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Low fuel consumption has always been a high priority for ship owners, but demands for low propeller-induced pressure pulses and noise level may even be more important in many applications. However, maximum…

Wärtsilä?s first environmental report was ranked the joint best separate environmental report in 2001 in a competition held in Finland annually to judge the environmental and social responsibility of Finnish companies reporting.…

The French companies Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) have decided to carry out a major upgrade of their seismic research vessel CGG Mistral. The conversion includes upgrading…

Maris says its ECDIS900, based on its SmartLine flat panel computer (FPC), is the first ECDIS to receive a type approval certificate using an FPC. The unit is certified to IEC 61774…

Growth has propelled South Korea to the top of the world?s shipbuilding league. Its ship builders are currently responsible for building 43% of new ship capacity on order at yards worldwide. This…

Water ingress from whatever cause is one of the main reasons of damage to cargoes onboard ships and occasionally, in extreme cases, can lead to the foundering of a vessel as highlighted…

Rodriquez has secured a contract for an 83m Aquastrada-design monohull fast ferry. The Sicilian-based shipbuilder confirms it is "well underway on construction" of the aluminium- hulled ship at its Pietra Ligure shipyard…

Bollinger?s repair and conversion shipyard at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, can now accommodate ships, rigs and boats with drafts to 27ft (8.23m), thanks to completion of dredging from…

In the last four or five years the capacity of trailing suction hopper dredgers has increased tremendously, but dredger builders and operators in the Netherlands say that size is not all important,…

While deadlines come and go with regular monotony, there is no end in sight to the European Union (EU)-Korea shipbuilding dispute ? particularly if the case is referred to the World Trade…