General News 13-18 – Page 203
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NewsSupport contract for GE gas turbines
GE Marine’s three-year contract to provide maintenance and logistics support services for the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet of LM2500 aero-derivative gas turbines that power Halifax-class patrol frigates has been renewed.
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Steamships Shipping installs planned maintenance and stock systems on fleet
UK-based Marine Software Ltd has recently supplied Steamships Shipping with MPM - Marine Planned Maintenance and MSK - Marine Storekeeper software for the control and management of 13 vessels.
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NewsDSME’s Brazilian PLVs to Wärtsilä design
Wärtsilä says it has been contracted to supply ship design and propulsors/positioning system for a series of two new flexible pipe laying vessels to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea.
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NewsImtech gets CalMac ferry hybrid contract
Imtech Marine has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid propulsion system, based on a diesel electric plant in combination with battery technology, to the first diesel electric, hybrid seagoing ferries.
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Another deepwater semi-submersible rig order for Keppel
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Fernvale has secured a contract worth about $809 million from Urca Drilling, a subsidiary of Sete Brasil, for the design and construction of a semisubmersible drilling rig based on Keppel''s proprietary DSSTM 38E design.
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NewsMAIB reports on QM2 explosion
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the result of its investigations into a failure of a capacitor, part of the diesel-electric propulsion system of the cruise ship ‘Queen Mary 2’.
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Flag state accepts digital documentation
UK-based digital documentation company Regs4ships says that its digital maritime regulations service has been officially recognised as an electronic equivalent to the Antigua & Barbuda Carriage of Nautical Publications requirements.
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BV completes first energy management systems audit for Stena’s shipmanager
Classification society Bureau Veritas reports that it has completed the first certification audit of any shipping company to the new standard ISO 50001- 2011 - Energy Management Systems.
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NewsWorld’s first ISO 50001 certification for shipping
Bureau Veritas has completed the world''s first shipping company certification audit to the new standard ISO 50001 – 2011 Energy Management Systems.
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Regs4ships surveyors approved to represent Flag State of Malta
Digital ship documentation company Regs4ships has announced that its senior surveyor Mark Robinson and surveyor Robert Aldous have been appointed as government ship surveyors for Transport Malta (Maritime).
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NewsJan De Nul moves into renewables
The Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, construction and installation of 16 concrete foundations for an E.ON offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
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Jurong Shipyard breaks ground for new facility in Brazil
Singapore group Sembcorp Marine reports that its subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has broken ground at its Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz facility, the Group’s first overseas integrated new yard in Espirito Santo, Brazil.
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NewsDNV helps raise offshore energy efficiency
Det Norske Veritas reports that a project, involving seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies, has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry.
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NewsNew CAD/CAM module cuts risk in design
Aveva has released a new product, as part of its marine portfolio, which aims to simplify complex ship designs through the managed subdivision of ship spaces and automatic layout drawings.
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Bunker supplier warns of impending Turkish fuel sulphur limits
OW Bunker, a supplier and trader of marine fuel, has highlighted potential safety issues that ship owners and operators will face in Turkish waters when new local sulphur legislation comes into force from 1 January 2012.
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Ro-pax ship to be converted for offshore use
Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore has secured a $140 million contract from Equinox Offshore Accommodation to convert a ro-pax vessel to a DP2 accommodation and repair vessel (ARV).
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Norwegian group in BWTS and pump agreements
Norwegian company Ing Per Gjerdrum AS (PG Marine) has entered into an agreement with offshore support operator DOF for the implementation of ballast water treatment systems on a “large number” of ships in the 70-strong fleet of DOF and its subsidiaries.
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Acquisition of satcom provider Vizada by EADS Group’s Astrium completed
The takeover of satellite communicatuions service provider Vizada by aerospace communications company Astrium has now been completed, and Vizada’s activities will now be integrated into EADS Group company Astrium Services.
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NewsGPA wins research ship design contract
Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has announced the award of a contract to deliver the regulatory design and detail/production design for a new US research vessel.
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NewsNew island ferry for French West Coast
French shipbuilder Chantiers Piriou, of Concarneau, in Brittany, has delivered a new ship for passenger and goods services between the mainland and islands off Brest to local departmental authority Conseil Général du Finistère.
