Month: August 2014

US-based Corvus Energy has been awarded a contract by Spanish shipyard, LaNaval, for high power energy storage systems for an advanced hybrid CNG ferry said to be the ‘greenest’ in Holland.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) says that a newly-launched bulk carrier which it operates is the first ship to use a new type of highly ductile steel plate.

US marine transportation company, Tote, has received an all-MAN Diesel and Turbo package for its containership, which is set to be the world’s first LNG-powered containership.

A ‘Welding Safety Campaign’ by Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is playing its part in promoting best practice.

Maersk Supply Service has announced that it has entered into a contract with the Cosco Dalian shipyard in China for construction of four offshore support vessels with options for two additional ships.

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russia’s Sovcomflot for use in the North East Sakhalin Offshore region oil and gas field.

Workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME)’s facility in Okpo-dong are to don robot exoskeletons that give them superhuman strength, local media reports.

Germany’s GEA Group is to showcase its new GEA Bock F28 compressor models for marine applications at SMM later this year.

UK-based seafaring charities, including Apostleship of the Sea, were beneficiaries of a recent Seafarers’ charity ball which aimed to raise awareness of the important role of seafarers.