General News

Wärtsilä has announced a contract from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard to supply main generating engines and thrusters for six new deep water drill ships to be built in Brazil at Estaleiro…

The majority of the shares of Finnish ship design company Deltamarin are to be sold to AVIC International Investments Limited, a publicly listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that it has received an order, jointly with Imabari Shipbuilding, for two next-generation pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line).

Wärtsilä says that it is to supply its recently introduced Wärtsilä X72 licensed engines to power six new vessels – four container ships and two bulkers - being built in China for…

The newly formed Palau International Ship Registry has announced that it has achieved its first two vessel registrations celebrated at a recent inauguration ceremony.

Jotron of Norway says that its Tron AIS-SART is now available with MED approval, with ‘wheelmarked’ units having been made available as from 5 October 2012

Shipowner association BIMCO, in association with information company Fathom, has released ‘The Step-by-Step SEEMP Manual’ which can be used as a ship’s official Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP).

Steerprop of Finland has been contracted to deliver the main propulsion system for a passenger ferry to be built at Fincantieri in Italy for Société des Traversiers du Québec (STQ).