Danish towage and marine services operator Svitzer has signed a 10-year service agreement with Rolls-Royce covering spare parts deliveries in 6 countries for a fleet of 17 tugs powered by MTU-brand Series 4000 engines. The agreement – named Global Frame Value Care Agreement (VCA) –will tie up the cost of maintenance services to the engine...
ABB has opened a new marine service centre in Russia to support the company’s ship power, propulsion and automation technologies and expand service capabilities for ice-going vessels. The new centre is located in Murmansk and occupies 2,000 m2 in a purpose-built facility with its offices, electrical and mechanical testing areas, and a workshop served by...
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed two inspection service agreements with dry bulk shipping operators, ESL Shipping and Wagenborg Shipping, to ensure that any equipment the companies use from MacGregor is in good working order and to help identify any issues that may result in unexpected downtime. The first agreement is a three-year service agreement...
Finnlines has decided to lengthen two more vessels as part of its Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Investment Programme, launched in 2017. The EUR 70m programme was launched with the lengthening of four initial vessels for the purpose of increasing capacity by 30%, meeting increasing demand from Finnlines’ customers. Tom Pippingsköld, CFO of Finnlines says...
CSSC Marine Service (CMS) has launched a global service product lifecycle support and aftersales service with an emphasis on an agreement signed with Winterthur Gas and Diesel (WinGD) engines. The agreement will see CMS provide worldwide services to all WinGD low speed diesel engines, including field services, technical services, repair centres and solutions supply. A...