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…