MPA pulls bunker license, cites “magnetic interferences”

Mass Flow Meters were supposed to end bunkering scams, right? Apparently not if there’s a magnet involved. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker craft operator license

Wärtsilä and Norsepower in service cooperation agreement

Wärtsilä and Finnish rotor sail specialist Norsepower have signed a service cooperation agreement. This will enable Norsepower to order service work from Wärtsilä, while Wärtsilä can pursue and sell Norsepower rotor sail

Hyundai Heavy EcoBallast BWMS gets U.S. Type Approval

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued a Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s type approval application

Wärtsilä wins two battery hybrid OSV upgrade contracts

Norwegian offshore service vessel operator Atlantic Offshore has contracted Wärtsilä to engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages in two of its supply vessels. The upgrade project will be carried out

AIDA Cruises to trial fuel cells on AIDAnova

By early 2021, Carnival Corporation’s German market brand, AIDA Cruises, aims to be the world’s first cruise company to test the use of fuel cells on a large passenger ship on board

MAN and Kongsberg ink MOU on common data infrastructure

MAN Energy Solutions has signed an MOU with Kongsberg that will see it investigate the possibility of using Kongsberg Digital’s data-infrastructure solution, Vessel Insight, to securely collect and transmit data using MAN

Autonomous shipping alliance appoints a new Chairman

One Sea, an industry alliance that aims to lead the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025, has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as Chairman of its Management Board. Hägg will oversee

Navy starts second phase of “Ghost Fleet” unmanned vessel program

The Navy’s Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has started the second phase of an unmanned vessel program that it calls “Ghost Fleet Overlord.” The program, developed by the

Svitzer selects Schottel for tug trio building at ASL

Two tractor tugs and one ASD tug currently under construction at ASL Shipyard, Singapore for Svitzer will be equipped with rudderpropellers from Spay, Germany, based Schottel, the German propulsion expert. All three

Eidesvik picks Wärtsilä for hybrid upgrade project

Norway’s Eidesvik AS is to upgrade its 2015-built construction vessel Viking Neptune. It has selected Wärtsilä  to engineer, supply, and commission a hybrid propulsion system for the vessel. Wärtsilä says this latest

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