Month: June 2014

Wärtsilä has gained service level recognition for its Airguard and Oceanguard propeller shaft sealing systems from Lloyd’s Register and is said to be the first company in the industry to do so.

Korean engine builder Doosan Engine has delivered the first dual-fuel, low-speed ME-GI engine to the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego for the first of two 3,100teu container ships ordered by US operator…

Corvus Energy of Canada says that it has received approval from three major classification societies for its energy storage system, as used in several hybrid and all-electric ship propulsion projects.

MAN Diesel and Turbo has supplied a complete propulsion system for an ultra-modern chemicals tanker operated by Germany’s Gesellschaft für Öltransporte (GEFO).

Fuel savings of 5% are being claimed for ships being fitted with new bulbous bows under a modernisation programme by north German ship charter and management concern NSB, reports Tom Todd.