General News – Page 176
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Flashlight launched by Tracer Products
Tracer Products has introduced a new tool for leak detection, the Tracerline Optimax 365 – described as a cordless, powerful, rechargeable enhanced UV leak detection flashlight.
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Clean Cargo’s carbon emissions
BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group has published its third annual release paper revealing average carbon emissions by trade lane for the ocean shipping industry.
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Inmarsat wins MISC Berhad contract
Inmarsat, the supplier of global satellite communications services, has won a contract to provide up to 46 MISC Berhad vessels – including chemical and LNG tankers – with its XpressLink service.
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LNG tanker propulsion order for GE
GE’s France-based power conversion division has received a series of new orders from South Korean companies DSME and Hyundai Heavy Industries, for GE equipment to be installed on 23 new LNG carriers.
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New high speed Yanmar diesel for offshore
Yanmar Europe has announced the launch of a new 12-cylinder V-format high speed diesel, the 12AY, which is targeted at offshore support vessels, ferries, tugs, and commercial fishing craft.
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China orders polar icebreaker design
Aker Arctic has been contracted to carry out a conceptual and basic design exercise for a new icebreaking research vessel to be used by various Chinese bodies for the purpose of polar scientific research.
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Spanish yard delivers Ulstein-design OSV
Astilleros Zamakona has delivered the ‘Esvagt Aurora’ to Esvagt, a company in the Danish multinational A.P. Møller-Mærsk group. This is the third vessel the Bilbao based shipyard has built for this client.
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TurboNed opens new Japanese office
Netherland''s based TurboNed Group B.V. opened a new office in Tokyo on 1 August 2012 - with Dutchman, Mr Justus Schoemaker, as TurboNed Japan’s new representative.
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North American ECA comes into effect
IMO has reminded shipowners that the North American Emission Control Area (ECA), under the MARPOL Convention, comes into effect from 1 August 2012, bringing in stricter controls on SOx, NOx and particulate matter.
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First Chinese order for GL HullManager
GL Maritime Software has received its first order from a client in China for the GL HullManager hull integrity management software. Shanghai COSCO will install the system on seven vessels of its containership fleet.
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Innovative new SENER virtual reality tool
SENER, the Spanish engineering and technology group, has revealed an innovative new virtual reality (VR) tool for the shipbuilding industry, which works with the FORAN FVIEWER VR.
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ICS wants changes to ballast water convention
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address some critical issues concerning the imminent implementation of the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.
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GL installs new monitoring prototype
GL Maritime Software, part of Germanischer Lloyd (GL), has installed the first prototype of its GL MachineryManager software to ''CSAV Rio Blanco'', a car carrier owned and managed by German shipping company F. Laeisz.
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Shell joins all-purpose cylinder lube market
Shell Marine Products has announced the launch of Alexia S4, intended for use across a range of vessel and engine types, fuel specifications, loads and climates, from the Antarctic to the Amazon or Suez.
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Shipbuilding downturn hits GL
The COO of Germanischer Lloyd, Torsten Schramm, has said restructuring and job losses are now likely in the classification society as a result of a continuing global decline in ships on order, writes Tom Todd.
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German repair flurry is cross-board
Repair activity in widely diversified German yards this summer has involved a famous sailship, a cruise liner, luxury yachts and offshore installation vessels, writes Tom Todd.
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Neptun adds to bulging cruise newbuild list
Busy German shipbuilder Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemuende has booked another two Viking Longship river cruise newbuilds bringing the number of orders taken for the popular new vessel type to 14, writes Tom Todd.
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Step change for container ship propulsion
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that its first super-long-stroke, 90-cm bore Mk 9 engine has successfully completed test bed trials at licensee Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division in Korea.
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Voith propulsion for second turbine ship
German propulsion system supplier Voith Turbo says it has received an order for a second propulsion system for a wind turbine installation ship, having supplied a shipset to A2SEA for the ‘Sea Installer’.
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Sinopacific sees first OSV order from Africa
The Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is entering the African market with an order for six OSVs from Slok Nigeria Ltd - the first African client to order medium and large sized PSVs from China.