The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch the Venus Climate Orbiter “PLANET-C” in Japan Fiscal Year 2010. JAXA has decided the nickname of the PLANET-C as Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” (meaning “Dawn”)
The name was discussed and decided by the PLANET-C project team. “AKATSUKI” means “dawn” when Venus shines most brightly as the [...]

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power systems integrator, has been awarded the contract to supply an integrated total electro-propulsion package for a Russian state owned ship. The package is to be installed in a Multipurpose Salvage Vessel (MPSV) being built by Russia’s Nevsky shipbuilding and ship repair yard in Shlisselburg, close to St Petersburg.
Wärtsilä’s [...]

Stolt Tankers B.V., a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (OsloBørs: SNI), today announced that it has cancelled a contract with SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of hull #475, a 44,000 dwt coated parcel tanker, the third in a series of four ships, citing extended delivery delays. The ship was originally [...]