Swiss-based marine engine manufacturer, WinGD, and Belgium’s CMB.TECH, a clean energy technology firm, are to pool resources in the development of a large ammonia-fuelled engine suitable for large bulk carriers. The two-stroke X72DF engines are to be…

UK-based ship services group, James Fisher and Sons plc, has taken delivery of a second LNG dual-fuel chemical tanker, Lady Maria Fisher. The vessel will join sister ship, Sir John Fisher, delivered in November, and will cut carbon and SOx emissions…

Rostock’s Neptun Werft, a Meyer Werft subsidiary, has won an order from long-time customer, Viking River Cruises, for another ship in the Viking Longship series.

The hybrid vessel, like its four sister ships delivered in 2020, will have a hybrid…

Estonian ferry company, Tallink Grupp, has signed up Sweden’s Qtagg, a marine green tech company, to undertake a comprehensive propulsion upgrade of the cruise ferry, Silja Europa.

The project will ensure substantial fuel savings of about 6% and…

British offshore vessel owner HST Marine has awarded a contract to Singapore-based shipyard Strategic Marine to construct four hybrid-powered CTVs (crew transfer vessels). The order of the new customer includes two options for repeat vessels.

The…

Werkendam-based Concordia Damen is to build two low-draught 110m-long dry cargo vessels for Amer Shipping, an inland waterway transport company also based in the Netherlands.

The CDS Dry Cargo 110 vessels have been designed with an optimised hull…

Holland Shipyards has landed an order to construct two 3,600dwt coasters for Dutch shipping company De Bock Maritiem.

The vessels, designed by Conoship, will transport dry cargo, and the draft makes them suitable for sailings on the river Rhine and…

2023 is only a few weeks old but for many, the turn of the year may already be only a distant memory. Too much is happening: almost every day there are new developments to which society, politics and industry must adapt.

Globally, the Russian attack…

Becker Marine Systems’ (BMS) Compact Battery Rack (Cobra), developed by the company over the last six years, is now owned by Lehmann Marine, established at the beginning of this year as a subsidiary of Family Office Höpen GmbH. Both Höpen and the…

Italian yard Mariotti has won an order from Saudi Arabia to build one 100-passenger luxury cruise ship. Provisionally called Project Sama, the vessel was ordered by Neptune Co, a joint venture of hotel group Aman and Cruise Saudi. Project Sama is the…