General News

US company WR Systems has announced further contracts for its Emsys emissions monitoring system, comprising orders from several shipyards in China and Korea as well as retrofits from two scrubber manufacturers.

Rolls-Royce says that has received an order worth £26million for the design, power and propulsion and equipment packages for four UT 771 CDL offshore supply vessels. They will be the first UT-design…

According to The Sunday Times, a group of British businessmen are preparing to launch a private navy in a bid to stop piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Global paint and coatings company, AkzoNobel, and Taiwanese company, U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, have become the latest companies to join the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) – a partnership set up to mobilise…

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hanjin Shipping have singed an agreement to carry out joint research on ship energy efficiency management, in a bid to ensure efficient operations and reduce operating costs.

The Meyer Werft yard in Papenburg, Germany, has officially handed over the ‘Coral Energy’ LNG tanker to Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder. It is the first of a new class of tanker…

German yards delivered around 34 ocean and inland newbuildings in 2012 as they continued to concentrate on niche and home specialist markets, writes Tom Todd.

A survey of members of InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew management, has identified the main concerns affecting the industry as it begins the new year.