Kongsberg has signed a contract with an unnamed party to provide latest technologies to protect critical infrastructure. This includes on- and offshore oil and gas installations, communication cables, energy grids, ports, and transportation networks.…

Omani logistics and supply chain operator, Asyad, and Marseille-based CMA CGM Group have signed a deal to develop a new USD 400 million multipurpose logistics hub in Sohar on the country’s Gulf of Oman coast.

The partners are establishing a…

Andorra-based AYK Energy is to provide batteries for nine RoPax vessels ordered by the Grimaldi Group at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai).

The Naples-based shipowner will have OrionAN batteries, each of capacity 2.073MW, integrated with…

A second bulk carrier in the new Labrax 7680 series being built at Royal T Shipyards for the UK’s Carisbrooke Shipping has been launched in the Netherlands. The Heleen C, 118.6m long and 7,680dwt, will now begin a final outfitting stage before…

Norway’s Vard Langsten shipyard has delivered a hybrid construction and cable-laying vessel to Toyo Construction Co Ltd. The ship marks completion of the first order from the Japanese construction company and the first vessel that the…

Investments in Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems are likely to become easier to assess in advance with a new Horizon Europe project. The Advanced Wind Energy System Optimisation & Monitoring for Efficiency (AWESOME) initiative will provide validated…

The Volkswagen (VW) Group has sold a 51% stake in marine engineering giant, Everllence, to Boston-based private equity group, Bain Capital. The leveraged buyout generates proceeds of about EUR 7.4bn for the vehicle manufacturing company.

The…

The 2014-built container ship, Seaspan Yangtze, is the first of five dual-fuel retrofits for Hapag-Lloyd and PrimeServ’s 30th alternative fuel project. The refit was carried out at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai).

The 10,100-TEU vessel,…

The Korea Coast Guard (KCG) has selected mtu engines from the Rolls-Royce subsidiary for two major patrol boat projects over the next 15 years. The German engine firm will supply engines for both the new 50-ton and 500-ton patrol boat projects.

The…

Australian mining giant, Fortescue, and Bocimar, CMB.TECH’s bulk carrier subsidiary, have signed an agreement for the charter of up to 12 ‘ammonia capable’ Newcastlemax bulk carriers.

Up to three of the dual-fuel ammonia vessels are likely to enter…