The Marine Contracting Association (Marcas), the marine purchasing association, has launched a web site and extended its membership to BP Shipping, Lasco Shipping and Marenostrum. Marcas says this moves it closer to…

Maris says its ECDIS900, based on its SmartLine flat panel computer (FPC), is the first ECDIS to receive a type approval certificate using an FPC. The unit is certified to IEC 61774…

In the last four or five years the capacity of trailing suction hopper dredgers has increased tremendously, but dredger builders and operators in the Netherlands say that size is not all important,…

A new fuel conditioning system from Alfa Laval will be available in three sizes, with a modular concept for maximum flexibility to suit the needs of specific installations. Key components are the…

Schottel?s main exhibits will be its SPJ 57 RD pump-jet and STP 200 twin propeller. The pump-jet can serve as a shallow-water propulsion system and a robust, powerful and reliable manoeuvring system…

Furuno will feature the world premiere for voyage data recorder model VR-5000 and automatic identification system model AS-100. Also, the satellite compass model SC-60/120, which provides accurate and steady satellite based heading…

As the world?s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started life building two 260,000 dwt VLCCs back in 1972 along with its dry-dock at Ulsan. In 1984, just ten years after HHI…

HHI has been involved in a high-profile newbuilding contract with Concordia Maritime, a public tanker company of the Swedish-based Stena organisation, which involved building two innovative 315,000 dwt VLCC at its Ulsan…

Towards the end of June, HHI was reported to have secured a six LNG carrier newbuildings order worth over $1bn. Two ships were contracted by Fredriksen-controlled Golar LNG of Norway and four…