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EST-Floattech announces its collaboration with Wight Shipyard Co. They will install the Octopus Series battery systems on two vessels, the “Mars Clipper” and Cross River Ferry, for Thames Clippers.

The dual-fuel vessel can run on either LPG or conventional heavy oil, and when LPG is used as fuel

New bioship technology would use gas from biomass to propel ship

Fairplay Towage Group has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two further tugboats, one of which is of the ASD Tug 2813 design, the other one being a tug fitted with azimuth stern drives and a bollard pull of 60 tonnes.

The customer has appointed VARD to design and construct two CSOVs’ of VARD 4 39 design.

Kongsberg Maritime will supply a pair of its US205 FP azimuth thrusters for each of the 28-metre vessels, giving bollard pull of 60 tons per vessel

Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured yet another order for its X‑DF‑A ammonia-fuelled engines in what will be the world's first ammonia dual-fuel Aframax tankers.

The new, state-of-the-art vessel will be capable of transporting 28 service personnel as well as 20 tonnes of cargo at speeds of up to 33.5 knots.

Hybrid technology to optimise energy use and cut emissions for Matson Navigation Company’s new LNG-powered container ships

Chantiers de l’Atlantique has chosen Brunvoll as the supplier of main propulsion for Orient Express Silenseas’s new cruise ships, which are going to become the world’s largest sailing ships.

In just a night, Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen grew 25 metres taller. As part of a major upgrade, a huge A-framed gantry extension, weighing 1,200 tonnes, has been installed on top of the vessel.

Trafigura has signed a contract for four Medium Gas Carriers (MGC) that will be capable of using low-carbon ammonia as a propulsion fuel when delivered.