Wärtsilä makes X62 fully available on market

JANUARY 8, 2015 — Wärtsilä reports that the first Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engine has successfully passed its design validation and type approval tests and has performed exceptionally well during the necessary sea

ClassNK updates container stowing and lashing guidelines

JANUARY 8, 2015 — With containerships getting larger, various new securing systems have been developed to improve the efficiency of loading containers on board and it has become increasingly important to evaluate

Another guilty plea and another indictment in Glenn case

JANUARY 7, 2015 — A commander in the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in the Glenn Marine scandal yesterday, while a second U.S. Navy officer was indicted on related

Stena RoRo to retrofit Forerunner with CROE scrubbers

JANUARY 7, 2015 — CR Ocean Engineering, L.L.C.(CROE), Parsippany, NJ, says that Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, has awarded it a contract for the design and supply of two open loop exhaust

Grounded car carrier refloats itself

JANUARY 7, 2015 — Although salvors had no plan to refloat the grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka today, according to the latest update from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Höegh Osaka

Double launch from Canada’s largest dry dock

JANUARY 7, 2015 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc, Lévis, Quebec, reports a busy three weeks. Over the holiday period, the second in the series of 130-m Subsea Construction Vessels that the company

Panama Canal unveils new toll proposal

JANUARY 7, 2015 — The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) this week announced a proposal for a new toll structure, following more than a year of informal consultations with representatives from various industry

L-3 SAM to retrofit four Scandlines double-enders

JANUARY 7, 2015 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered L-3 SAM Electronics reports that it has been awarded a contract through Danish subsidiary, L-3 Lyngsø Marine to retrofit navigation facilities aboard four double-ended passenger

No refloat yet for grounded car carrier

JANUARY 7, 2015 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)  issued a statement this morning confirming that grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka will not be refloated off the Bramble Bank in

Batam shipyard uses air bags to launch X-bow

JANUARY 7, 2015 — The first of two Ulstein designed PX121 platform supply vessels for Singapore’s Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd was successfully launched this week —using ship launching airbags. “Launches are

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