SCF Group chooses WinGD X-DF for LNG-fueled Aframaxes

APRIL 18, 2017 — Taking its dual-fuel technology beyond LNG carriers, Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) reports that its low-speed dual-fuel engines with X-DF low-pressure gas admission will propel the first ever

ABS breaks ground for new global headquarters

APRIL 17, 2017 — Classification society ABS has broken ground for its new global headquarters. Anchoring the CityPlace 2 development, the new headquarters will be located near the intersection of I-45 and

Hopes grow for DSME rescue package

APRIL 17, 2015 — South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says that major bondholders of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. today agreed to the debt rescheduling measures proposed by the state-run Korea

Hopes grow for DSME rescue package

that major bondholders of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. today agreed to the debt rescheduling measures proposed by the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB). The National Pension Service (NPS), which owns

OPCs to have advanced Auxiliary Propulsion Systems

APRIL 17, 2015 — Leonardo DRS, Inc., Arlington, VA, reports that it has been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding to provide hybrid electric drive systems for the U.S. Coast Guard’s new

Port of Long Beach to name Mario Cordero Executive Director

APRIL 14, 2017 – Former Federal Maritime Commission chairman Mario Cordero is expected to be named Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach following a vote today by the Long Beach

Australia’s first AWD completes sea trials

APRIL 14, 2017 – GE reports that several milestones have been reached on Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) shipbuilding program. The first of the three ships being built for the Royal Australian

Natural gas operating fleet concept gets LR AiP

APRIL 13, 2016 — Wärtsilä and COSCO shipping Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have jointly developed a natural gas operating fleet concept that has now obtained a Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Approval in Principle

WinGD X-DF engines to power Sovcomflot LNG fueled Aframaxes

APRIL 13, 2017 — The four LNG-fueled Aframax tankers ordered by Russia’s SCF Group (Sovcomflot) (see earlier story) will be powered Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) low-speed dual-fuel engines with X-DF low-pressure

DryShips finds work for newly acquired Newcastlemax

APRIL 12, 2017 — DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) has entered into a one year time charter with a major grain house for one of its four recently acquired 206,000 dwt Newcastlemax dry

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