STRATEGIC MARINE DELIVERS TWO MORE CREW VESSELS TO WEM
Strategic Marine of Singapore has delivered two 27m crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to WEM Marine, the pair of vessels, built to the company’s Stratcat 26 design, being the first CTVs to be launched from Strategic’s new Benoi Road shipyard. WEM 5 and WEM 6 have been...
DAMEN PROVIDES NEW PATROL VESSEL FOR GIBRALTAR
Gibraltar’s Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has officially commissioned a new Damen Interceptor 1503 FRP, named ‘HMC Sentinel’ for duty in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. HMC Sentinel is a custom-built prototype, the result of a three-year project...
MAERSK MOVES TO ENSURE GREEN METHANOL FUEL SUPPLY NETWORK
To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. Moller-Maersk is to enter strategic partnerships with six leading companies with the intent of sourcing at least 730,000 t/yr of the alternative fuel by the end of 2025. The six companies are CIMC ENRIC,...
LR APPOINTS SOUTH EUROPE MANAGER AND WITHDRAWS FROM RUSSIA
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has appointed Paolo Massa as Commercial Manager for South Europe. Massa joins LR following previous roles with Wartsila and Ecospray Technologies and succeeds Anthi Miliou, who will remain with LR to take the role of Head of Sales –...
DAMEN TO UPGRADE SUSTAINABILITY FOR PORT OF AMSTERDAM VESSEL
New engines, exhaust cleaning systems and improved propulsion train arrangements will result in emissions reduction for the Port of Amsterdam’s harbour patrol vessel, a Damen Stan Tug 1907 PA1. As well as conversion of vessel PA1 the contract includes...
SIX JAPANESE COMPANIES JOIN TO DEVELOP METHANOL-FUELLED TANKER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun Co, Niihama Kaiun Co, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, and The Hanshin Diesel Works, have agreed to form a strategic alliance aimed at reducing environmental impact through the development of a methanol-fuelled...
DNV PULLS OUT OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS
As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, DNV says that it will follow international sanctions and the intentions behind them, and is reviewing all ongoing contracts and operations with Russian entities and winding down all related business. Remi Eriksen, DNV Group...
DANFOSS EDITRON TO POWER UK’S FIRST HIGH-SPEED HYBRID PASSENGER VESSELS
Danfoss Power Solutions’ Editron division will power the UK’s first high-speed passenger ferries, with the first of two 40m long vessels built by Wight Shipyard Co joining the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers’ fleet in autumn 2022. The two new hybrid vessels, each capable...