Rolls-Royce to supply engines for giant Color Line hybrid

JUNE 16, 2017 — The world’s largest plug-in hybrid ferry will have four Rolls-Royce Bergen B33:45L diesel engines. Designed by Fosen Yard , the ferry is on order for Norway’s Color Line

Odfjell buys five newbuilding chem tankers

JUNE 16, 2017 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered Odfjell SE reports that it has signed a term sheet with Peter Georgiopoulos’s Chemical Transportation Group, Inc. whereby Odfjell will acquire the last five of

VIDEO: Advanced subsea mining vessel goes to work

JUNE 16, 2017 — The world’s largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel, the M/V SS Nujoma, is ready to start exploring for diamond deposits in Namibian waters, following its

Autonomous ship operation now on IMO agenda

JUNE 16, 2017 — The Danish Maritime Authority reports that the IMO Maritime Safety Committee is to start to establish a new international legal framework for the safe operation of autonomous ships.

DFDS orders two more freight RO/RO newbuilds

JUNE 16, 2017 — Denmark’s DFDS has ordered two additional RO/RO freight ship newbuildings from Jinling Shipyard on China for delivery in early 2020. The ships are similar to the two ships

Drewry: World Container Index down 0.5%

JUNE 15, 2017 —The World Container Index, a composite of container freight rates on eight major routes to/from the U.S., Europe and Asia, is down by 0.5% to $1,464 /40ft container this

Inmarsat adds ports to Fleet Xpress flat-fee installation network

JUNE 15, 2017 – Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L) has responded to high levels of demand for its Fleet Xpress service by increasing from six to 33 the number of ports where a complete

Kotug Smit orders three more tugs from Damen

JUNE 15, 2017 – Damen Shipyards Group is to deliver three newbuild tugs to Kotug Smit Towage for its European harbor towage operations. The order is for two ASD Tugs 2913 and

MAIB: LNG tanker’s mooring lines were “not fit for purpose”

JUNE 15, 2017 – Five year old mooring lines on the 2010-built LNG tanker Zarga were “not fit for purpose,” says the U.K. Marine Accident Investigaton Branch in its report on a

Havyard gets LOI for arctic stern trawler

JUNE 15, 2017 – Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology has signed a letter of intent with Canada’s Baffin Fisheries, for the design and construction of an artic stern trawler. The vessel, a Havyard

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