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Maritime CEO
MacGregor: Owners want reduced cost of ownership
All week Splash will be publishing articles from our just published magazine looking at the maritime world in 2030, conducted…
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Tankers
Neste Oil acquires chemical tanker pair from Stenersen
Finnish owner Neste Oil has acquired two 2018-built 17,500 dwt chemical tankers from Norwegian owner Stenersen in an enbloc deal.…
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Environment
Norsepower to install tiltable rotor sails on Sea-Cargo vessel
Finnish auxiliary wind propulsion system provider Norsepower has entered into an agreement with Sea-Cargo, a logistics provider in the North…
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Europe
ESL Shipping adopts biogas fuel for bulk carrier
Finnish bulk carrier operator ESL Shipping has announced that company has adopted renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) to fuel one of…
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Europe
Wärtsilä promotes emissions-free barge concept for inland shipping
Finnish marine technology firm Wärtsilä has joined a consortium to form Zero Emission Services (ZES), an enterprise aimed at making inland…
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Europe
Boskalis secures $35m dredging contracts in Finland
Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has been awarded contracts in Finland by the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Port of Helsinki, and…
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Europe
Port of Helsinki to temporarily dismiss entire workforce
Travel restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic have forced the heavily impacted Port of Helsinki to come…
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Europe
Wärtsilä commences testing for ammonia as a ship fuel
Finnish marine technology group Wärtsilä has initiated combustion trials using ammonia to help the company prepare for the use of…
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Europe
Wartsila and PSA complete trials with autonomous tugboat
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Finnish marine technology group Wartsila have successfully completed initial sea trials…
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Europe
Wartsila restructures marine business
Finnish marine propulsion and technology giant Wartsila has decided to reorganise its marine business into three independent businesses to accelerate…
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Maritime CEO
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Europe
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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Maritime CEO
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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