General News

Tourism operator Mary D Enterprises has selected Austal to design and construct a 35.20m high-speed monohull passenger ferry, the second Austal-built vessel for the Noumea-based company.

Construction of Sea SA’s much anticipated new ferry, the Australian-designed Aurora, has slowed due to difficulties experienced by the Indonesian shipbuilder, a subsidiary of DryDocks World, Dubai.

Eniram, a Finnish developer of dynamic decision support systems, says that Norwegian ferry operator Color Line will be deploying the first installation of its dynamic trimming assistant (DTA).

A recent delivery from the yard of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in Sibu, East Malaysia is a further indication of the growing technical sophistication of the Sarawak yards.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) announced plans to award $100,000 in grants this year to entrepreneurs working on zero-emissions technologies for shipping and port logistics.

Rolls-Royce Marine has announced a new order, valued at £20 million, to supply engines and propulsion equipment for four gas-fuelled ferries to be built for Norwegian operator Torghatten Nord.