Swedish marine battery firm, Echandia, is to supply energy storage systems for eight new cargo vessels under construction at China’s Wuhu Shipyard for the Amsterdam-based Spliethoff Group. The battery packs will be installed to support energy…

The hull of the near-zero-emission cruise ship, Captain Arctic, has been launched at Goltens Dubai. The 69m-long vessel is a collaboration between French owner, Selar, Mauritius-based shipyard Chantier Naval de l-Ocean Indien (CNOI), and the Dubai…

Viking Life-Saving Equipment is to build four fast response vessels for Tolletaten, the Norwegian Customs Service. The company will deliver four Viking Norsafe boats including one Marathon S-900, powered by twin 350-hp Mercury engines, and three…

Friedrichshafen-based Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG has completed successful tests of the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol. The company has worked closely with partners Woodward L’Orange and WTZ Roßlau in the…

Norwegian shipowner Møre Sjø has chosen Bureau Veritas (BV) to class two, option two, hydrogen-powered cargo vessels. The 89m-long vessels, with a capacity of about 3,750gt, are to be built at Gelibolu Shipyard in Turkey and will be the first general…