OCTOBER 22, 2012 — Wärtsilä has developed a design for a new, highly efficient Aframax tanker that offers solutions for meeting current and forthcoming emissions legislation. Developed by Wärtsilä Ship Design, the
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — In an SEC filing today, tanker giant OSG says it is “evaluating its strategic options, including the potential voluntary filing of a petition for relief to reorganize under
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — The number of ships reporting attacks by Somali pirates has fallen this year to its lowest since 2009, says a report from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — ABB recently delivered four Azipod C propulsion systems for the Blue Ocean II wind turbine installation vessel built by Samsung Heavy Industries at its Geoje shipyard in Korea.
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won a contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft. Rolls-Royce will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — A groundbreaking ceremony today at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in redevelopment of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Euroferries of the U.K. plans to launch an express cross channel ferry service between Ramsgate in the U.K. and Boulogne, France, starting in February next year. Euroferries has
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Heléne Mellquist, the recently appointed CEO of the Industrial Shipping Division of Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic is “very excited” that TransAtlantic has acquired the customer base of Finnish
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — More evidence, not that any was needed, of the global shipbuilding demand downturn: Yonhap reports that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said Thursday that its