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

Royal Niestern Sander signs contract for conversion project

Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander, the Netherlands, has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a multipurpose offshore support vessel by local customer Wagenborg Offshore. An existing type PX121 platform supply vessel will be converted into a…

13.02.2023
Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä and Berge Bulk complete first inline shaft generator retrofit

Technology group Wärtsilä has completed retrofitting an inline shaft generator system on the Berge Toubkal, a capesize bulk carrier owned by Singapore-based Berge Bulk. This is the marine industry’s said to be first-ever shaft generator retrofit,…

09.02.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fuelled engine

Swiss-based marine engine manufacturer, WinGD, and Belgium’s CMB.TECH, a clean energy technology firm, are to pool resources in the development of a large ammonia-fuelled engine suitable for large bulk carriers. The two-stroke X72DF engines are to be…

06.02.2023
Shipbuilding

Second dual-fuel chemical tanker joins Fisher fleet

UK-based ship services group, James Fisher and Sons plc, has taken delivery of a second LNG dual-fuel chemical tanker, Lady Maria Fisher. The vessel will join sister ship, Sir John Fisher, delivered in November, and will cut carbon and SOx emissions…

06.02.2023

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