The MAN 175D engine from MAN Energy Solutions has been formally approved for operation on up to 100% biofuels. The validation applies to standard biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and the engine…

DNV has joined a working group under the auspices of the Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) to establish a Technical Reference for methanol bunkering in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering location.

The SCIC, which has been appointed as…

Ulstein Design & Solutions BV has released details of the patent-pending Ulstein U-SternTM, a safer and more efficient way of transporting, upending and installing large monopiles with dynamic positioning (DP) accuracy.

The U-Stern system involves…

Damen Shipyards Group and Utrecht-based start-up company, Sensing360, are to collaborate on using sensor technology to raise the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of ships.

The sensor company uses photonics - the interaction between light and…

Qingdao-based Headway Technology Group has won an order to supply a methanol fuel supply system for a dual-fuel low-speed marine engine testing platform built by Dalian Marine Diesel Co Ltd (DMD).

The order includes a customised fuel supply system…

Ulstein Design & Solutions BV has won a contract from Singapore-based Cyan Renewables to develop designs for a series of floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV). The deal comes against the backdrop of a growing shortage of heavy-lift…

Oslo-based Havfram Wind has exercised an option for a second wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) under its newbuilding contract with CIMC Raffles. The second unit, due for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2025, will be built to a similar…

Wärtsilä Corporation is to supply a specially designed laboratory equipped with the latest simulation equipment for a new marine training centre under development by tanker owner, Furetank, on Donsö island in Sweden.

The lab, equipped for 14…