Netherlands-based crane manufacturer, Huisman, has won a third order for a large knuckle boom crane from an offshore energy customer. The 550-tonne crane will be equipped with the company’s proprietary secondary-controlled Active Heave Compensation…

The second ferry being built for TT-Line Company Pty Ltd, also known by its trading name Spirit of Tasmania, has been launched at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Finland. The Spirit of Tasmania V follows the launch and naming of Spirit of…

Marseille-based companies, Bourbon Offshore and Opsealog, have successfully completed a six-month project using data-driven software to improve the operating efficiency of 25 offshore support vessels. Now, the software will be installed on all of…

An upgraded Anschütz autopilot installed on board the RoRo ferry, Fionia Sea, is already reducing fuel burn and cutting emissions, the Kiel-based company has announced in a statement.  Owned by Leomar RoRo and managed by AdMare Ship Management AB,…

Damen Shipyards has announced that its recently introduced engine combined with a Damen marine emission reduction system has been awarded EU stage V certification.

The Damen D16 marine engine and aftertreatment system, designed internally by Damen…

Maritime service provider, Newport Shipping, is expanding its shipyard network with a new partnership with Unithai Shipyard and Engineering in Thailand. The arrangement is the latest step in Newport’s expansion strategy, taking its shipyard network…

Germany’s United Heavy Lift (UHL), part of the Hamburg-based United Group, has named its latest multipurpose heavy-lift vessel in a ceremony at the Baakenhöft Terminal near the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in the Port of Hamburg.

The ceremony took…

Norway’s ECOsubsea, a hull cleaning specialist, is to deploy its remotely controlled robots to clean ships’ hulls in the Port of Singapore. The company will use its latest generation of robots which, it says, are up to ten times faster than other…

Damen Shipyards has closed a deal with offshore crew transfer company, Windcat, to build a sixth commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) in the Elevation series. The 87m-long vessel, with accommodation for 120 persons on board, will complete…

WinGD’s new X52-S2.0 engine has successfully completed type approval and factory acceptance tests, expanding the Swiss engine company’s X-S engine series.

The approved engine is a compact, medium-bore, two-stroke unit suitable for shallow-draft…