The Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has chosen Winterthur Gas & Diesel’s (WinGD) low-speed dual-fuel engines with X-DF low-pressure gas admission to propel the first ever gas-fuelled Aframax crude oil tankers. Under a contract signed in March 2017, SCF Group’s series of four LNG-fuel
Finland’s technology group Wärtsilä and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have joined forces in the development of a natural gas operating fleet concept, a design which has now received Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate. The development project was carried out unde
Greece-based ship owner DryShips Inc. has entered into a one year time charter with a major grain house for one of its 206,000 dwt Newcastlemax drybulk vessels. A total gross backlog of USD 7.1 million is expected from the contract, which is scheduled to commence upon the delivery of the vessel befo
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group has entered into an agreement with Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine for the acquisition of the Keppel Verolme shipyard in the Rotterdam Botlek area. With the acquisition of the Verolme shipyard, Damen strengthens its repair and conversion activities wi
Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell has signed final shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two chemical tankers with Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The tankers, which will have 40 stainless steel cargo tanks, will feature 38,000 dwt and a cargo capacity o
Finnish engineering company Wärtsilä has started working with a number of major shipyards in an effort to ease the retrofitting process of Ballast Water Management systems (BWMS). The agreements are intended to establish cooperation and communication between the parties in relation to the Internatio
Dutch shipbuilder Ferus Smit launched MV Arklow Clan, an open hatch single decker, at its Westerbroek yard on April 7. The 5,200 dwt Arklow Clan is the fourth in a series of ten ships that will be delivered to Ireland-based Arklow Shipping. With a hold volume of 220,000 cft, the newbuilding features
Operator of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units BW Offshore Limited (BWO) has signed a cooperation deal with financial leasing firm ICBC Financial Leasing to jointly pursue international infrastructure projects with a focus on FPSOs. Under the agreement, the parties plan to estab
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has reached an agreement in principle with the French government on the acquisition of its rival company STX France. “This agreement also confirms Fincantieri’s long-standing and fruitful collaboration in the naval segment with the French company DCNS. Fincantieri wil
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and the international classification society DNV GL have presented the results of a joint development project (JDP) for the design of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier based on today’s technology. The project focused on delivering a d
Finland-based ferry company Viking Line signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for a new passenger cruise ship, with an option for an additional vessel. A final agreement is subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of both the buyer and the sell
Finnish RoRo and RoPax operator Finnlines will lengthen four of its “Breeze series” ferries, with an option for two additional vessels, in response to increased demand. Finnlines has signed a contract with Remontowa S.A. shipyard in Gdansk, Poland where the actual work will commence in mid September
The images above show Egbert Wagenborg, a multipurpose ship (MPP) owned by Dutch shipowner and operator Royal Wagenborg, transiting the sea locks in Delfzijl. Egbert Wagenborg was towed from Royal Niestern Sander shipyard to the Port of Delfzijl. This ice-strengthened MPP vessel of the EasyMax type
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide both equipment and maintenance for floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier vessels of Norway based operator, Höegh LNG. Under a new five year technical management agreement, Wärtsilä will
