Damen to build 80 m RO-RO ferry for Canada

DECEMBER 2, 2013 — Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government has awarded Damen Shipyards Group an order for a state-of-the-art, 80 m Ice Class ferry, which will operate on the Fogo Island-Change

Castrol to launch next generation cylinder oil

DECEMBER 2, 2013 — Castrol Marine says that it will launch Castrol Cyltech CL 100 ACC in May 2014. It says the next generation cylinder oil is its “considered technical response to

Knud E. Hansen gets Ro-Pax contract

December 2, 2013 — CS Marine of Shanghai has contracted Denmark’s Knud E. Hansen A/S to develop the design of a 120 m Ro-Pax that will operate out of Hainan Iisland in

First order for LNG Hybrid Barge

DECEMBER 2, 2013 — Hamburg, Germany, based Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG, has awarded Shipbuilding and Machinery of Komárno, Slovakia, a contract to

Terntank ships first with Wärtsilä dual fuel two stroke

DECEMBER 2, 2013 — Wärtsilä says that the engines selected for Terntank Rederi’s two just-announced newbuilds at China’s AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding Co will be the first to be powered by its new

Canada arrests “shipbuilding spy”

DECEMBER 2, 2013 — Canadian authorities have charged Qing Quentin Huang of Toronto with attempting to sell classified information on Canadian shipbuilding programs. Mr. Huang, a 53 year old naturalized Canadian citizen,

Navy suspends Inchcape Shipping Services contracts

NOVEMBER 29, 2013 — One of the world’s largest suppliers of husbanding services —Inchcape Shipping Services Holding Ltd. (ISS) — has been suspended from doing business with the Navy. ISS is owned

Carnival seeks efficiencies through HVAC upgrades

NOVEMBER 29, 2013 — Denmark’s Knud E. Hansen A/S and Novenco Marine & Offshore A/S, have been contracted by Carnival Cruise Line to install state-of-the-art HVAC upgrades on the cruise giant’s Victory,

Wärtsilä has new Propulsion Test Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2013 — Wärtsilä yesterday inaugurated a new test facility for future propulsion products and technology. Located in Tuusula, southern Finland, the Wärtsilä Propulsion Test Center has been established and funded

Fincantieri to build Norwegian polar ship

NOVEMBER 29, 2013 — Oslo’s Fram Museum today provided the backdrop for the signing of a contract that will see Fincantieri build a new icebeaking polar research ship for Norway’s Institute of

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