General News – Page 191
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NewsAsia partners up in ship design
China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a new joint agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to work on design optimisation for the new Crown MHI bulk carrier concept.
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NewsVolstad Maritime returns for repeat offshore crane contract from Cargotec
Following on from an order in April 2011, Cargotec has won a contract for two active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from privately-owned Norwegian specialist operator, Volstad Maritime.
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NewsRena report reveals short cut
An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.
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NewsDecision support goes ‘real-time’
Finnish company Eniram claims that its latest software product, Optimum Speed Assistant (OSA), will radically change the way the shipping industry manages speed, engine use and fuel consumption.
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Another ECDIS supplier offers ‘PAYS’
Transas Marine says that it has launched its ‘Pay As You Sail’ chart solution for ENCs, having recently received approval for the service by UKHO, Primar and IC-ENC after succesful sea trials and verification by DNV.
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NewsABB power systems for new AIDA pair
ABB has released details of a $60million contract to provide complete power and propulsion systems for the two cruise ships ordered by German operator AIDA from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki shipyard.
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NewsWater lubricated bearings for newbuilds
Carisbrooke Shipping’s latest newbuild, an 8,500dwt multi-purpose dry cargo vessel named ‘Vectis Eagle’, has been fitted with Compac seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings from Thordon Bearings of Canada.
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NewsService contract for cruise line’s engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has concluded a four-year service contract with US-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line covering the maintenance of the engines on nine of the fleet’s cruise liners.
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NewsTwo MAN licensees to trial ME-GI engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo says that two Far Eastern companies have separately announced their intention to build prototypes of MAN’s two-stroke gas engine, which MAN says means the ME-GI is edging closer to commercial production.
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NewsIMO approval for another BWTS
Greek company Erma First ESK Engineering Solutions says that it has received IMO final approval for its ballast water treatment system, which is based on hydrocyclonic filtration and electrolysis technologies.
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Schottel appoints service provider in Middle East region
Following on from the establishment of Schottel Middle East (SME), as a subsidiary of and new hub for, the German propulsion systems company, SCHOTTEL has named Atos International as its customer service agent.
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NewsHybrid tug joins Rotterdam fleet
Rotterdam tug operator Kotug says that its first true hybrid tug is soon to take its place in the company’s fleet, having been converted to the Xeropoint hybrid propulsion system from AKA of Canada.
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New system for navigational data to be unveiled at IMO
French company Kenta, based in Quimper and part of Pole Mer Bretagne, says that it is shortly to launch its maritime navigational data broadcasting system, Navdat, to the COMSAR meeting at IMO headquarters.
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NewsDrydocks World makes formal proposal for debt restructure
Following an outline of major terms of Dubai-based DDW’s debt restructuring last week to its coordinating bank group, the group has now formally launched its restructuring proposal at a meeting of all its lenders.
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NewsCat gensets certified for use in Brazil
Caterpillar has announced that the RBNA classification society has certified the Cat 3500C diesel electric propulsion generator set packages to meet local content regulations in Brazil.
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NewsSingle weld method improves Damen’s nozzle production
Damen Marine Components of Hardinxveld in the Netherlands, part of the Damen Shipyards Group, says it has developed a new, more efficient and environmentally friendly, method of nozzle production.
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Ballast water system approval
The Maritime Environmental Protection Committee of the United Nations'' International Maritime Organization (IMO) has granted Siemens Final Approval for its Sicure ballast water management system.
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NewsMOL publishes its KPIs
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is nailing its colours to the mast and started to regularly publish the results of several key performance indicators for its containership service, plus a number of targets.
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NewsWärtsilä launches new marine drive system
Wärtsilä has announced the launch of a next-generation medium voltage power drive system, targeted at larger marine applications, and which will be offered alongside the company’s existing low voltage marine drives.
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MOL to demonstrate gas injection
Mitsui OSK Lines has said that it is jointly, with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, to conduct a demonstration run of an electrically-controlled low speed diesel engine modified to incorporate a gas injection system.
