Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world largest shipbuilder and marine engine manufacturer, has produced its 5,000th HiMSEN engine ten years after manufacturing its first unit in 2001.

Royal Caribbean reports on its web site that it has signed a letter of intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft to build a 4,100-passenger cruise ship with an expected delivery in autumn…

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) will build the 7,000 dwt ‘Beluga Connection’, the first cable-layer for new German company Beluga Offshore Cable.

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore ASA recently placed a newbuilding contract worth over NOK 800 million ($138 million) with Ulstein Verft for the construction of a 165 m offshore IMR/ construction vessel.

The Dutch heavy-lift company Dockwise BV has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build a 117,000 dwt ‘Type 0’ (T-0) semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for delivery by the end of 2012.