General News 13-18 – Page 184
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NewsSchottel adds rim thrusters to range
German propulsion specialist Schottel has added a rim thruster, designated SRT, to its portfolio. The SRT is targeted mainly at offshore support ships, inland waterway vessels and large yachts.
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NewsEfficiency focus at Posidonia 2012
Energy efficiency and new shipping strategies has been a major focus of the Posidonia 2012 international shipping exhibition taking place in Greece this week.
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NewsAdvanced screening for vessels
The Liberian Registry has introduced a sophisticated programme to screen advance notice of ship arrivals as part of a detention prevention plan.
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NewsCash crisis threatens German yard survival
One of Germany’s most successful shipyard groups – P&S Werften – is threatened by cash-flow problems and reportedly needs more than €200 million to carry on, some of it immediately to pay 1700 employees.
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NewsSubsea order for Ulstein Verft
Ulstein of Norway has signed a contract with GC Rieber Shipping, worth about NOK800 million, for the delivery of an SX121 high capacity subsea construction vessel, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2014.
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NewsTug to trial EPA Tier 3 Cat engines
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems says that US tug operator Harley Marine Services is participating in a field study of the Cat 3500 US EPA Tier 3 marine propulsion engines, scheduled for completion in summer 2012.
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NewsWärtsilä dual-fuel now in 100 LNG carriers
Wärtsilä says that it now has its dual-fuel engines in 100 LNG carrier vessels, following delivery of one such ship from a South Korean shipyard. These 100 LNG Carriers represent about 25% of the current global fleet.
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NewsEasing the onboard chemicals headache
Wilhelmsen Ships Service is launching a new service, which it calls the Active Solutions portal. This is a new electronic service for its marine chemicals customers, replacing paper product data sheets and manuals.
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NewsFincantieri delivers ‘Carnival Breeze’
The new flagship for Carnival Cruise Lines, ‘Carnival Breeze’ was delivered at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard this week.
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RMK Marine selects Paramarine software
Turkish shipyard RMK Marine has selected Paramarine advanced marine design software developed by QinetiQ GRC for manoeuvring analysis.
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NewsWhen ferry routes don't add up
It’s not always the case that getting transport off the roads and onto the sea reduces carbon emissions, says Professor Alf Baird of the Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University.
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NewsHavyard ups the ante in India
The Havyard Group is doing good business in India – it has just signed a contract for a PSV vessel with Indian shipping company Global Offshore with an option for a further delivery in future.
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NewsGerman crisis holds despite specialisation
Despite its concentration on specialised vessels, German shipbuilding is still in crisis and struggling against widening Asian competition, lack of finance and low newbuilding prices.
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NewsClassNK reaches historic world milestone
Classification society, ClassNK, has announced that its register has hit the 200 million gross tonne mark after steadily accelerating over the years.
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NewsICS speaks on ballast water ‘chaos’
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed genuine concerns identified among its members about the availability and expense of ballast water treatment systems, and the robustness of the approval process.
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NewsLifetime Achievement Award for Damen
Arnout Damen, chief operations officer of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Innovation Awards Dinner recently, on behalf of Kommer Damen.
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NewsDamen acquires Swedish shiprepair yard
Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has recently acquired the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet; Damen intends to continue the current operations at the yard.
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First contract for Sener subsidiary in Korea
Within three months of its establishment, Sener Korea Engineering & Systems secured a license agreement with Korean Registry company KR Engineering (KRE) for the use of Foran, Sener’s ship design and production software.
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NewsP&E34 winds up successfully
The second day of The Motorship’s 34th Propulsion & Emissions conference in Hamburg began with a session on exhaust gas cleaning, following an introduction from the day’s chairman, Dr Fabian Kock from Germanischer Lloyd.
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NewsNew online tool for eco-efficiency
Fathom, a global market intelligence company for the marine, energy and environmental industries, has launched an online analysis tool to compare all eco-efficient technologies available for the shipping industry.
