Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

ABB lands Azipod cruise contract

ABB has won a deal to provide Azipod® propulsion units for four cruise ships built by Fincantieri. The company will provide eight 7.7-MW Azipods for the medium-sized cruise vessels, due for delivery between 2024 and 2027. Azipod technology has a…

29.03.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD supplies methanol engines for container ships

WinGD is to supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fuelled engines for four 16,000-TEU container ships ordered by Cosco Shipping Lines at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd. On delivery from 2025, the vessels will be the first in China to have…

28.03.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen develops new shrimp trawler design

Damen has revealed details of its newly configured Shrimp Trawler 2607. Incorporating various upgrades from the company's existing design, the new trawler has been developed for low fuel consumption.  Eric Moerkerk, managing director of Damen…

27.03.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen supplies rudder and steering gear for research vessel

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has supplied a high-lift Barke® flap rudder and piston-type steering gear for a research ship, the Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra. The 35m-long vessel has been built by Holland Shipyards Group in Hardinxveld-Giessendam for…

17.03.2023
Shipbuilding

RINA grants AiP for methanol-ready engine

Italian classification society, RINA, has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to MAN Energy Solutions for its methanol-ready, four-stroke 32/44CR engine. The AiP relates to possible conversion of the engine so that it can become a dual-fuel unit…

16.03.2023
Shipbuilding

First order for G80 dual-fuel methanol engine

MAN B&W has landed another order for dual-fuelled methanol engines. Shipbuilders Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co and HK Shipbuilding & Construction Co have ordered MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM engines for nine 9,000-TEU container ships being built for…

10.03.2023
Shipbuilding

Houlder to participate in wing sail project

London-based engineering consultancy, Houlder, is to assist in system integration and subsequent performance monitoring of a Winds of Change wing sail installation led by Smart Green Shipping (SGS). The project involves the retrofit of a SGS FastRig…

10.03.2023

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