Jotun: “We’ve solved the biofouling problem once and for all”

Norwegian marine coatings specialist Jotun claims to have “solved the problem of biofouling once and for all” with an offering called Hull Skating Solutions (HSS). It combines a high performance antifouling, SeaQuantum

Anglo-Eastern rolls out DNV GL’s Navigator Port technology fleetwide

Hong Kong headquartered Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has completed the successful roll-out of DNV GL’s Navigator Port software to its fleet of more than 600 vessels. Navigator Port is used daily onboard several

Corvus to supply ESS for innovative hybrid coastal cargo ship

Corvus Energy has been selected by electrical system integrator Westcon Power & Automation (WPA) to supply the lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system (ESS) for a new 8,500 dwt hybrid coastal cargo vessel

Coronavirus: IMO closes HQ building, postpones meetings

IMO’s headquarters building in London was closed to visitors and staff today, and will be closed tomorrow, as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus outbreak. This follows the March 11 assessment

Cook Inlet Tug & Barge adds shallow draft tug to fleet

Anchorage, Alaska, headquartered Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, is adding a versatile shallow draft tugboat, the Bristol Wind, to its fleet in mid-April.

VIDEO: Princess Cruises suspends operations for 60 days

In what it calls a “proactive response to the unpredictable circumstances evolving from the global spread of COVID-19,” Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand says it will voluntarily pause global operations of its

Bouchard says it has closed on financing

Melville, N.Y., based Bouchard Transportation Co., whose recent problems have been well-publicized, says that it has been “able to close on financing to start paying back vessel wages and meet other outstanding

Industry again battles DPF mandate

AWO secures approval for alternative to VDS on rivers

Since the publication of Subchapter M, many AWO members have expressed concern with the rule’s requirements to carry three day and three night visual distress signals (e.g. flares) aboard towing vessels on

MAN to power new Tallink LNG-fueled ferry

MAN Energy Solutions is to supply the engines for the 2,800 passenger LNG-fueled ferry ordered by Estonia’s Tallink Grupp for the Tallinn – Helsinki shuttle route route (see earlier story). The ship,

LNG fueled research vessel features Schottel propulsion units

The Atair, a 75 meter long and roughly 17 meter wide research vessel under construction at the Fassmer shipyard in Berne, Germany, is equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. Ordered by the German

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