China Merchants Group subsidiary, Deltamarin, and China Merchants Heavy Industry have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a flexible floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) design suitable for a range…

The first pair of hybrid-electric vessels in Washington State Ferries’ (WSF) extensive vessel upgrade programme are to have hybrid-electric propulsion systems supplied by ABB. The Washington State Hybrid-Electric 160 Auto Ferry Program, the largest…

Three new RoPax ferries ordered by Finnish ferry operator, Finnlines, are to have Auramarine fuel supply systems for multi-fuel engines capable of running on methanol. The Hansa Superstar-class vessels, due for delivery in 2028 and 2029, will be…

Swiss-based WinGD has unveiled details of a new dual-fuel LNG engine, the X-DF-HP, its first high-pressure unit developed specifically for the high-power requirements of the ultra-large container ship (ULCS) sector. The first engines, scheduled to be…

Copenhagen-based Cadeler, an offshore wind developer, has taken delivery of Wind Mover, the tenth vessel in its growing fleet of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV). The vessel, second in the M-class series, was delivered ahead of schedule and…

Netherlands-based Windcat, a subsidiary of CMB.TECH, has ordered the first of what could become six new multipurpose accommodation support vessels (MP-ASVs) from Damen Shipyards Group.

The ‘Innovation Series’, as the ships will be known, combine the…

Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has won a contract from Østensjø Rederi to build what will be the Norwegian company’s most powerful tug yet. The 50m-long vessel, with a bollard pull of 150 tonnes, is designed for the most challenging of operations…

Engine firm WinGD has signed an agreement with South Korean shipping technology company, Panasia, to install emissions abatement and fuel efficiency systems on existing X-DF engines. The first X-DF engines were introduced almost ten years ago, and…

Stena Line has named its lates fleet addition in Belfast. The 147m-long hybrid freight ferry, Stena Futura, is the first of two ‘NewMax’ vessels purpose-built for the Belfast-Heysham route. The dual-fuel methanol-ready ship has a 9-MW battery system,…

German marine engineering company, Schottel, has won an order from Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) for a series of seven rudder-propeller systems for double-ended electric ferries to be built at Remontowa Shipbuilding in Poland. …