Langh Tech and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX O&S) have signed a deal concerning scrubber retrofits on seven vessels in the Polaris fleet. The four 180K bulkers and the three 300K VLOCs in the fleet will be equipped with Langh Tech’s open loop scrubbers.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been selected to supply deck machinery equipment for a US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) T-ATSX-class vessel under construction at Gulf Island Shipyards, in Houma, Louisiana, US. The US Navy will be able to depend on MacGregor’s robust, reliable systems, backed-up by unrivalled global service support.

Among future challenges facing the European shipping industry, few are as daunting as the emergence of China as a commercial maritime power.
“China is basically targeting Europe and Europe’s global maritime leadership,” says Christophe Tytgat, Secretary General of SEA Europe, which represents the continent’s shipyards and maritime equipment manufacturers.

The naming ceremony for the Arctic condensate tanker Boris Sokolov was held at Guangzhou Shipyard International on 4 December 2018. The Arc7 ice class ship is named after Captain Sokolov who commanded the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker for almost 40 years. The vessel’s godmother is Yuliya Zobova from PAO NOVATEK.