Wärtsilä has released details of the world’s first four-stroke ammonia-fuelled marine engine. Available as part of the Wärtsilä 25 engine platform launched in September 2022, the engine has already attracted the attention of its first buyer.

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Meyer Group subsidiary, Neptun Werft, and Belgian company, Smulders, have agreed a deal to build offshore converter platforms at Neptun’s Warnemünde site, creating 100 new jobs. Subject to regulatory approval from the competition authorities, the new…

RoRo shipping and vehicle logistics company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, has chosen dual-fuel engines from MAN Energy Solutions for four pure car truck carriers (PCTCs) it has ordered at Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) in China.

The 9,300-CEU ships will have…

Seaspan and Wärtsilä Automation Navigation & Control Systems (ANCS) have commissioned the first of two ships to have the technology company’s SmartDock auto-docking system installed on board.

The commissioning of the Seaspan Trader, a RoRo cargo…

A 30-day repair carried out recently by Gibraltar’s Gibdock to the bulk carrier Donald M James included the application of a graphene-based foul release coating from Graphite Innovation & Technologies Inc. (GIT) Coatings.

The 2015-built 229m-long…

Maersk Supply Service has selected Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Data IoT platform to assist in optimising the performance of its first battery installation on board the offshore supply ship, Maersk Minder. An application programme interface (API) will…

Netherlands engineering firm, Huisman, and ‘smart’ cable-lay specialist ESD have signed a partnership agreement that will support the Schiedam-based company’s drive to develop more business in the offshore wind sector.

The agreement will see the…

Two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, currently being built at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China, are to have SENSFIBTM hull stress monitoring systems supplied by Light Structures of Norway.

The contracts were secured…

Wärtsilä has launched a new version of its Wärtsilä 31DF engine, which can reduce methane emission by more than 50% in certain load conditions and by 41% on a weighted average basis compared with earlier 31DF units. The technology group claims that…