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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

HMM signs newbuilding contracts with HSHI and HJSC

Two South Korean yards have received orders by Seoul-based ship operator HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) to build nine 9,000-TEU container vessels powered by methanol dual-fuel engines. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), part of the group Korea…

20.02.2023
Shipbuilding

MAN licensee wins methanol engine deal in Japan

Mitsui E&S Machinery, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee in Japan, has won a contract to build a methanol-fuelled engine for a 65,700dwt bulk carrier to be built at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. Mitsui will supply a MAN B&W 6G50ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection…

17.02.2023
Shipbuilding

RINA and ABB sign MoU focusing on emissions reduction

Classification society, RINA, and technology company, ABB, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on commercially viable strategies to advance decarbonisation. The partners cited fuel cell systems with carbon capture as one…

16.02.2023
Shipbuilding

New vessel for Leinebris to be built at Tersan

Norwegian fishing company Leinebris AS has placed an order with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard for a 64.9m fishing vessel. Leinebris AS is a long-term partner of Tersan. The previous, still operating vessel named Leinebris had been delivered in 2015. Desi…

15.02.2023

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