General News

Software and data house NAPA has launched a cloud-based performance monitoring solution that requires no installation.

Nor Lines has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce to monitor and maintain equipment – including engines - onboard two cargo vessels under a new, fixed-rate service agreement.

Following the IMO ratification of the ballast water treaty and the decision on a global sulphur cap, one agency is reassuring shippers that there is help available to finance vessel retrofits using…

DNV GL has included asymmetric stern shapes in its Eco Lines hull optimising service for the first time, enabling vessels to reduce installed power.

A ‘floating laboratory’ onboard icebreaking platform supply vessel ‘Gennadiy Nevelskoy’ is to research electric propulsion and equipment performance in ice conditions, under plans drawn up by Sovcomflot (SCF) and the Admiral Nevelskoy…

A consortium of five companies is cooperating to develop the world’s first class approved propeller made using 3D printing (or additive manufacturing) techniques.

Some of the world’s biggest fleet owners, charterers and tonnage providers have highlighted the technical challenges facing global merchant shipping at The Motorship’s 39th Propulsion & Emissions Conference in Hamburg this week.

Yara is to work with Kongsberg Maritime to build what the companies say will be the first all-electric container feeder vessel, sailing between Yara’s facilities in Porsgrunn, Brevik and Larvik in Norway.

The Motorship is blogging from its 39th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, taking place this week at the Hotel Grand Elysee in Hamburg. View live updates here.

Lloyd’s Register has launched a new digital service, CyberPerform, that focuses on enabling owners to unlock the value in their data quickly and cost effectively.