General News – Page 164
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NewsHigh-speed diesel power for AHTS fleet
UK-based Silverburn Shipping has chosen a pair of 2,200bhp Cummins QSK60-M Tier 2 high speed diesels to power a new AHTS designed for service in the Caspian Sea.
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NewsBLRT Grupp finishes SCF repair
Estonian ship repair company, BLRT Grupp, has finished the repair of Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot’s (SCF) oil tanker, ‘SCF Baltica’.
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NewsShipdock looks to offshore wind opportunity
Netherland’s based shipyard, Shipdock Holding, is cashing in on the burgeoning offshore wind industry with its latest project is to give jack-up barge ''GSM Endeavour'' longer legs to allow it to work at deeper windfarms.
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NewsRolls-Royce to supply ice-class CP prop
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply a high-strength controllable pitch propeller for a new ice-breaking cargo ship which will transport nickel and copper concentrates from Canada, through the Arctic ice, to Europe.
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Transas signs agreement with Montanari
Global software provider, Transas Marine, recently signed an agreement with Italy based transportation provider, Navigazione Montanari SpA to equip its vessels with its maintenance and development programme.
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BWTS specialist opens in Korea
Norwegian ballast water treatment system developer OceanSaver has decided to establish a base in South Korea, to serve this major Asian shipbuilding region, which has emerged as a key growth area for the company.
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NewsPartnership eyes steering gear repair
Two German companies, Hatlapa and Loewe Marine, have announced plans for close collaboration in offering cost-effective repair and maintenance for all makes and models of steering gear and rudder systems worldwide.
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Owners, builders and Class unite on BWTS
At a meeting of the global associations of shipbuilders, classification societies and shipowners, representatives of the major organisations expressed concern at the obstacles which still exist to the implementation of BWTS.
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NewsME-GI engines for two LNG tankers
Teekay LNG Partners says that it has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea for the construction of two 173,400m³ LNG carrier newbuildings, with options for three more.
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NewsRolls-Royce receives OSV order from China
Rolls-Royce says that it has received a contract for design and propulsion for an offshore vessel for an undisclosed owner, who has exercised an option to build an additional ship at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries in China.
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NewsDeen LNG barge bunkers at Antwerp
The Netherland’s based Deen Shipping’s ‘Argonon’ has become the first barge to take part in LNG bunkering at a Belgian port.
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NewsMOL achieves top environmental rating (
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has attained the top rating for an environmental assessment loan from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
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Rolls-Royce secures £100m drill vessel order
Rolls-Royce has secured an order worth more than £100m to supply Brazilian ship builders, Atlântico Sul, with integrated power and propulsion systems for seven offshore drilling vessels.
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NewsDouble journalism award for Port Strategy
Port Strategy editor, Carly Fields, has won the 2012 Seahorse Journalist Award for International Editor of the Year, and one of its regular contributors, Felicity Landon, also received the Award for Supply Chain Journalist of the Year.
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NewsSietas takeover deal threatened
Troubled German shipbuilder JJ Sietas Group has said that the planned takeover by the Dutch VeKa group may not be able to go ahead, because customer VanOord has not confirmed the order for a second wind farm vessel.
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NewsLürssen tipped to acquire Peene-Werft
Lürssen Werft is reported the favourite in bidding by three German shipyards to buy the Peene-Werft in Wolgast, junior partner in the insolvent P+S Werften Group, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsSembawang secures RCCL contract
Singapore based Sembawang Shipyard, a subsidiary of marine engineering group Sembcorp Marine, has secured a maintenance and retrofit contract from global cruise company, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, USA (RCCL).
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NewsMHI seeks to ramp up cruise repair work
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reports that the increasing profile of the cruise business in Asia is leading MHI to strengthen its cruise ship repair and conversion business, having taken two orders for work on cruise vessels.
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NewsSimek chooses Cummins for MSV
Norwegian shipbuilder, Simek, has chosen prime movers from US-based Cummins Marine for a diesel-electric multi purpose pupport vessel (MSV) being built for Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping.
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NewsThe single oil solution debate rages on
There has been a lot of talk about lubrication of engines running on low sulphur fuel – it’s a controversial topic raised at this year''s Propulsion and Emissions conference and one there doesn''t seem to be a single definitive answer to, yet.
