General News

After successful results with four existing ro-ro vessels, Cobelfret has ordered the coating of the thruster tunnels of five newbuild vessels, four of which have been coated recently.

An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped the Scandlines 21,154 grt ro-pax ferry Sassnitz achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Trelleborg, Sweden and Sassnitz, Germany.

Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced an aggregate of 20 million horsepower in 4-stroke engines in the record time of 19 years and 7 months.

Still in the grip of an economic downturn, the shipping industry is struggling to manage the gap between shrinking budgets and the costs of maintaining quality safety and environmental performance through competence.…

Ulstein Group says that it has invested nearly NOK 200 million in new projects of late. “It is during downturns that it’s important to invest in the future,” says Ulstein deputy CEO…

Azimuthing propulsion and manoeuvering systems specialist Schottel has announced the appointment of Stone Marine Services as its sales partner in the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic.

Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a tender to build an FPSO unit for the Goliat project. The tender for the Goliat FPSO was initially floated by Eni Norge AS (Eni) in June…

Singapore-based Ecospec Global Technology and its representative office in Europe, Ecospec Scandinavia, have signed a technology agreement with Dutch shipping company ForestWave Navigation to incorporate Ecospec’s CSNOx technology for six newbuildings.