Mark Langdon

Fincantieri sees mega yacht and offshore repair work in Trieste to complex cruise repairs and conversion projects in Palermo, and repairs and retrofits for European and Mediterranean operators by Remontowa. Fincantieri is positioning its Italian repair network for a new cycle of integrated lifecycle projects.

Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) has taken a strong step toward improving vessel efficiency and reducing emissions with WE Tech Solutions (WE Tech), opting to install shaft generators on nine vessels in its fleet. This involves six retrofits and all three newbuilds joining the fleet in 2026.

Enterprise asset management for maritime: Seven strategic steps to optimise fleet maintenance Vessel owners and operators do not overhaul their entire fleet maintenance operations overnight. Successful vessel owners and operators take carefully planned steps. Starting with a critical failure mode such as piston ring damage, for example, then using years of repair and inspection data to build a machine learning model that shifts them from reactive to predictive maintenance.