A.P. Møller Holding AS has paid USD 685 million to acquire Maersk Supply Service AS (MSS) from A.P. Møller-Maersk AS. The transfer of ownership is the latest move in the group’s strategy to channel A.P. Møller-Maersk into focusing on transport and…

Bureau Veritas (BV) is to class two hybrid double-ended ferries designed by Netherlands-based CoCo Yachts for operation by Sun Ferry Services Company Limited in Hong Kong. The two vessels will carry about four million passengers a year between…

Norway’s Rotoboost AS has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its pre-combustion carbon capture system, Rotobox. The technology, suitable for LNG carriers and other LNG-fuelled vessels, is based on a thermocatalytic…

Communications firm, Marlink, and ABS-affiliated software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, ABS WavesightTM, are to collaborate on optimised connectivity in the provision of services and data to clients’ ships.

The agreement will result in connections…

A study undertaken by DNV, commissioned by infrastructure system operators Gascade and Fluxys, has revealed the importance of offshore hydrogen production in Europe’s future energy mix. The sector is likely to play a key role, both as a means of…

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has supplied a high-lift Barke® flap rudder and piston-type steering gear for a research ship, the Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra. The 35m-long vessel has been built by Holland Shipyards Group in Hardinxveld-Giessendam for…

Italian classification society, RINA, has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to MAN Energy Solutions for its methanol-ready, four-stroke 32/44CR engine. The AiP relates to possible conversion of the engine so that it can become a dual-fuel unit…

An industrial-scale concept for a floating green ammonia plant developed by Netherlands-based SwitchH2 BV and Norway’s BW Offshore has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by classification society DNV.

The concept, known as NH3 FPSO, will be…

The end of life of a ship is – similar to living beings – something we sometimes deal with unwillingly or too little. The vessel has done its job, made profits at best, and now has to quit. When we talk about recycling ships, most of us have images…

MAN B&W has landed another order for dual-fuelled methanol engines. Shipbuilders Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co and HK Shipbuilding & Construction Co have ordered MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM engines for nine 9,000-TEU container ships being built for…