JULY 1, 2015 — MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) recently tested the very first ME-LGI engine to ever be commercially produced at its Tamano, Japan,
JULY 1, 2015 — Mikkel Søholm Vestergaard has joined Dan-Bunkering (America) Inc. as Managing Director at the company’s office in Houston, TX. Mr. Vestergaard began his career with Dan-Bunkering back in 2003
JULY 1, 2015 — At the end of May, the Royal Navy Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector was coated with Ecospeed at the A&P Tyne Ltd. Shipyard in Tyne and Wear, England.
JULY 1, 2015 — The boards of TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have approved orders for two additional cruise ships for TUI Cruises and orders for them have now been
JULY 1, 2015 — Antwerp, Belgium, headquartered Exmar has agreed a deal with John Frederiksen controlled Flex LNG and Geveran Trading Co. Ltd, which is indirectly controlled by trusts established by John
JUNE 30, 2015 — Beating out five other candidates, Ki-tack Lim (Republic of Korea) has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from January 1, 2016,
JUNE 30, 2015 — Coatings manufacturer Jotun is applauding a decision that brings International Standards for measuring ship hull and propeller performance a lot nearer. The 17 National Standardization Bodies represented on
JUNE 30, 2015 — Wärtsilä’s WTT11 tunnel thruster has successfully passed the final step of the Lloyd’s Register Type Approval process. Type Approval demonstrates that the WTT11 conforms to recognized industry quality
JUNE 29, 2015 — Norway’s Bergen Tankers AS has completed the successful conversion of the 4,447 dwt chemical/oil products tanker Bergen Viking from diesel-electric to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-electric propulsion. The 95
JUNE 29, 2015 — The State University of New York Maritime College says that Dr. Richard Burke and Dr. Christopher Clott have been selected as its inaugural ABS chairs. The chairs