General News

Colombian shipyard Cotecmar has delivered a new OPV (ocean patrol vessel), the ‘ARC 20 de Julio’, and described as “the biggest and most complex ship ever built in Columbia’s history” to the…

UK engine company Royston says that three weeks of intensive work by its engineers was praised by offshore operator Solstad after a ship was found to need an urgent engine overhaul before…

A Japanese ship operator has begun a demonstration test of a self-cleaning diesel particulate filter (DPF) system on an auxiliary engine of one of its ocean-going vessels, said to be the first…

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has recently delivered three CSD 500 cutter suction dredgers to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Azerbaijan, to be used for flood protection work on the Kura…

The call for papers for the GreenPort Congress 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has been released.

Back-to-back cruise ship projects at Gibdock’s No. 1 dock have seen the return of the 37,584gt, 1,575-passenger capacity ‘Thomson Destiny’ for its fourth visit since a first refit in Gibraltar in 2006.

Dutch company IHC Lagersmit says that its Liquidyne pump shaft seal has been included in Shell Global Solutions’ TAMAP (technically accepted manufacturers and products) list for use with cooling water pumps.

UK-based Simplex-Turbulo, agent for German manufacturer Märkisches Werk (MWH), is promoting a new product which is designed to extend the life of cylinder head valves for engines operating on HFO and gas.