General News – Page 124
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NewsMHI newbuild cruise ship loss
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has made a loss in its cruise ship business, according to its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2014.
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NewsDual fuel engine developed for fuel flexibility
Wärtsilä has added another dual fuel four-stroke engine, the 46DF, to its marine portfolio, a move which the company claims has “once again raised the technology bar in the dual-fuel engine market.”
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Damen opens new yard in Vietnam
Damen Shipyards Group has added a new yard, one of the largest in the group, to its portfolio, following the formal opening of the Damen Song Cam shipyard, a joint venture between Damen and several local partners.
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NewsICS wants IMO to speed up carbon monitoring and reporting
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) wants IMO to give greater priority to developing a global system for monitoring and reporting of carbon emissions from ships.
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NewsDanelec unveils new VDR
In response to customer demand and in view of the new upcoming IMO standard, Denmark-based Danelec Marine is launching its third generation Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), built around an entirely new ‘concept’ to help shipowners save time and cut costs, it told The Motorship.
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NewsMore hybrid power systems for Scandlines ferries
Canadian company Corvus Energy says that it is to supply three more energy storage systems to Scandlines for its next hybrid ferry refits.
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NewsTurbo maintenance agreement cuts dredging costs
ABB has announced a three-year maintenance agreement with dredging specialist Van Oord, covering global maintenance of turbochargers for 2014-2016.
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NewsIRClass proposes alternative to BWTS
A different approach to the ballast water controversy has been proposed by Praveen Kumar Mishra, vice president of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), the most recently-appointed member of IACS.
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Korean Register launches CSR-H software
Classification society Korean Register (KR) has released new software, SeaTrust-HullScan, to analyse and appraise a ship hull structure in accordance with IACS harmonised common structural rules (CSR-H).
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NewsDNV GL launches new Build2Design service
DNV GL has launched a new service called Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in the shipbuilding process.
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NewsCargotec secures ro-ro equipment contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to design and deliver key components for ro-ro access equipment for two Damen ice-class ro-Pax ferries.
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NewsLNG bunkering regulation report
Marine and offshore classification society ABS has released a report on LNG bunkering in North America.
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NewsShipbuilding features strongly in Russia’s plans for Crimea
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first deputy prime-minister, has said that Russia is considering the establishment of large commercial shipbuilding along the Crimean coastline, writes Eugene Gerden.
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News€1.2m pledged to support African administrations
The European Union is funding a €1.2m grant contract, signed between the IMO and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), to support training and capacity-building activities in Africa.
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NewsPSV designs aimed at Asia-Pacific owners
Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) Singapore has unveiled a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) design package aimed at ship owners and shipyards in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsWärtsilä wins retrofit contract
Wärtsilä is to retrofit two Condor ro-ro ferries with its new Aquarius Ready ballast water management system (BWMS).
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NewsABB order for Baleária ferry
Leading power group, ABB has won an order from a Spanish ferry operator to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessels.
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SKF to launch cryogenic bearing
Among a number of new products from Sweden''s SKF Group is a new cryogenic bearing solution for LNG pumps, which the company says helps to increase flexibility and reliability in the handling of valuable cargo.
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NewsFerry re-enters operation with exhaust scrubber
AEC Maritime, based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, says that its closed-loop scrubber installation on the Scandlines ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ has been commissioned and is now fully operational.
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NewsClass society acquires maritime software house
Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK is to acquire the Finnish maritime software house NAPA, in a deal which is claimed to help improve safety and performance of the maritime industry as a whole.
