General News 13-18 – Page 177

  • A2SEA’s wind installation ships, powered by a Voith VSP and VIT package
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    Voith propulsion for second turbine ship

    2012-07-26T13:54:00Z

    German propulsion system supplier Voith Turbo says it has received an order for a second propulsion system for a wind turbine installation ship, having supplied a shipset to A2SEA for the ‘Sea Installer’.

  • Sinopacific has entered the African market
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    Sinopacific sees first OSV order from Africa

    2012-07-25T17:39:00Z

    The Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is entering the African market with an order for six OSVs from Slok Nigeria Ltd - the first African client to order medium and large sized PSVs from China.

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    Drillship thruster order for Rolls-Royce

    2012-07-25T11:02:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced orders worth over £70 million to supply large thrusters for offshore drilling vessels, for several different customers who have ordered new vessels for deep water and harsh conditions.

  • Wärtsilä’s 9L20-powered generators will provide the power for two Atlantic Offshore PSVs
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    Wärtsilä contracts for Kleven PSV newbuilds

    2012-07-25T11:01:00Z

    Wärtsilä reports that it has been contracted to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels to be built in Norway by Kleven Maritime AS, two for Atlantic Offshore and the other for Remøy Shipping.

  • The ICS wants to fast-track a study into the global availability of low sulphur fuel for ships
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    ICS wants action over low sulphur switch

    2012-07-24T14:49:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on the IMO to fast track a critical study into the global availability of low sulphur fuel for ships.

  • Two new cruise ferries will employ Bergen pure gas proipulsion
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    LNG fuel for Norwegian cruise ferries

    2012-07-24T11:07:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line to install four-engine LNG-based power plants with Promas propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen yard in Norway.

  • AtoBviaC’s software calculates distance in both the North American ECA and SECA
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    New tool to map the US ECAs

    2012-07-23T18:18:00Z

    The imminent arrival of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in the US is providing ship operators with new challenges in providing cost effective operation - but there is a new market opening up to address the issue.

  • Bulk delivery of ExxonMobil’s cylinder oil in the Port of Shanghai is now available by ‘Hai Gong You 30’, the first double-hulled marine lubricants-delivery barge to operate in Shanghai
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    Cylinder oil delivered in China by barge

    2012-07-23T15:02:00Z

    ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants says it has completed the first bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 cylinder oil, using a double-hulled barge, in the Port of Shanghai, said to be the world’s busiest port.

  • Maersk Triple E – to use Kral pumps
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    Pump order for Maersk Triple E

    2012-07-23T15:01:00Z

    Austrian pump and flowmeter manufacturer Kral has announced that its is to supply a total of 600 screw pumps to DSME, which is building 20 low-emissions 18,000TEU container ships, known as the Triple E class, for Maersk.

  • Martin Lucas: "an exciting new chapter"
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    Kittiwake Group acquired by Parker Hannifin

    2012-07-23T14:19:00Z

    The UK-based Kittiwake Group, which includes Kittiwake Developments, Kittiwake Procal and Kittiwake Holroyd, has been acquired by the Parker Hannifin Corporation.

  • ‘Liberty of the Seas’ is trialling a Green Tech scrubber system
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    DNV approval for scrubber system

    2012-07-20T15:23:00Z

    Green Tech Marine’s compact exhaust gas scrubber, recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International’s ‘Liberty of the Seas’, has received a Statement of Compliance certificate according to MARPOL regulations.

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    ABB acquires software company to expand its process automation division

    2012-07-20T15:22:00Z

    ABB says it has reached agreement to acquire Dutch company Amarcon, which develops and markets software solutions for the shipping industry.

  • The 7-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex 82T
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    Wärtsilä engines for nine Kuwaiti newbuilds

    2012-07-19T10:29:00Z

    Wärtsilä has been picked to supply the main engines for a series of vessels being built for Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

  • Tom Boardley, giving his vision for IACS, at Lloyd’s Register’s London HQ
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    IACS in the next 12 months

    2012-07-18T14:40:00Z

    The new chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies, Tom Boardley of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, who took up the post on 1 July, has spoken to ‘The Motorship’ about his vision for the year ahead.

  • Ocean Signal’s Safe range
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    Ocean Signal gets Irish distributor

    2012-07-17T16:16:00Z

    UK based communications and safety specialist, Ocean Signal Ltd, has appointed Dublin based Martek Ltd as its Irish distributor.

  • A UT776 WP OSV has been ordered by Simon Møkster Shipping
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    Order for wave-piercing offshore vessel

    2012-07-17T15:32:00Z

    Rolls-Royce says that it has secured a contract worth around £10 million to supply vessel design and an equipment package for a new offshore vessel for Simon Møkster Shipping, for use on a Statoil contract in the Arctic region.

  • A third PSV for a Statoil charter is to be built by Kleven
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    Remøy orders gas-fuelled PSV from Kleven

    2012-07-17T10:41:00Z

    Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Remøy Shipping for a LNG powered platform supply vessel, to be built at the Kleven Verft yard. The contract includes an option for a further vessel of the same type.

  • The new ‘Stena Transporter’
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    Solar Solve kits out Stena vessels

    2012-07-16T15:35:00Z

    UK based Solar Solve Marine, the anti-glare and heat rejecting roller screen expert, has equipped the new vessels ''Stena Transporter'' and ''Stena Transit'' with its Solasafe sunscreens.

  • Imabari will produce licensed MHI deck machinery
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    MHI licenses machinery to Imabari

    2012-07-14T11:20:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) recently singed a contract with Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Japan under which MHI licenses production and marketing of deck machinery.

  • Fincantieri's cruise yard
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    Contract for Viking and Fincantieri

    2012-07-13T19:35:00Z

    Viking Ocean Cruises and cruise ship constructors Fincantieri have signed a joint contract for the construction of two luxury cruise liners.