Bernard Schulte Offshore has signed a contract with Norway’s Ulstein Verft for two, option four, commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) of the Ulstein SX222 design. The 89.6m-long ships will have Ulstein’s Twin X-Stern design with two sterns…

The first steel has now been cut on the BorWin kappa converter platform at a shipyard in Jebel Ali in the UAE. The converter station is a key link in connecting BorWin6, due on stream in 2027 with a grid connection capacity of 980 MW.

The project…

Classification society DNV has released new class rules for electrical shore connections designed for tankers. Developing the rules, which are said to be the first of their kind, became necessary as a result of new US regulations – specifically the…

The EU Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) project, involving five commercial ships retrofitted with wind-assist systems, has concluded with positive signals for the sector in the future.

Funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of…

Swedish ferry operator, Stena Line, has signed a contract with Wärtsilä to carry out methanol fuel conversions on some of its vessels. The move will provide Stena with ‘unmatched fuel flexibility’, according to a statement, thereby marking an…

DNV, Damen, and Napa have developed a new Open Class 3D Exchange (OCX) standard to streamline class involvement in the early stages of a design project. In its first application, Damen Engineering decided to involve DNV classification experts in the…

A.P. Møller – Mærsk has signed a contract with MAN Primeserv to adapt the main engines of eleven container ships to run on methanol as fuel. The engine firm’s after-sales division will convert the existing MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime movers into…

Germany’s NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH (NSB) is to install a Wärtsilä simulator at its Maritime Training Centre in Buxtehude, as part of the facility’s technical upgrade.

The simulator will feature the latest versions of Wärtsilä’s…