General News

As climbing fuel prices and increasingly stringent environmental regulations set in, Wärtsilä is seeing “considerable gas conversion potential” in the marine industry.

Kongsberg Maritime says that it has won a tender to upgrade and extend the simulation facility at Noorderpoort Eemsdollard – Energy & Maritime in Delfzil, The Netherlands.

PPG Industries has launched its flexible epoxy-based intumescent passive fire protective (PFP) coating, PITT-CHAR XP for use in environments such as the LNG market.

Reports in the US press suggest that cruise operator Carnival has agreed a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency and US Coast Guard that will exempt it from the 2015 ECA sulphur…

SB Broneske (Schwingungstechnik-Bronekse GmbH) has received Lloyd’s Register Type Approval for single steel pipe bulkhead penetration.

Tanker operator Eitzen Chemical is implementing Jotuns Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system on two of its largest chemical carriers.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, otherwise known as “K” Line, has reached agreements with two shipbuilders to build four next generation car carrier vessels.

The Korean Register (KR) is to supply the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) with a new generation ‘RuleCheck’ system for port state control officers (PSCOs) in the Paris MOU region.