Wärtsilä Corporation, 16 April 2025 at 11:00 EEST – Technology group Wärtsilä will upgrade the Wärtsilä RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels owned by Turkey-based Ulusoy Sealines. The…
Kongsberg Discovery has helped transform the 111-year-old, three-masted sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl into a state-of-the-art research vessel for the upcoming One Ocean Expedition, departing from Bergen, Norway, on 11 April.…
BLASTING & COATING ACTIVITIES / CORROSION CONTROLS DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 29-30 April 2025 a course on blasting and coating activities as well as corrosion controls. Participants will be given detailed…
ClassNK issues approval in principle (AiP) for retrofitted methanol dual fuel Kamsarmax bulk carrier developed by TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping okyo – ClassNK…
Gibdock, Gibraltar’s premier shipyard for naval and government vessels, successfully hosted an exclusive Defence Ship Repair Event at the House of Commons last night, bringing together key stakeholders from Government, industry,…
New LR report highlights both progress and persistent challenges in equipping existing vessels to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets. Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) latest Engine Retrofit Report reveals that while the maritime industry…
Wärtsilä Corporation, 12 February 2025 at 10:00 EET – Technology group Wärtsilä and international consulting and engineering company Elomatic have signed a licensing and cooperation agreement covering the intellectual property rights,…
On February 6, 2025 Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV) and Rossilini’s Four-10 signed a contract for the outfitting of the REV Ocean. The contract covers both the interior and exterior of…
The most powerful Shipping society outside Greece is by far the HESGB (Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain), which earlier on today elected its new Governing Committee. It’s charitable status…
New people and new premises – a successful start to 2025. SMS Group has welcomed David McCarthy as Operations Director to its newly acquired interior outfit and marine refurbishment headquarters…
…HIGHLIGHTED BY TWO IMPORTANT INNOVATIONS FROM JAPAN: BY YANMAR AND HITACHI ZOSEN MARINE, REPRESENTED IN GREECE BY SEASCAPE… by Iris Liaskoni – Marketing Manager of Seascape Marine & Trading Ltd.…
In an exclusive interview with AllAboutShipping’s John Faraclas, Ioannis Chiotopoulos Senior Vice President & Regional Manager South East Europe, Middle East and Africa at DNV for nearly ten years, responds…
Agreement expands access to retrofit installations of Silverstream’s air lubrication technology LONDON, 12 November 2024: Silverstream Technologies, a maritime clean technology company specialising in air lubrication systems, has signed a memorandum…
As a member of CirclesOfLife, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform is pleased to share the consortium’s latest press release and eager to invite you to join us in building a more sustainable maritime sector.…
Lloyd’s Register awards maritime industry’s first enhanced antifouling type approval to GIT Coatings
LR is the first classification society to offer this service, which provides a new standard for antifouling coatings and their performance in keeping hulls clean and sustainable. Lloyd’s Register (LR)…
Due to decarbonization measures being undertaken in the industry, DNV has recently experienced an increase in the number of fixed-pitch propeller retrofits. The end-to-end retrofit process has a short timeframe…
DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 30 and 31 October 2024, a course on how to plan and manage drydocking & retrofitting activities, so that these will be done effectively /…
Landmark deal between Wärtsilä and Eidesvik Offshore pioneers growing demand for ammonia in shipping
Wärtsilä Corporation, 26 August 2024 at 13:00 EEST Wärtsilä partners with Norwegian ship owner, Eidesvik, on world’s first ammonia-fuelled platform supply vessel conversion Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a contract…
Damen Shipyards Group publishes annual report for 2023 2023 was a positive year for the largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group. It had the highest revenue ever…
10th of July – BHP, together with Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) and Norsepower, completed the retrofit installation of a Norsepower Rotor Sail™ (NPRS™) onboard the M/V Koryu, a combination carrier operated by…
At the beginning of this Acheloos program, which was aired yesterday, we also have Theodoros Pantoulias, the general manager of the Mediterranee Hotel, a seafront four star hotel in Cephalonia,…
Dry dock upgrade planned to better accommodate Navy vessels Mammoet is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with DHO (Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV) to perform transportation and lifting…
Our friends at PGLegal have put together a fantastic piece that we are excited to share with you. This article is part of a series about the role of the Captain in…
Non-weather working days declared30 May 2024, Dhamra, IndiaDhamra Port Company Ltd has declared that 0200 hours on 26 May to 1525 hours on 27 May as non-weather working days at…
by John Faraclas I must admit that I have participated in numerous technical committee gatherings hosted by various maritime institutions and classification societies over time. However, I must acknowledge that…