Month: January 2014

The first of Royal Caribbean’s new generation of Quantum class cruise ships to be launched this year will be protected by Cathelco hull and seawater pipework systems.

Far Eastern operator Evergreen Line has received the third in its L-type series of low-emission, fuel-efficient L-type container ship from CSBC Corporation in Taiwan.

Imtech Marine of the Netherlands says that it has been contracted to provide the complete electrical and electronic systems for the LNG-fuelled ferry being built at Fassmer yard for AG Ems.

Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea has announced a new five-ship order for ultra-large container vessels

Wärtsilä has announced the signature of a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal to be built at Tornio in northern Finland.

US ship operator Crowley Maritime Corporation has, according to MAN Diesel & Turbo, placed an order for two con-ro vessels with dual-fuel main and auxiliary engines.

According to seafarer’s welfare organisation the Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), the stranded crew of the detained vessel ‘Donald Duckling’ have now been repatriated.

Two Greek shipowners have selected MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new two-stroke main engines, the G95ME-C, as prime mover for two sets of its container vessels.

Wärtsilä has said that, contrary to reports in some media, it does not intend to sell its ship power business unit to Rolls-Royce.