General News – Page 130
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NewsArctech wins government order
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build a new dual-fuel icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), a contract worth €123m.
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NewsWorld Maritime Day 2014 objectives
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “IMO conventions: effective implementation”, with the hope that 2014 could see genuine progress .
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News‘MV Island Dawn’ delivered
Island Offshore has received the ‘MV Island Dawn’, the third platform supply vessel in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs built by Vard Brevik shipyard.
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Russia to speed building of super-shipyard
The Russian government has announced plans to speed implementation of the project for the building of the Zvezda super shipyard, writes Eugene Gerden.
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NewsMore new orders for Marin Teknikk
Norway''s Marin Teknikk has chalked up more orders by entering into two new contracts to design a diving construction vessel and a well intervention vessel.
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NewsSeabourn order confirmed at Fincantieri
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has announced that it has signed a contract with cruise operator Seabourn for what it describes as a new “ultra-luxury cruise ship”.
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NewsNAPA and ABB cooperate on ship efficiency
Ship design and operation software developer NAPA has announced a cooperation agreement with ABB, to provide is products as part of the ABB Vessel Information and Control (VICO) portfolio.
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NewsContainership sizes on the rise
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is to build five 19,000 teu containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) that, when built, are expected to be the world’s largest.
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NewsTGE wins conversion contract
Germany’s TGE Marine is to design and supply the LNG fuel gas package for MAN Diesel and Turbo’s (MDT) conversion of what is thought will be the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
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NewsOlympic Shipping orders IMR ship from Kleven
Kleven Verft in Norway has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping for construction of an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel, to a new Marin Teknikk design.
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NewsLarge Ulstein design specialist offshore ship for Petrofac
Ulstein Sea of Solutions, the Netherlands-based design subsidiary of the Norwegian Ulstein Group, has announced a contract for a customised version of its SOC 5000 s OSV design, to be built in China.
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NewsUljanik to build two chemical tankers for Spain’s Marflet
Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has received an order to supply two chemical tankers to Spain''s shipping company Marflet. The vessels are to be built by the 3 Maj shipyard, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsMeyer mulls alliances with other yards
German cruise ship builder Meyer Werft is considering co-operation and partnerships with other European shipyards in a bid to head off growing competition from Asia, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsStolt newbuilds to receive exhaust scrubbers
Norwegian company Clean Marine has received orders from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for two 38,000dwt chemical tanker newbuilds.
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NewsGTT and Keppel agree on LNG
Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) and Keppel Singmarine are joining forces to design and construct LNG carriers using GTT’s membrane containment systems.
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NewsNew hope for UK shipbuilding
The Portsmouth Shipbuilding UK group has welcomed the news that a new government minister has been appointed for the city calling it a “positive step forward” in restoring shipbuilding to the city.
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NewsEarly Volkswerft sale tipped again
Decisions are possible as early as next week on the sale of Germany’s bankrupt Volkswerft in Stralsund and its two cancelled but largely-completed newbuildings, reports Tom Todd.
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ClassNK issues new guidelines
A new set of guidelines has been issued by ClassNK to help shipyards safely and effectively make use of new duplex steels that are becoming popular in the construction of cargo tanks of chemical carriers.
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NewsMarine R&D enters a new era
Operations have started at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark, which the company says is the beginning of a new era for marine R&D.
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NewsOrder placed for largest gas-fuelled ferry
Ferry operator Brittany Ferries and STX France have confirmed a contract for a new LNG-fuelled ferry, which when delivered will be the largest gas-fuelled ro-pax ship yet.
