Hyundai MIPO to build world’s largest LNG fueled bulker

JULY 8, 2016 —  Korean steel giant POSCO is teaming with shipbuilder Hyundai MIPO Dockyard to build what will be the world’s largest LNG-fueled bulk carrier thus far. The 50,000 dwt ship

Shipowners fight proposal for EU Ship Recycling License

JULY 8, 2016 — Shipowners are reacting strongly to a proposal that the European Uniob set up a ship recycling fund, with shipowners being compelled to pay for it with what is

MTU marine gas engine completes 3,000 hours testing

JULY 7, 2016 —Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG reports that the new MTU marine gas engine has successfully completed 3,000 hours on the test bed and is on track to go into series

Keppel and Shell form LNG bunkering JV

JULY 7, 2016 — In a stock exchange announcement today, Keppel Corporation Limited reported that KS Investments Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has entered into a

Scana Propulsion books fishing, research vessel contracts

JULY 6, 2016 —Stavanger, Norway, headquartered Incus Investor ASA reports that its portfolio company Scana Propulsion has won contracts worth a total NOK 18 million (about $2.1 million) for propulsion systems for

Least optimistic transport industry? Shipping

JULY 6, 2016 —  Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has just released its seventh transport survey report. It details 200 responses from a range of companies involved in aviation, rail and

MARAD report a must read for anyone looking at hybrid

JULY 6, 2016 — The U.S. Maritime Administration has just released a report that should be required reading for anyone considering operating a battery-hybrid vessel. In August of 2012, an explosion and

No VGM hitches at APM Terminals

JULY 5, 2016 — Fears about the impact of new IMO container weighing requirements may prove to have been exaggerated. With three days of terminal operations completed under the new Safety of

21,000 TEU box ships to have Wartsila 32 gensets

JULY 5, 2016 — Wärtsilä is to supply a total of twenty-four 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets for six 21,000 TEU containerships being built at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) for

Clarksons warns of “materially lower” profits

JULY 5, 2016 — Shipbroking giant Clarksons plc is warning that it expects profits for 2016 will be materially lower than the full year 2015. Since its AGM, says the company, its

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