General News

Danfoss, the sustainable engineering solutions specialist, held an opening ceremony to mark the completion of its new Marine Competence Center in Holmestrand, Norway in mid May 2023. 

CIMAC has confirmed the final programme of the 30th edition of the CIMAC World Congress, which is due to be held in Busan in South Korea on 12-16 June 2023.

ClassNK has released Guidelines for Electronic Logbooks, which specify basic requirements for approving electronic logbooks used on ships.

Bangladesh has pledged to ratify the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Hong Kong Convention, the ship recycling treaty, within the next few weeks, which is expected to allow the HKC to finally enter into…

A recent joint report by DNV has found a surge in the number of safety incidents involving machinery damage or failure. The classification society stresses that more needs to be done to address…

In response to tightening sanctions and the growing isolation of Russia in the international arena, Russia’s government has decided to double subsidies for the domestic civil shipbuilding sector.

German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has announced that it is changing its name to Harren Group. 

Yinson Production, the FPSO contractor, has agreed a contract with Framo AS to use its new Submerged Turbine technology. The order was placed in Q3 2022 represents the first reference for the technology with…

The fuel mix in the maritime sector will change significantly over the coming decades, according to DNV’s latest ‘Transportation in Transition’ report. The report forecasts that it will likely transition from being almost entirely…

Seven members of the European Union along with Norway and the UK announced ambitious plans at the Belgian port of Ostend to increase offshore wind capacity in the North Sea to ‘at…