Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg and the towing-kite manufacturer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, also of Hamburg, are joining forces to market SkySails propulsion systems.

Wärtsilä has introduced a new upgrade kit for slow steaming for RTA and RT-flex low-speed engines to enable shipowners and operators to make major savings in fuel costs while slow steaming their ships. The upgrade kit allows Wärtsilä low-speed marine…

The keel of "Allure of the Seas", the second in the series of two of the world's largest cruise ships was at the Turku yards of STX Europe.The keel laying ceremony marked the placement of the very first block of "Allure of the Seas" in the dry dock…

Wärtsilä and Chinese CSSC-MES Diesel Co Ltd (CMD) have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines by CMD in China.

Starting in January 2009 the British shipowner Seatruck Ferries Ltd. will offer a new roro trailer cargo service.

A new maritime connection, Salerno-Cagliar-Valencia, was added to Naples based Grimaldi Group's liner services. It opens up the Sardinian Island to the whole network of shortsea links.