APRIL 5, 2017 — Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line has signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. concerning a new passenger cruise ferry for the Turku (Finland)–Åland Islands–Stockholm
APRIL 5, 2017 — Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu), France, recently staged a formal inauguration ceremony to mark the completion of major refurbishment works to its floating dry dock. The dock, capable of
APRIL 5, 2017 — A new piston ring concept unveiled by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) is based on the well-known and proven piston ring design used in WinGD two-stroke marine diesel
APRIL 4, 2017 — Louis Martel has taken over as President and CEO of Canada’s CSL Group, the world’s largest operator of self-unloading vessels, succeeding Rod Jones. CSL Group says that the
APRIL 4, 2017 — Singapore-headquartered AET Tankers Pte Ltd (AET) says that up to four of the Aframax tankers that it has under construction at shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd (SHI)
APRIL 4, 2017 — Two new 170,000 m3 LNG carrier vessels being built for Norway’s Höegh LNG at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyards in Korea will
APRIL 3, 2017 — St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation reports that the latest addition to its Equinox class of bulkers, Algoma Strongfield, has completed preparations and has now begun its
APRIL 3, 2017 — Lübeck, Germany, headquartered bulker specialist Oldendorff Carriers and BMT Group subsidiary BMT SMART have reached a new agreement that has led to the roll out of fleet performance
APRIL 3, 2017 — Classification society ABS has granted a Certificate of General Design Approval (GDA) for an IMO Type B LNG fuel tank design developed by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries. HHI’s
APRIL 3, 2017 — Shell Western LNG B.V. has signed an agreement with Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group) to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel the first Aframax crude oil tankers in