General News

A series of four 9,000 teu container ships for Turkish operator Ciner will be powered by eight-cylinder Wärtsilä X92 main engines.

ABB is to supply the complete electrical power plants and propulsion systems for six new cruise liners that include its latest generation Azipod XO units. The total value of the orders is…

Alfa Laval has announced an order to supply five PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems to Dutch ship owner Spliethoff, following the same owner’s initial delivery in 2012.

Wärtsilä says that it has received an order to supply complete main propulsion systems for six new chemical tankers, being built in China for Stolt Tankers by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in China.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, designed for energy efficiency and versatility.

Caterpillar Marine has announced increased power ratings for the MaK M 25 C propulsion engine, to be made available from the end of 2014.

Damen Shipyards Group delivered the fifth platform supply vessel, ‘World Opal’, in a series of six, to World Wide Supply of Norway on December 5.

The Russian government and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are considering establishing a repair base at Novorossiysk Shipyard, writes Eugene Gerden.