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Ship&Offshore
12.12.2023
Shipbuilding

MAN wins naval contract for engines and gensets

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply the main engines and gensets for four new anti-submarine warfare frigates (ASW) to be built by Damen Naval at its Vlissingen shipyard. The Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies will each take two…

Ship&Offshore
08.12.2023
Shipbuilding

Alfa Laval to supply FSS for methanol retrofit

Maersk is to install an Alfa Laval fuel supply system (FSS) as part of the methanol retrofit project on board the Maersk Halifax, a 15,000-TEU container ship. Alfa Laval will support the container line’s retrofit with the installation of FCM…

Ship&Offshore
07.12.2023
Shipbuilding

Deltamarin awarded RoPax design contract

China Merchants subsidiary Deltamarin has been awarded a contract for the approval and detail design of two RoPax vessels to be built at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai). The ships have been ordered by French ferry operator, La Méridionale,…

Ship&Offshore
06.12.2023
Shipbuilding

Höegh and Sumitomo sign LoI for ammonia-fuelled PCTCs

Höegh Autoliners and Sumitomo Corporation have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to collaborate on the supply of clean ammonia for the Oslo-based company’s next generation of Aurora-class pure car truck carriers (PCTCs). The plans involve the supply of…

Ship&Offshore
05.12.2023
Offshore

Damen unveils all-electric SOV design

Damen has released details of a fully electric service operation vessel (SOV), SOV 70017 E, capable of operating on electric power by charging batteries at offshore wind farms.

The 70m-long by 17m-wide vessel, with full redundancy from a…

Ship&Offshore
04.12.2023
Shipbuilding

BV launches rules for hydrogen-powered ships

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has unveiled new rules for hydrogen-fuelled ships. They outline the technical requirements for safe bunkering, storage, preparation, distribution, and the use of hydrogen as a source of power generation on…

Ship&Offshore
01.12.2023
Shipbuilding

Royal Caribbean takes delivery of Icon of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International has taken delivery of the 365m-long cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, in a ceremony at Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland. More than 1,200 crew members and workers were joined at the handover by Jason Liberty, Royal Caribbean…

Ship&Offshore
01.12.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD to install VCR technology on NYK newbuilds

Switzerland-based marine power company, WinGD, will make the first commercial installations of its new variable compression ration (VCR) technology on two new dual-fuel LNG-powered vessels under construction for Japan’s NYK Line.

A 95,000dwt bulk…

Ship&Offshore
30.11.2023
Shipbuilding

ABB to supply complete power system for Spanish Navy vessel

ABB has won an order from Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, Navantia, to supply a complete DC-based power and distribution system for a new submarine rescue vessel, Poseidon, due for delivery in 2026.

The ship will be deployed in support of…

Ship&Offshore
28.11.2023
Offshore

Huisman wins Aegir crane upgrade contract

Netherlands-based heavy construction specialist, Huisman, has been awarded a contract to upgrade the offshore mast crane on board the Aegir, a ten-year-old deepwater construction vessel owned and operated by Heerema Marine Contractors.

The project…