Since introducing its first azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug, the ASD 3110 Citta Della Spezia back in 1993, the Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has built almost 100 compact ASD tugs in…

A 70-ton four-stroke marine diesel engine resting majestically amid the Austrian Alps is not something one sees everyday. MAN B&W Deisel recently went to the trouble of transporting the 32/40CR to the…

Designed to provide high performance, low operating costs and low exhaust emissions, the DI12M EMS is Scania?s latest 12-litre marine engine equipped with the Scania EMS engine management system. Intended for use…

Two Hong Kong owners have placed newbuilding orders worth $70 million with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard for a pair of Capesize bulk carriers. The contracts have been placed by Wah Kwong Shipping, owned…

The Hong Kong based Orient Steamship is expanding its fleet of large dry cargo ships with a $29 million deal for a 55,000DWT bulk carrier. Sources said the firm tied up the…

Kongsberg Maritime of Norway has raised the standards of ship simulation,with the launch of Polaris 4.4.0, the latest version of its groundbreaking Polaris bridge simulation architecture. The fully scaleable Polaris 4.4.0 software…

Teekay Shipping Corporation based in Nassau, Bahamas, has placed an order with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea to construct three LNG carriers, representing a total contract price of approximately…

Videotel, the London-based training company, has produced three new distance-learning courses for specialised training on oil tankers, liquefied gas carriers and chemical tankers to follow on from its existing tanker familiarisation course.…

Vladivostok-based Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has signed contracts with Chinese shipbuilder Jinling Shipyard to construct four 1,080TEU containerships. Deliveries are scheduled for March, September, November and December 2006. These newbuildings will be…