Caisson transportation with marine air bags is a new technology which doesn’t need rails and trolleys and can transport concrete structure on compacted ground. So it enables fabricating caissons on temporary site which can be located near shipping position. Using balloons to transport caissons to submersible barge then launch it can save more than 40 percent investment comparing with trolley transportation method,not mention the time saving.

Roncheng Xixiakou Shipyard Co has taken out legal proceedings against Wärtsilä for breach of contract, claiming the engine manufacturer knowingly supplied a reconditioned shore-based power generation engine as a new marine engine for installation in a 12 500dwt multi-purpose vessel ordered by Spliethoff Bevrachtingskanoor.