General News

With the implementation of IMO II regulations for the marine industry on 1 January 2011, Caterpillar Motoren has been working for nearly three years on a strategy for each of its four…

Wärtsilä Corporation has issued its interim report for January to June 2010, in which it notes that the markets are recovering, but the situation continues to prove difficult and the restructuring programme…

Hamworthy has been awarded a contract by Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Promar covering the ship design and supply of cargo handling systems for eight liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers.

UK safety equipment company Cosalt has won an order from Princess Cruises to supply 20 man over board (MOB) recovery systems as part of the cruise lines new safety implementation for rescuing…

Allweiler AS, Norway, a supplier of marine pump units and packages, has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with the leading ballast water treatment (BWT) solution provider OptiMarin.

MAN Diesel & Turbo recently signed a contract with Norwegian shipbuilder Bergen Group Fosen to supply eight common-rail-based 10L32/44CR main engines, along with six L21/31 auxiliary gensets and four RENK gearboxes.

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s four 41m Austal-designed and built high speed passenger ferries have achieved outstanding performance on recent sea trials.