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DNV GL and SUMEC’s New Dayang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd have agreed to a Joint Development Project (JDP) to update the Crown 63.5k Bulk Carrier design. The agreement, which follows a strategic cooperation…

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has presented Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute with approval in principle (AiP) for a J-lay heavy lift vessel concept design.

Corvus Energy has unveiled its next generation energy storage system (ESS), aimed at cruise ships, ro-pax and ro-ro vessels.

A pan-industry research consortium investigating the use of composite superstructures in shipbuilding plans to start tests with a demonstration product later this year, writes David Tinsley.

The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine fuel. New designs together with existing ships of Boskalis, Van Oord, the…

ABB has opened a Marine Service Centre in Russia in support of growing Arctic maritime industries, focused on the company’s ship power, propulsion, automation technologies and service capabilities.

Japan’s IHI Group is set to integrate its engine, propulsion and power plant activities into a single organisation so as to realise efficiencies and better respond to evolving market requirements, writes David…

Kongsberg Maritime has formed a partnership with DOF, SINTEF Ocean and NORCE which aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for complex offshore operations, while streamlining fleet-wide maintenance.

Maritime software company, NAPA, has become the first service provider for ClassNK-owned Ship Data Center’s Internet of Ships Open Platform (ShipDC IoS-OP), providing performance analytics and voyage optimisation capabilities.