big green engine

Big box ships need big engines, and WinGD is benefiting

Swiss based engine developer WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) reports thatm as shipowners continue to invest in big containerships, it has booked more than 80 orders of its largest engines in 2021

WinGD gains type approval for biggest and most powerful ever dual-fuel engines

Classification society Bureau Veritas has awarded WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) type approval for its dual-fueled 12X92DF engines, the biggest and most powerful LNG-fueled engines thus far built. They will power nine

China approves merger of shipbuilders CSSC and CSIC

China’s State Council has given the green light for the merger of the country’s two largest state-owned shipbuilding giants, Shanghai-based China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and Dalian-based China Shipbuilding Industry Co (CSIC).

Chinese state-controlled shipbuilders to merge

In what’s called a “strategic restructuring,” China’s two state controlled shipbuilding giants —China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) — are preparing to merge. The detailed plan for

ABS grants AIP for new large ethane carrier concept

DECEMBER 23, 2017—Class society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new very large ethane carrier (VLEC) concept developed by China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a member of the

Wartsila in new JV with China State Shipbuilding

MARCH 7, 2017 — Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) have signed a new joint venture company agreement. The new joint venture, to be known as CSSC Wärtsilä Electrical & Automation

Plan to build up to six cruise ships in China moves ahead

FEBRUARY 22, 2017 — Carnival Corporation & plc reports that its its cruise joint venture in China has signed a new memorandum of agreement (MOA) to order the first-ever cruise ships built