Repair & Conversion

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Demand for energy-saving propeller retrofits has nearly quadrupled since 2020, but wider-scale adoption is being hampered by technical complexity and performance fears.

5th June 2025

Propeller retrofit demand soars

5th June 2025

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä is to upgrade RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels in a retrofit project expected to deliver potential CO2 emissions savings of over 1,500 tonnes annually.

16th April 2025

Wärtsilä wins bulk carrier engine retrofit double

16th April 2025

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

MAN Energy Solutions has teamed up with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) on a range of decarbonisation retrofit projects.

10th April 2025

MAN and COSCO partner on green fuel retrofits

10th April 2025

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Ulstein Design & Solutions has secured its largest aftermarket design contract to date, awarded by Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the cable-laying vessel Orient Adventurer.

27th January 2025

Ulstein wins major conversion deal

27th January 2025

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Kongsberg Maritime has won a deal to upgrade the propulsion systems on ten pure car & truck carriers (PCTC) for Höegh Autoliners.

6th September 2024

KM wins PCTC propulsion upgrade deal

6th September 2024

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

A collaboration between Berg Propulsion, CMA CGM and Reederei Rambow has led to substantial efficiency gains for an 868 teu container vessel.

2nd September 2024

Innovative retrofit boosts ship’s efficiency

2nd September 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry and COSCO SHIPPING Container Lines have inked a deal for 12 new dual-fuel methanol container ships.

30th August 2024

COSCO orders 12 dual-fuel methanol ships

30th August 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

ClassNK has classed a tugboat completed by NYK Line and IHI Power Systems as an ammonia-fuelled vessel.

23rd August 2024

World’s first ammonia tugboat classed

23rd August 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Increasing numbers of vessels are suffering failures in their stern tube bearings, according to SLS Technical Manager, Engineering, Jose Antonio Vazquez and 90% of them are in the aft bearing. And he…

12th June 2024

Sterntube failures on the rise

12th June 2024

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Marine battery system supplier, Echandia, has won a deal with Öresundslinjen for the conversion of a RoPax ferry to full electrical operation.

8th May 2024

Echandia wins RoPax conversion deal

8th May 2024