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The 34th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference will take place in Hamburg, Germany on 23-24 May 2012 - it aims to give all ship operators, owners and managers the perfect platform to…

The first of two new double-ended ferries from the troubled German Sietas shipyard goes into service in the Baltic this month while the yard, still in receivership, reported new investor interest.

ZF has introduced a marine transmission, the 5000 series, intended to address today’s market requirements for power capacity, available ratios, low noise, shifting comfort and short engagement times.

Wärtsilä Hamworthy company Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems says it has secured a contract to supply its LNG regasification technology for the third Höegh LNG FSRU under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries.

Kleven Maritime in Norway has delivered another LNG-powered offshore supply vessel, the 90m 6,500dwt ’Viking Prince’, powered by four dual-fuel engines, to Norwegian operator Eidesvik Offshore.

The call for papers has been announced for Mercator Media’s third Gas Fuelled Ships Conference this year, being held from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.

Norwegian boiler manufacturer Parat Halvorsen has recently received an order from Kleven Maritime for an OSV boiler plant, powered by direct current rather than the usual AC supply.