Wärtsilä’s Chief Digital Officer resigns

Wärtsilä reports that Marco Ryan, its Chief Digital Officer & Executive Vice President, and a member of the Board of Management has resigned from the company with immediate effect. According to today’s

Wallem puts its ship agency business on the cloud

Wallem Group is rolling out cloud-based software to reduce paperwork and streamline workflows across its ship agency business. Simplifying the management of documentation and actions required in port calls in a unified

These dark paints defeat the heat

Although white paint doesn’t look clean for long, marine coatings of a darker shade absorb more heat pushing up the ship’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) requirements and fuel costs. Now

MAN in three-way agreement on engine digitalization

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a strategic agreement with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and HSD Engine (the former Doosan Engine). Continuing a long relationship, the three companies now

Schottel and Ulstein make automation and digitalization move

Schottel and Ulstein are cooperating on maritime automation and digitalization. Spay/Rhine, Germany, based propulsion and steering specialist is taking a 50% stake in former Ulstein subsidiary, Ulstein Blue CTRL, which will continue

Swedish electric ferry gets superfast charging upgrade

State owned Swedish power company Vattenfall has cooperated with electric propulsion specialist Echandia Marine to develope a new solution to provide fast charging for ferries and other electric vessels. The “Power as

Marfin to retrofit bulker with Wärtsilä hybrid technology

In another world first for Wärtsilä, a 60,000 dwt bulker is to be converted to hybrid operation. The ship, the M/V Paolo Topic, delivered by Japanese shipbuilder Onomichi Dockyard in 2016 is

Sea Ready named global distributor for ARG marine lubricants

American Refining Group Inc. (ARG), Bradford, Pa., has designated veteran-owned small business Sea Ready Marine Petroleum as its global distributor of its marine lubricants. Already the largest zinc-free (ZF) railroad-engine oil supplier

FUELTRAX appoints Director of Data Analytics

Electronic fuel monitoring systems specialist FUELTRAX has appointed Johnalan Brill as Director of Data Analytics to leverage operational data from the FUELTRAX user global fleet and provide expert analysis to determine best

MAN signs global agreement with Wallem

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Global Key Account Management contract with Hong Kong based Wallem Group. The contract covers the supply of spares and services to MAN main engines, generators and

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