AUGUST 6, 2015 — Rotterdam headquartered Van Oord has placed an order for two trailing-suction hopper dredges at the CNN LaNaval Shipyard in Sestao, Spain, with delivery dates scheduled for 2017. The
AUGUST 4, 2015 — The start of production of Estonian operator Tallink’s new generation LNG fueled fast ferry for the Tallinn, Estonia-Helsinki, Finland, route began today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in
JULY 27, 2015 — Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM Group took delivery today of the CMA CGM Vasco De Gama on from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). With a length of 399
JULY 3, 2015 — China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has taken delivery of Asia’s first purely LNG fueled tugboat, Hai Yang Shi You 525. The first of two tugs built by
JUNE 29, 2015 — Norway’s Bergen Tankers AS has completed the successful conversion of the 4,447 dwt chemical/oil products tanker Bergen Viking from diesel-electric to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-electric propulsion. The 95
JUNE 23, 2015 — Bagnolet, France, headquartered Saft S.A. has won a contract to supply state-of-the-art Li-ion (lithium ion) battery systems to Rotterdam headquarterd Imtech Marine which (as we reported earlier) will
JUNE 9, 2015 — Finnish electric drive train specialist Visedo has been selected as the sole electric-system supplier for a fully electric ferry to be built by the Danish shipbuilder Søby Shipyard
JUNE 5, 2015—Efficiency, environmental responsibility, and fuel savings was clearly on the mind of every ship operator that attended Nor-Shipping 2015 in Oslo, Norway, this week. One of the technology-based solutions on
MAY 13, 2015 — The world’s first 45 cm bore, ultra long stroke, low speed engine has passed its TAT (Type Approval Test) at the Changwong, South Korea, works of its builder,
APRIL 29, 2015 — United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) today named the 18,800 TEU M.V. Barzan in ceremonies at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) shipyard in Mokpo, South Korea today. UASC
