The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering key issues impacting international ship owners and operations of the Suez Canal. The yearlong commitment will increase...
Danfoss Drives recently hosted a visit to its Graasten factory by Jenny Braat, CEO of the Danish Maritime business association, which represents Danish manufacturers of maritime equipment and vessels. Danfoss regards this dialogue as more relevant than ever, as it...
Stena Line’s Propeller Prize 2022 winners, each receiving SEK 100,000, are Life Finder Systems International, in the digital communications category and Cetasol, in the field of maritime technology. Life Finder Systems International produces intelligent alert systems...
Three new partners – the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), the International Windship Association (IWSA) and data provider Kpler - have joined the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD). Since its formation in August 2021, the Centre...
The German Meyer shipbuilding group has established a new company, Meyer Re, to complement its core business of construction of new cruise ships. Meyer Re aims to partner with Meyer's cruise operation customers to maintain ships throughout their entire service life,...
The targeted expansion of Schottel’s international network of subsidiaries has developed further with the foundation of Schottel East Asia, located near Busan, to intensify market development in South Korea and Japan. In addition to the growing market in South Korea,...
Sotiris Raptis has been appointed by the General Assembly to lead the European Community Shipowners’ Associations as its new Secretary General. Raptis has extensive EU political and policy experience, having worked for different organisations in Brussels over...
Dutch electrical engineering specialists RH Marine and Bakker Sliedrecht have jointlky announced that the proposed management buyout has been completed and that both companies have been acquired by the current directors Hugo Loudon and Stefan Braat. This will enable...
Finnish company Valmet has opened a new office in Miami, Florida, to strengthen its local presence and improve its services for the global marine industry. John Weierud, Director, Marine Automation, Valmet, said: “Out of the many Valmet offices in the USA, this new...
Wärtsilä Voyage has completed an investment in Marindows, a Japanese company delivering an open digital platform for Japan’s marine industry. Both Marindows and Wärtsilä Voyage share a common vision of digitalisation as a means to accelerating decarbonisation and...
The Meyer Group and the Fassmer company are to jointly acquire shipbuilding engineering company Neptun Ship Design, based in Rostock, with around 100 employees. Neptun Ship Design, with more than 30 years of experience and a global customer base, will continue to...
