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Ship&Offshore
15.07.2024
Ship Operation

ECOsubsea to clean hulls in Singapore

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…

Ship&Offshore
12.07.2024
Offshore

Damen to build CSOV number six for Windcat

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…

Ship&Offshore
12.07.2024
Shipbuilding

WinGD short-stroke engine gains type approval

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…

Ship&Offshore
12.07.2024
Ship Operation

DNV launches new in-operation class notations

DNV has published updates to its rules for classification of ships and offshore structures. In addition to rules supporting the development and deployment of decarbonisation technologies, the new in-operation class notations seek to bring clarity to…

Ship&Offshore
08.07.2024
Shipbuilding

Sanmar delivers new escort tug

Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a high-powered escort tug, Pellegron, to Italy’s Rimorchiatori Laziali, part of the Cafimar group. The vessel will be deployed on escort, ship manoeuvring, and towage operations in Middle Eastern waters. 

Based on the…

Ship&Offshore
08.07.2024
Offshore

Offshore floating solar pilot installed

Rotterdam-based SolarDuck and German energy major, RWE, have successfully installed a 0.5 MW-peak offshore floating solar pilot at the North Sea Farmers offshore test site in the Dutch North Sea.

The pilot installation, called Merganser, will be…

Ship&Offshore
08.07.2024
Offshore

Maersk sets up new offshore wind company

Maersk Offshore Wind will provide the sector with a new system to save installation time and cut costs. The first of a new generation of wind installation vessels is due for delivery next year and is expected to reduce installation time by about 30%.…

Ship&Offshore
04.07.2024
Ship Operation

Wärtsilä lands six-year maintenance deal

Wärtsilä has signed two more ‘Lifecycle Agreements’ with Nautica Ship Management relating to exhaust gas treatment systems on board two feeder container ships fitted with hybrid scrubber installations.

The systems for the 2019-built MTT Saisunee and…

Ship&Offshore
03.07.2024
Shipbuilding

Stena RoRo orders more E-Flexers

Two more multi-fuel E-Flexer RoPax contracts have been signed by Stena RoRo with Chinese yard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The two ships, numbers 14 and 15 in the E-Flexer series, will be delivered for long-term charter to Greece’s Attica Group in 2027.…

Ship&Offshore
28.06.2024
Shipbuilding

Electric tug christened in San Diego

The United States’ first all-electric tug has been christened in the Port of San Diego. The Crowley-owned zero-emission eWolf, with a bollard pull of 64 tonnes, has an electric propulsion system from Swiss-headquartered ABB with a 6.2-MWh energy…