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Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement provides CSSC with access to technology...

Subsea Industries report that use of their Ecoshield hard coating to rudders and thrusters is paying dividends, with a number of shipowners noticing zero cavitation damage and failure compared to equipment coated with other protective systems. According to Miltos...

Wärtsilä has signed a long-term Technical Management Agreement to optimise the performance of ten of the Spanish company Albacora S.A.'s fishing vessels. The 5-year agreement was tailored to meet the requirements of Albacora's fleet management, providing technical...

By Linton Roberts, Managing Director of Cammell Laird, and a qualified Naval Architect. "The devil is in the detail" as they say. This is always the case when it comes to repairing, refitting or converting ships. The past two decades have seen a steady decline of...

ABB’s project to convert two HH Ferries’ vessels into the world’s largest emission-free ferries is gathering pace after Öresund Dry Docks was selected to carry out the work. M/F Tycho Brahe and M/F Aurora will both be fitted with 4.16 MW of batteries and the...

By Darren Brown, Managing Director of A&P Tyne A&P Group commends the findings and recommendations of Sir John Parker’s National Shipbuilding Strategy Report. Sir John has undertaken an in-depth review of the UK market place and the organisations which operate within...

Celebrations at Optimarin's Norway headquarters greeted the news that their Ballast Water Treatment system is the first the get approval from the USCG. Hopes are now that this long-awaited approval will be followed by approvals for other manufacturers, and the...

By Suzanne Black, financial director at Calvey Marine Ltd After years of uncertainty and conflicting opinions, it seems that ship owners now have no choice but to invest in ballast water management systems. The Convention was ratified in September 2016 which is good...

Underwater repairs company Hydrex are registering an increase in the number of vessels experiencing propeller damage. Dave Bleyenberg, Hydrex Production Executive, explained: “While winter months usually result in an increase in propeller repairs, this normally occurs...

The long-awaited publication of the International Standards Organisation guidelines for measuring hull and propeller performance has now been published. Initial hopes for the ISO suggested that it might provide a means of comparing the efficiency of hull coatings,...

Thordon Bearings are presenting environmentally safe and long-life RiverTough tailshaft bearings and TG100 shaft seals, developed specially for workboats, at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans. The water-lubricated RiverTough tailshaft bearings and TG100...