Month: August 2014

Ulstein Design & Solutions has entered into an extensive contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd, China, to design and supply equipment for four PX121 type platform supply vessels.

The Joint Administrators of the Ferguson Shipbuilders Group have announced that Clyde Blowers Capital has been chosen as preferred bidder for the group’s business and assets.

A Dutch company, Hull Vane, has developed a foil which can be fitted below a ship’s stern, and which is said to significantly reduce fuel consumption.

Wärtsilä is launching a hybrid control system, designed to combine different power sources with energy storage devices resulting in fuel savings and lower emissions.

A lot of interest has been reported in a new German LNG bunker barge design - TB-X- developed by a Hamburg shipyard for a wide range of applications, reports Tom Todd.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured two orders for its offshore equipment from Chinese shipbuilders Wuhu Xinlian and Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd.

Cunard’s 90,000gt Queen Victoria will dock at Blohm + Voss Repair in Hamburg in January - nearly a year earlier than planned - because a propulsion unit bearing needs replacing, Tom Todd…