General News – Page 182
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NewsGerman yard beefs up repair sector
German shipyard Nobiskrug is beefing up its already potent repair and conversion activities in all sectors and has appointed a new manager to head up the expansion, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsUlstein to build four more ‘Blue’ PSVs
Investment company Blue Ship Invest has contracted with Ulstein Werft of Norway for four more PX121 X-bow platform supply ships, following the success of its first PX121. The new ships are all scheduled for 2013 delivery.
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NewsMAN adds new Danish PrimeServ academy
MAN Diesel & Turbo has opened its 11th PrimeServ academy in Frederikshavn, Denmark, to provide propulsion and propeller training, offering both general training and specialised courses.
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NewsWärtsilä adds Marinex BWMS to range
Wärtsilä has made an agreement with Canadian company, Trojan Technologies, to offer the Marinex ballast water management system (BWMS) along with the Wärtsilä Hamworthy Aquarius range.
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NewsHigh BN lube oil for slow steaming
Castrol Marine has launched Cyltech 80 AW, an 80BN cylinder oil developed for two-stroke crosshead engines to match engine performance with the demands of varying sulphur fuels and the impact of slow steaming.
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NewsDistillates more likely than scrubbers, says DNV
DNV reports that it has developed a simulation model using global shipping data and technology-specific information to predict the deployment of emission reduction and energy efficiency technologies up to 2020.
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NewsEidesvik and Ugland orders for Kleven
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime has signed contracts with Eidesvik and Ugland for, respectively, a large offshore subsea construction vessel and a platform supply vessel. Both are to designs by Salt Ship Design.
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NewsRobert Allan and Rotortug to cooperate
Canadian tug design specialist Robert Allan and Dutch company Rotortug (KST) have announce the initiation of a new strategic alliance for the future development of the Rotor Tug concept.
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US ballast water treatment range adds approval from ABS
US company Ecochlor says it has received product design assessment (PDA) approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its full range of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS).
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NewsSchottel adds rim thrusters to range
German propulsion specialist Schottel has added a rim thruster, designated SRT, to its portfolio. The SRT is targeted mainly at offshore support ships, inland waterway vessels and large yachts.
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NewsEfficiency focus at Posidonia 2012
Energy efficiency and new shipping strategies has been a major focus of the Posidonia 2012 international shipping exhibition taking place in Greece this week.
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NewsAdvanced screening for vessels
The Liberian Registry has introduced a sophisticated programme to screen advance notice of ship arrivals as part of a detention prevention plan.
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NewsCash crisis threatens German yard survival
One of Germany’s most successful shipyard groups – P&S Werften – is threatened by cash-flow problems and reportedly needs more than €200 million to carry on, some of it immediately to pay 1700 employees.
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NewsWärtsilä dual-fuel now in 100 LNG carriers
Wärtsilä says that it now has its dual-fuel engines in 100 LNG carrier vessels, following delivery of one such ship from a South Korean shipyard. These 100 LNG Carriers represent about 25% of the current global fleet.
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NewsTug to trial EPA Tier 3 Cat engines
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems says that US tug operator Harley Marine Services is participating in a field study of the Cat 3500 US EPA Tier 3 marine propulsion engines, scheduled for completion in summer 2012.
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NewsSubsea order for Ulstein Verft
Ulstein of Norway has signed a contract with GC Rieber Shipping, worth about NOK800 million, for the delivery of an SX121 high capacity subsea construction vessel, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2014.
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NewsEasing the onboard chemicals headache
Wilhelmsen Ships Service is launching a new service, which it calls the Active Solutions portal. This is a new electronic service for its marine chemicals customers, replacing paper product data sheets and manuals.
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NewsFincantieri delivers ‘Carnival Breeze’
The new flagship for Carnival Cruise Lines, ‘Carnival Breeze’ was delivered at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard this week.
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RMK Marine selects Paramarine software
Turkish shipyard RMK Marine has selected Paramarine advanced marine design software developed by QinetiQ GRC for manoeuvring analysis.
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NewsWhen ferry routes don't add up
It’s not always the case that getting transport off the roads and onto the sea reduces carbon emissions, says Professor Alf Baird of the Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University.
