General News – Page 197
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Good times for Swiss instrumentation and sensor specialist
The Kistler group, based in Wintherhur, reports that despite difficult conditions, and the strong Swiss Franc, it achieved sales growth over 11% in 2011, and expansion plans remain firmly on course.
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NewsDamen launches fishery vessel in Galati
Damen Shipyards Galati has launched the ‘Ngola Kiluange’, a fishery inspection surveillance vessel (FISV) 6210, for the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries.
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NewsBatteries open the door to hybrid systems
Dutch company ESTechnologies has introduced what it says are the first marine lithium-polymer batteries with Lloyd’s Certificate. The battery range is designed and certified for marine applications and large energy storage systems.
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NewsPaint systems pass PSPC cargo tank tests
International Paint has announced that its principal anticorrosive primers and shop primers have successfully passed the IMO PSPC COT laboratory tests in accordance with MSC.288 (87) SOLAS regulations for cargo oil tankers.
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NewsWärtsilä completes Hamworthy acquisition
Wärtsilä has announced that on 31 January 2012 its acquisition of the British-headquartered, global engineering company Hamworthy plc became effective.
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NewsIMO is right body to deal with safety after Costa Concordia, says Sekimizu
IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu says that IMO is the right international body to deal with safety of passenger ships and, in particular, a safety review after the ‘Costa Concordia’ accident.
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NewsIndustry refutes "delaying" allegation
The UK Chamber of Shipping has rebuffed the idea that the shipping industry is trying employ “delaying tactics” around the introduction of further emissions regulation.
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NewsLaser repair starts in Singapore
German companies Nippon Diesel Service and Gall & Seitz Systems have joined forces with Singapore partner CLLS (Singapore) to form a new company, to be known as Laser Cladding Singapore (LCS) Pte.
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‘K’ Line’s ECDIS training course gets approval from ClassNK
ClassNK has announced that it had issued generic training course approval to an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) course offered by K Line Maritime Academy (Philippine), a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.
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NewsTMC compressors chosen for Triple-E
Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) of Norway says that it has received orders for a total of 40 TMC SA 30 ‘Smart Air’ compressors for the 20 Triple-E ships ordered by Maersk Line from DSME.
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NewsSiemens BWMS to be supplied through Imtech company
Venteville, part of Imtech Marine, has been appointed as agent for a new ballast water management system developed by Siemens Water Technologies, and known as SiCure.
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NewsAntifoulings offer ‘best of both worlds’
International Paint has announced the introduction of two new antifouling hull coatings, known as Intersmooth 7465Si SPC and Interswift 6900Si silyl acrylate.
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NewsABB energy management for cruise ferry
ABB has been contracted to provide an energy management system for the new environmentally-friendly cruise ferry for Viking Line, which is being built at STX Finland in Turku.
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Propulsion and scrubbers for Lakers
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels being built for bulk transport on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for Canadian owner Algoma Central.
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Water control units for boxship newbuilds
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to 10 newbuilds of 13,200TEU capacity under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for Hapag-Lloyd.
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NewsSecond P&O ro-pax finally delivered
The P&O Ferries cross-Channel newbuilding ‘Spirit of France’ was handed over on 24 January by the builder, STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard. She is a sister to ‘Spirit of Britain’, delivered from Rauma in January 2011.
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A good 2011 for Japanese class society
ClassNK has announced its final register statistics for 2011, revealing that almost 23 million gross tons were added to the class society’s register this past year.
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NewsNew anti-piracy solutions revealed
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services and Vessel Protection Solutions have jointly launched an anti-piracy partnership intended to protect for ships and crews operating in known piracy regions.
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Power and positioning system for drilling rigs from Wärtsilä
The power and positioning system for two new drilling rigs ordered by the Norwegian arm of the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company Songa Offshore are to be supplied by Wärtsilä.
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NewsApproval granted for hand-portable GMDSS-compliant VHF radio
Ocean Signal has announced full availability and the start of worldwide shipment of its V100 hand-held GMDSS VHF, following MED certification from the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT).
