RH MARINE AND BAKKER SLIEDRECHT BECOME ONE
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...
ABS ASSISTS WITH GHG AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS
ABS is supporting US company McAllister Towing and Transportation on its sustainability journey with greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services for its fleet of more than 75 tugs, crew boats and barges. ABS specialists worked with McAllister’s team...
MULTIPLE ENGINE FAILURES ON FERRY – REPORT RELEASED
The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its report on a series of engine failures on the ferry ‘Wight Sky’ operated by Wightlink. In August 2018, Wight Sky suffered a catastrophic main engine failure as it prepared to enter...
EU WINDSHIPS PROJECT TO REVEAL SEA TRIAL RESULTS
At an event hosted by EU-Interreg North Sea Region project ‘WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion’, industry stakeholders will disclose sea trial results from multiple vessels with installed wind propulsion technologies. As part of the WASP Project...
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS ORDERS FOUR MORE ZERO CARBON READY PCTCs
Höegh Autoliners has signed a contract to build an additional four new multi-fuel and zero carbon ready Aurora class vessels on the same terms and specifications as the first four vessels. The company says that the Aurora class vessels have attracted great interest...
AiPs FROM ClassNK FOR KHI’S LARGE H2 CARRIER
Classification Society ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a large liquefied hydrogen carrier developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) of Japan. Hydrogen is expected to be used as a clean energy source to realise a decarbonised society as its...
CMA CGM PARTNERS WITH WWF FOR CLEANER OCEANS
French shipping company CMA CGM Group has entered a partnership with WWF France to decarbonize shipping and logistics, strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking in protected species and preserve marine ecosystems. The collaboration is in line with CMA...
ULSTEIN OFFERS NUCLEAR OPTION FOR ZERO-EMISSION CRUISES
Norway-based ship building and design company Ulstein has launched ‘Ulstein Thor’, a 149m 3R (Replenishment, Research and Rescue) design which will feature a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) to generate large amounts of clean, safe electricity, to enable...