MSC Cruises has ordered two more LNG-powered World Class vessels at Chantiers de l’Atlantique. The deal, signed at the Hôtel des Minstres in Paris, takes the Geneva-headquartered cruise line’s tally of World Class vessels at the shipyard to six. They…

MAN Energy Solutions has revealed that type approval tests (TATs) have been conducted successfully on a new engine intended for use as an auxiliary genset or electric propulsion at constant speed, respectively, of 720 and 750rpm. The TATs involved…

Sweden-based clean energy firm, CorPower Ocean, has signed an agreement to build a 5-MW wave energy plant at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The project, which will have 14 wave energy converters (WECs) designed for 15…

Atlas Elektonik, the marine electronics division of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), is to become consortium leader in the GhostPlay@SEA research project. This is an extension of the original GhostPlay project which created a ‘Defense Metaverse’…

Four multipurpose ships to be built at India’s Chowgule shipyard for Netherlands-based Vertom group, will be equipped with fully electric cranes from MacGregor. Each vessel will have two cranes with a safe working load of 80 tonnes at 18m.

The crane…

Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilders has delivered the first unmanned vessel to be built at its facilities. The USV Challenger has been developed in a joint venture project with Solstad Offshore, Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean. It represents a key development…

Taiwanese offshore energy contractor Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has declared an option for a third commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) at Fincantieri-owned Vard. The vessel will be built to a Vard 4 39 design, developed jointly by DFO and…