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Container Vessel News Roundup | June 26 – Methanol- and LNG-ready newbuildings from China and Korea

New boxships have been delivered to owners from Singapore, South Korea, and France. Orders have meanwhile been placed for methanol-ready vessels to be built in South Korea and China for operation by European companies. X-Press Feeders welcomes methanol-fuelled newbuild to fleet Singapore shipping company X-Press Feeders recently took delivery of its newest vessel, the methanol-fuelled […]

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Passenger Vessel News Roundup | June 26 – US cruise ship orders and construction plus a new tour catamaran for Australia

A luxury cruise ship slated for a Swiss operator completes is final series of sea trials while construction continues on the fifth ship in a series ordered by a US cruise company. Orders have meanwhile been placed for sea-going and river cruise ships and a catamaran that will sail on excursions in...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | June 26 – Crewboat deliveries and orders, new FLNG for Indonesian waters and more

A new crewboat has been delivered to a US operator while a Dutch firm places a rebuilt anchor handler in service. A UK builder launches a catamaran crewboat ordered by a repeat customer. Orders include those for six crewboats, a daughtercraft, and a floating gas processing unit. Workboat enters service with Netherlands’ Emar Offshore Services […]

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2018: The year’s biggest Ship Technology stories

Wärtsilä purchased UK-based marine navigation solutions provider Transas for €210m, in order to help accelerate the former’s Smart Marine Ecosystem vision.

Scheduled to be completed by the second quarter of last year, the proposed deal was expected to allow Wärtsilä to establish an ecosystem that is digitally connected across the entire supply chain through secure, smart and Cloud-based applications.

Transas was formed in 1990 to...

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