NOVEMBER 28, 2018 — In a test involving the 85 m long Norwegian ferry Norled Wärtsilä has successfully completed what is believed to be the first ever fully automated dock-to-dock operation, in complete
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 — Kongsberg Maritime has chosen Yverdon Les Bains, Switzerland, headquartered Leclanché to be its battery partner and supplier of customized marine energy storage solutions. Leclanché’s batteries will be an
NOVEMBER 10, 2018 — Royal IHC’s Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands, shipyard has successfully launched the world’s largest, most powerful cutter suction dredge, the 44,180 kW self-propelled Spartacus. Designed and built for
NOVEMBER 5, 2018 —The largest high-speed catamaran thus far ordered for operation on LNG fuel, will feature a fully integrated scope of Wärtsilä equipment. As we reported earlier (see story) the 125
OCTOBER 29, 2018 — Classification society ABS has introduced comprehensive guidance providing the marine and offshore industries a goal-based framework to enable data-driven decision making based on smart technology. The ABS Guidance
OCTOBER 19, 2018 — Stena Line reports that its 550 car, 1,500 passenger RoPax ferry Stena Jutlandica has now completed its first month of operation as a battery hybrid vessel and that
OCTOBER 18, 2018 — Cut shipping CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030? That’s an IMO target that can be met, according to the participants in the Project Forward initiative led by Athens-Based
OCTOBER 17, 2018 — Wärtsilä has inaugurated its new Hybrid Center in Trieste, Italy. The real-scale center comprises an engine, batteries, power drives, a propeller load simulator utilizing an electric motor, a
OCTOBER 15, 2018 — The polar ice-class expedition cruise vessel under construction by shipbuilder Vard for French operator Ponant will be powered by four 14 cylinder and two 10 cylinder Wärtsilä 31DF
OCTOBER 2, 2018 — An 826 ton buoy under construction by shipbuilder Vigor in Oregon for Irish based wave power pioneer Ocean Energy has the potential to meet the power demands of
