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Wärtsilä: New ways of operating
As the clock ticks over on a new decade, a monumental shift is occurring in shipping. For so long the…
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Maersk Tankers hails ‘real breakthrough’ with 8.2% fuel savings from landmark wind project
Norsepower, together with project partners Maersk Tankers, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company, today announced…
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Awake.AI joins ONE SEA Autonomous Ship Alliance
ONE SEA, the industry alliance bringing together leading exponents of autonomous ship technology, has added Finnish maritime technology start-up Awake.AI…
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ESL Shipping acquires bulker
Finland’s ESL Shipping has acquired 2011-built self-unloading bulk carrier from SEB Leasing. The acquisition was made as part of a…
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Bore orders LNG-fuelled RoLo trio at Wuhu Shipyard
Finnish roro operator Bore has signed shipbuilding contracts with China’s Wuhu Shipyard for the construction of three 7,000 dwt LNG-powered…
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Samskip appoints former Containerships head as new CEO
Samskip has tapped the former boss of competitor Containerships, Kari-Pekka Laaksonen, as its new group CEO, effective from the start…
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Revolutionary new tug delivered
Hailing a new era in shipping, Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today unveiled the Vilja, a hybrid tug that can run…
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Wärtsilä starts selling world’s first auto-docking system
Ships docking by themselves is now a reality with Finnish technology firm Wärtsilä securing its first order for SmartDock, a…
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Struggling Helsinki shipbuilder gets new Russian owners
A Russian-controlled shipyard in Helsinki is set to change hands for the third time this decade in the coming days.…
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MacGregor: Shipping must grow up
Michel van Roozendaal, the president of Finnish ship equipment giant MacGregor, wants shipping to grow up. In a frank interview…
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Auramarine: Ready for 2020
Finnish fuel system provider Auramarine is getting plenty of inquiries as the days tick down to the global sulphur cap.…
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Containerships CEO resigns
Finnish boxship operator Containerships, part of CMA CGM Group, has announced that the company’s chief executive officer Kari-Pekka Laaksonen has…
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Maersk’s Skou set to join Nokia board
Soren Skou is set to join the board of Nokia. The board of the Finnish mobile technology giant has nominated…
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Hagland and Wärtsilä pioneer hybrid retrofit
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Norway’s Hagland Shipping AS for a hybrid retrofit installation. The project…
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Lifeboats for buildings: Wärtsilä’s grim climate change invention
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today launched a product at a start-up event, Slush Helsinki 2018, that it said it hopes…
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Rolls-Royce demonstrates fully autonomous ferry
Rolls-Royce and Finnish state-owned ferry operator Finferries have today successfully demonstrated a fully autonomous ferry in the archipelago south of…
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CMA CGM completes Containerships acquisition
France’s CMA CGM has completed the acquisition of Finnish containership owner and logistics firm Container Finance. The deal with sees…
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Wärtsilä: Why digitalisation should not be seen as an additional cost
Shipowners are misinterpreting digitalisation as an additional cost, argues one of Europe’s greatest maritime digital advocates in an exclusive interview…
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Containerships adds two more LNG-powered boxships at Huangpu Wenchong
Finnish shipowner Containerships has signed a preliminary agreement with China’s CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the construction of an additional…
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Wärtsilä splits marine and energy businesses
Finnish maritime technology group Wärtsilä has decided to reorganise into two business areas, Wärtsilä Marine Business and Wärtsilä Energy Business,…
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