BC Ferries awards Spirit conversions to Remontowa
MARCH 24, 2015 — Poland’s Remontowa Ship Repair Yard S.A. of Gdansk has won a $140 million contract for the mid-life upgrades (MLUs) of BC Ferries two Spirit Class ferries. The upgrade
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Switch to Intersleek earns shipowners carbon credits
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 — AkzoNobel reports that the first carbon credits, worth a total of more than $500,000, have been issued to the owners of 16 ships that have converted from a
NSK Ship Design develops LNG fueled fish feeder design
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — Harstad, Norway, based NSK Ship Design has developed a design for an 81.5 m x 16.5 m LNG fueled fish farm feeder vessel for Nordnorsk Shipping. NSK Ship
First WinGD designed dual fuel two strokes passes TAT
JANUARY 19, 2016 — The first dual-fuel two-stroke engine designed and developed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) equipped with a low-pressure gas admission system has successfully completed its Type Approval Test
Oman police interceptors to have Rolls-Royce waterjets
JANUARY 14, 2016 — Finland’s Marine Alutech Oy Ab has signed a contract with Royal Oman Police, Sultanate of Oman, covering the delivery of fourteen Watercat K13 Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC). The
IMF staffers urge carbon tax on shipping
JANUARY 12, 2016 – Shipping and aviation may not have been explicitly included in the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at last month’s COP21 conference on climate change, but that does
Swedish owners order LNG fueled tanker series
NOVEMBER 25, 2015 —Three partners in the Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered Gothia Tanker alliance have ordered a series of 16,300 dwt next generation LNG fueled intermediate product/chemical tankers with LNG propulsion. Furetank Rederi
MOL fits a box ship with a windshield
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has started demonstration tests of a new windshield for containerships that, it says, has the potential to reduce wind resistance, save fuel,
LaNaval poised to ink order to build two LNG fueled ferries
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 — Spain’s Baleària Group has reached an agreement with shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte – La Naval for the construction of two natural gas fueled ferries. The agreement is
Wartsila wins regas module orders for two FSRUs
AUGUST 31, 2015 — South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has placed contracts with Wärtsilä for seawater/propane based regasification modules. The systems are to be installed on FSRU (Floating Storage and