Rolls-Royce Power Systems names Otto Preiss COO

Otto Preiss is to join the management board of Rolls-Royce Powers Systems as Chief Operating Officer (COO) on May 1. Preiss joins the company, whose brands include MTU and Bergen Engines, after

VIDEO: Dacoma and Tuco to test novel workboat stabilizer

Two Danish companies — Dacoma and Tuco — are to test a novel stabilizer developed for offshore renewables sector work and crew boats. Developed by Dacoma ApS, the Airkeel is a submerged,

Inmarsat report explores Japan’s connected maritime innovation ecosystem

Japan’s role and potential as a driver of digitalization in shipping is the focus of a new report sponsored by Inmarsat. The study, “A quiet revolution – the maritime innovation ecosystem in

U.K.’s Type 31 frigates to have MAN Alpha propeller systems

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply propeller equipment for five general-purpose frigates to be constructed for the U.K. Royal Navy by Babcock International Group. Each 138.7 meter twin screw

Weeks Marine signs contract with Eastern for new hopper dredge

Cranford, N.J., headquartered Weeks Marine has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., covering construction of a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD Magdalen, a twin screw trailing suction

Atomflot orders new nuclear icebreaker

Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation reports that its subsidiary FSUE Atomflot, the world’s only operator of nuclear powered icebreakers, has signed a contract with shipbuilder Zvezda LLC for construction of a new

Metal Shark building new 55-foot pilot boat

Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum 55 foot x 17 foot pilot boat for the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi. Designed in-house, the new 55 Defiant

HMM names world’s largest container vessel

South Korean container shipping giant HMM (the company formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine) this morning held a naming ceremony for what will be the the world’s largest containership, the HMM Algeciras.

CWind charters in additional vessels

Chelmsford, U.K., based offshore renewables support services provider CWind is continuing with its fleet development and expansion plans. It has signed a long-term chartering agreement with Dalby Offshore that will see it

Qatar LNG carrier agreement hailed as China’s largest shipbuilding export deal yet

Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in China to be utilized for its future LNG carrier fleet requirements, including those of its ongoing North Field

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