General News

The strategic partnership between Onboard-Napa and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the NAPA-DSME Power software, has produced its first order, just one month into its existence.

According to the board of MAN Diesel & Turbo in Augsburg, indications of possible irregularities in fuel consumption test values in medium speed marine engines during handover have led to an investigation.

Wärtsilä has announced the award of a contract to supply the design and equipment for a new Platform Supply Vessel, to be built at Norwegian shipyard Hellesøy for Vestland Offshore.

Volvo Penta has completed its 13-litre displacement engine family with the launch at Nor-Shipping of heavy duty and genset versions.

KVH Industries of the USA has announced the shipment of its 1,000th CommBox ship/shore network manager, which it says marks a trend for increasing integration of onboard IT networks and shipboard satcoms.