Shipping 2013 that it will partner Spanish shipping company Baleária in a new LNG conversion project for its high speed ferries - the propulsion expert’s first LNG project in…

Inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel, ‘Seven Viking’, designed and built by Norway’s Ulstein, has been announced as the winner of ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ at this years Nor Shipping.

The merger between DNV and GL, announced in December 2012, is proceeding smoothly, albeit slowly, with the integration-planning in process in both companies, and the competition filing being undertaken on a global…

Rolls-Royce reports the delivery of ‘Island Crown’, the latest of several ships to the company’s UT 776 CD design of platform supply vessel for Island Offshore.

ABB says it has secured orders worth almost $40 million from three gas transportation players to supply power and electric propulsion equipment for LNG carriers to be built in South Korea.

Incat Crowther’s first dual fuel fast ferry has commenced sea trials in Hobart Tasmania – it’s the world’s first high speed ro-ro to use LNG as its primary fuel.

Norwegian shipbuilder, Kleven, has completed and christened platform supply vessel, ‘Rem Fortune’ – the 14th vessel to be built for fellow Norwegian offshore shipping specialist, Rem Offshore.

Rolls-Royce has announced the delivery of the first vessel in its Environship series, which has been handed over to Norwegian company Eidsvaag from the Vard (formerly STX) Aukra yard.

Caterpillar has formally announced that it is developing a dual-fuel version of another of its MaK medium-speed propulsion engines.