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

USCG approval for bilge water system

The Senitec sludge and bilge water treatment system of Wärtsilä has received US Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval. Tests have confirmed the system's ability to remove oil in water levels to well below required by the International Maritime…

04.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä and CSSC-MES Diesel sign licence agreement

Wärtsilä and Chinese CSSC-MES Diesel Co Ltd (CMD) have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines by CMD in China.

02.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Japanese shipbuilders extend use of AVEVA marine solutions

AVEVA, one of the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, announced that key Japanese shipbuilders Namura Shipbuilding, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Sumitomo Heavy Industries…

02.12.2008
"Taisun"
Shipbuilding

YRS celebrates "Taisun's" first commercial lift

Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Shandong, the largest rig builder in China, started the commercial use of its 20,000 t gantry crane. The "Taisun" lifted the massive 14,000 t deckbox of the semi-submersible drilling rig, the ‘COSL Pioneer’ for COSL…

28.11.2008

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