General News

Belgian medium speed engine company ABC has launched a new engine at SMM in Hamburg. The 6DL36 is rated at up to 5,299bhp at 750rpm and is said to comply with IMO…

MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of German based propulsion solutions company MTU Friedrichshafen, and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, recently open a training centre for service staff in Cartagena, Spain.

Canadian ship owner, CSL, has removed oil from the stern tube and equipped nine of its new builds with Thordon seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings in a bid to comply with the…

Dr Carsten Wiebers, global head maritime industries, KfW IPEX-Bank, talked about the importance of green ship funding at the global maritime environmental congress (gmec) at the SMM 2012 trade fair this week.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has ordered an Emsys advanced emissions monitoring system from WR Systems for two new vessels being built for Carnival’s AIDA cruise line.

The keel laying and dedication ceremony for ‘AGOR-27’ and ‘28’ Oceanographic Research Vessels took place recently at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) in Anacortes, Washington.

Damen Shipyards of The Netherlands has delivered research vessel RV 3609 ‘Simon Stevin’ to Belgian governmental fleet operator DAB Vloot. A particular feature of the ship is that it is optimised for…

Dutch company VAF Instruments has said that at the forthcoming SMM exhibition in Hamburg it plans to launch a new application for its TT-Sense optical thrust and torque measuring system.