Wärtsilä, one of the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, is to combine all its ship design units into a single entity, to be known as Wärtsilä Ship Design.

The joint venture for the construction of five U.S. flag product/chemical tankers of U.S. Shipping Partners L.P., Edison,took delivery of the product tanker "Golden State".

Austal has successfully handed over the last of three 22 metre aluminium catamarans for operation in the Australian state of Queensland. The completion of the three-vessel fleet for the Queensland Police Service was achieved in just over 12 months from initial order and adds to Austal’s track record in delivering multi-vessel orders on-time and on-budget.