MEYER BEGINS BUILD FOR SECOND DISNEY LNG CRUISESHIP
Disney Cruise Line and Meyer Werft have started construction of the new cruise ship ‘Disney Treasure’, marked by a keel laying ceremony at the Papenburg, Germany, shipyard. Like sister ship Disney Wish, delivered by Meyer Werft in 2022, the ship will be...
ROTORSAIL ORDER FOR NEWBUILD VLGC
Provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems Norsepower and global shipping company IINO Lines have concluded a contract for the delivery and installation of two Norsepower Rotor Sails on a newbuild Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC). The new vessel, delivered from Daewoo...
MAN FLAGSHIP FOUR-STROKE ENGINE COMPLETES TYPE APPROVAL TESTING
MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day programme on the testbed at company HQ in Augsburg, Germany, witnessed by inspectors representing the ABS, BV, CCS, DNV, LR and RINA classification societies, who signed the test...
REDUCE BORE SIZE TO CUT GHG EMISSIONS, SAYS WÄRTSILÄ
Wärtsilä has introduced a new radical derating retrofit solution, known as Wärtsilä Fit4Power, intended to extend the emissions-compliant lifetime of merchant vessels by providing the existing two-stroke fleet with leaner, healthier and more optimised engines. This...
ROLLS-ROYCE WORKING ON HIGH-SPEED METHANOL MARINE ENGINE
Rolls-Royce, Woodward L’Orange and WTZ Roßlau have been working since the beginning of 2023 on the new joint project ‘MeOHmare’, which is receiving €8m in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. The companies have...
ABB DRIVES FOR LISBON’S ALL-ELECTRIC FERRY FLEET
The first of 10 new, all-electric ferries has been delivered from the Astilleros Gondán shipyard in Spain, which equipment supplier ABB says opens a new age of emission-free commuter services along Lisbon’s Tagus River, in the latest example of green transformation...
NORSEPOWER SECURES MORE FUNDING FOR ROTOR SAILS
Norsepower, a Finnish provider of mechanical sails for large ships, has successfully secured €28m in its latest Series C fundraising round, with French asset manager Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Management dedicated to sustainable investment, leading the...
WÄRTSILÄ RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEMS ORDERED FOR EIGHT LNGCs
Following an earlier newbuild programme in June 2022 for four new vessels, Wärtsilä has now been awarded the contract to supply reliquefaction systems for a further eight newbuild ships, which will be owned by various global shipping companies and built at Hudong...