Oslo-headquartered MPC Container Ships ASA has joined the growing list of shipowners opting to order alternate-fueled newbuildings. It has placed an order with Chinese shipbuilder Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for two carbon-neutral
Cyprus-based Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), was yesterday sentenced to pay a fine of $2 million after pleading guilty to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships involving the 73,530
India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) reports that it has signed contracts for construction and supply of two autonomous electric freight ferries for ASKO Maritime AS, Norway, with an option to build two
Arne Wilhelmsen, a founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL), and a visionary strategist of the modern cruise industry, died Saturday, April 11, 2020, in Palma, Spain. He was 90. Royal
NOVEMBER 6, 2018 — Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into two agreements that , it says, “will set the tone for operational and regulatory framework in autonomous shipping.” The first agreement
APRIL 4, 2018 — Two Norwegian companies — Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg — are forming a joint venture company to take the next step forward in autonomous shipping. “As a world-leading maritime nation,
APRIL 4, 2014 — Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has strengthened its Singapore-based management team to reflect increased levels of business and a focus on expanding service provision across the Asia-Pacific region. Hege
APRIL 8, 2013 — The ownership of the three OCVS vessels on order at Quebec’s Davie shipyard since 2007 has been organized under a newly established Cecon AS subsidiary named Rever Offshore
DECEMBER 14, 2012 — China’s Jiangmen Zhongxin Shipbreaking & Steel Co., Ltd. has received the world’s first Statement of Compliance for Ship Recycling Facility. Issued by ClassNK, the Statement of Compliance (SOC)
Underscoring its commitment to the environment, Wilhelmsen Ships Service is appointing a new Head of Environment, Thea Corwin. Ms. Corwin, who starts in her new job January 1, 2011, will be dedicated
