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SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with Belgian shipping company Fast Lines Belgium for the delivery of two Damen Combi Freighter 3850s.

18th October 2023

Damen inks Combi Freighter deal with Belgian shipper

18th October 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

HD Hyundai has announced that will collaborate with Siemens to integrate digitalised manufacturing practices in its shipyards. As part of the deal, the two companies will jointly develop a digital platform to streamline its shipbuilding…

18th October 2023

Hyundai extends Siemens collaboration to shipyards

18th October 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Norwegian ferry and cruise operator Hurtigruten has achieved a 23% reduction in CO2 emissions on its 121-metre passenger vessel MS Richard With in the first year of service after the conclusion of a retrofit programme.…

18th October 2023

Hurtigruten ESS and engine retrofit delivers 23% CO2 emissions cut

18th October 2023

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Dry bulk ship owner, Berge Bulk, has had its Newcastlemax bulker, Berge Olympus, retrofitted with four BARTech WindWings by Yara Marine Technologies.

17th October 2023

Berge Bulk unveils emission busting wind cargo ship

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Accelleron has published the results of a survey of 200 maritime decision-makers drawn from ship owners and operators. The results indicate that ship owners and operators believe that fuels produced from renewable…

17th October 2023

Accelleron e-fuel survey indicates varying degrees of e-fuel preparedness

17th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Exmar LPG, a joint venture between Exmar and Seapeak, has confirmed that a pair of 46,000 cbm gas carriers on order at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea will be powered by…

17th October 2023

Exmar orders pair of 46,000cbm gas carriers with WinGD X-DF-A engines

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As the number of vessels operating on methanol as a fuel has steadily increased in recent years, VPS has deepened its experience of methanol as a marine fuel. Steve Bee, VPS Group Commercial Director,…

17th October 2023

VPS experience of methanol as a marine fuel

17th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM gensets in connection with the building of a new purpose-built, cable-laying vessel (CLV) for…

17th October 2023

High-speed gensets for hybrid-electric cable-layer vessel

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BAE Systems has announced that construction has begun on a new assembly hall at Glasgow’s Govan shipyard. The building hall project forms part of a wider £300m capital expenditure plan implemented on the strength of the…

17th October 2023

Construction of a new assembly hall begins at BAE Systems’ Govan yard

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Brunvoll has been chosen as the supplier of a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for what has been described as the most “technologically-advanced” cable-layer vessel. The new DP3 cable laying vessel has been ordered…

17th October 2023

Ulstein opts for Brunvoll propulsion package for new cable-layer

17th October 2023