
New Zealand’s coatings developer Propspeed® has won a type approval from Bureau Veritas for its Propspeed foul-release coating system. The type approval follows a comprehensive round of third-party testing proving that the system conforms to the technical standards established by regulatory bodies.

South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM has signed a new shipbuilding order with China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary Huangpu Wenchong for four 38,000-ton multi-purpose heavy-lift ships. Designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI), the vessels will be equippe