Spain’s state-owned shipbuilding and design company, Navantia, has signed a deal with ABB for the supply of complete DC-based power distribution and propulsion systems for two hydrographic vessels.

Scheduled for delivery by 2028, the ships will…

The 2024-built Olympic Notos has undergone a series of modifications at Ulstein Verft in preparation for deployment on the Yggdrasil oil and gas field in the North Sea. The Olympic Subsea-owned vessel’s existing walk-to-work setup has been replaced…

Rotor sails installed by London-based Anemoi Marine Technologies on an Ultramax bulk carrier owned by Blue Planet Shipping have completed more than eight years of continuous operation and generated consistent fuel and emission savings over the…

Titan Clean Fuels, a subsidiary of Madrid-based Molgas Energy Group, has taken a new bunker barge, United LNG 1, on charter from owner, Somtralux. The 135m-long vessel, operated by United Bunkers, will supply ships in ports in the Zeebrugge,…

Gothenburg-based Berg Propulsion is to supply electric motors, contra-rotating thrusters, and a full electrical integration system for two tugs under construction in India for the country’s Green Tug Transition Programme. The vessels, with a bollard…

Submarine design and construction firm, Hanwha Ocean, and Thordon Bearings, a specialist in polymer propeller shafts, rudders, and other bearings, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the Canadian Patrol Submarine Program…

London-based Union Maritime has commissioned the tanker Monza, a third LR2 vessel in a series to be fitted with BAR Technologies’ WindWings® rigid sail technology. The LNG dual-fuel Monza, about 113,300dwt, has two 37.5m-tall WindWings that will…

Damen Shipyards Group has closed a deal with Turkey’s Albayrak Group for two tugs to be deployed in West Africa – one in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, and one in Pointe-Noire, Congo. The shipbuilder’s strategy of building for stock will enable…

Brisbane-based shipbuilder, Aus Ships, and Volvo Penta are building an electric-drive passenger ferry for delivery as a demonstrator in the fourth quarter of this year.

The vessel will have a twin installation of Volvo Penta IPS450E electric…

Helsinki-based maritime software firm, NAPA, and ferry and RoRo operator, Stena Line, have released details of a new stability management and cargo planning system for vessels engaged in RoRo and RoPax trades.

NAPA Stability for RoRo has been…