OV Bøkfjord, a Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) vessel, will be retrofitted with Kongsberg Maritime electric rim-drive azimuth thrusters, and the battery capacity increased by four times, allowing it to make better use of locally available…

India will establish a Rs 25,000 crore (USD 2.9 billion) Maritime Development Fund (MDF) to finance the shipbuilding and repair industries, as well as a new credit note system to support the shipbreaking industry.

India’s Government will cover 49%…

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has signed a new contract with chemical tanker firm Hafnia, for MarineLine chemical-resistant coating systems on ten vessels. The low-porosity APC coatings are designed to reduce penetration of chemicals into the…

NYK Line, Namura Shipbuilding and Sasebo Heavy Industries are launching a joint initiative for the conversion of steam-turbine LNG carriers to more fuel-efficient X-DF dual-fuel diesel engines.

There are around 250 LNG carriers still using around…