Mitsui completes ethane-fueled engine

JULY 11, 2016 — Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has completed the world’s first ME-GIE ethane-operated two-stroke diesel engine, reports MAN Diesel & Turbo. The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE engine is

Hyundai MIPO to build world’s largest LNG fueled bulker

JULY 8, 2016 —  Korean steel giant POSCO is teaming with shipbuilder Hyundai MIPO Dockyard to build what will be the world’s largest LNG-fueled bulk carrier thus far. The 50,000 dwt ship

Vigor delivers ATB tug to Harley Marine

JULY 6, 2016 — Vigor Industrial’s Seattle, WA, shipyard recently delivered the Dale R Lindsey, a 95′ x 38′ x 16′, 3,000 hp twin screw ATB tug, to Harley Marine Services Inc.

Hyundai Heavy inks smart ship software MOU

JULY 6, 2016 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has signedof a Memorandum of Understanding for creating an eco system for smart ships with SK Shipping, Intel, Microsoft, the

21,000 TEU box ships to have Wartsila 32 gensets

JULY 5, 2016 — Wärtsilä is to supply a total of twenty-four 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets for six 21,000 TEU containerships being built at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard (SWS) for

Shock test prep costs put dent in Austal profits

JULY 5, 2016 — The good news from Austal is that there have been “favorable preliminary results” from the three Full Scale Shock Trials of LCS 6 — the first aluminum trimaran

Tallink christens LNG fueled ferry at Meyer Turku

JULY 1, 2016 — Estonia’s Tallink Grupp today christened its LNG-fueled fast ferry Megastar in a ceremony at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland. The ship was christened by former president of

Austal halts trading in its shares

JUNE 30, 2016 —  According to an Australian Securities Exchange  (ASX) announcement, the securities of Austal Limited have been placed in Trading Halt Session State at the request of the company, pending

La Naval delivers ABC-powered hybrid RoPax ferry

JUNE 29, 2016 — Spanish shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte—La Naval — has now delivered Texelstroom, one of the world’s first  hybrid RoPax ferries. The 135 m double ender has been built

MacGregor equipment picked for Chinese polar ship

JUNE 29, 2016 —  Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary has won an order to supply MacGregor offshore cranes and a Triplex handling system for a 14,300 gt polar research vessel being built for the

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