General News – Page 189
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NewsGas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012 – Call for papers
The call for papers has been announced for Mercator Media’s third Gas Fuelled Ships Conference this year, being held from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.
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NewsOffshore vessel boiler works on DC grid
Norwegian boiler manufacturer Parat Halvorsen has recently received an order from Kleven Maritime for an OSV boiler plant, powered by direct current rather than the usual AC supply.
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Electric cruise propulsion order for ABB
ABB has received an order to provide complete power plant and propulsion systems for the first newbuild ship for German cruise operator TUI Cruises. The ship is being built at the STX Europe yard in Turku, Finland.
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NewsUlstein hands over another seismic ship
The Norwegian Ulstein shipbuilding group has delivered another next generation seismic research vessel, named ‘Polarcus Amani’, to the SX134 X-bow design, to marine geophysical company Polarcus.
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Rolls-Royce wins Chinese OSV order
Rolls-Royce has announced a £24 million order to provide a design and equipment package for four 83.7m, 3,800dwt UT 771 CDL offshore service vessels which will be built by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard in China.
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Trim optimisation for new AET tankers
Napa of Finland has announced that AET has ordered the Napa-DSME Power trim optimisation software system for installation on four newbuild 319,000dwt VLCCs being built by DSME in South Korea.
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NewsAnother GE gas turbine for German frigate
GE Marine reports that it will provide MTU with an LM2500 gas turbine for the German Navy’s third Baden-Württemberg-class (F125) frigate, as part of a CODLAG system including four diesel generating sets.
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NewsChinese yard names first own-design AHTS
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group''s Zhejiang Shipyard has completed its first self-designed AHTS offshore support vessel, for French group Bourbon, built in China to Sinopacific’s SPA 80 design.
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NewsA hundred years of changes, but challenges remain
New shipping risks are highlighted by a report that marks the changes since the loss of the Titanic a century ago.
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NewsFuel management system shows wasteful use
US company Nautical Control Solutions says that its FuelTrax system now allows users to enter activity codes for automatically coupling fuel usage data to location, date, and time. Wind and sea states are included.
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News‘E-power barge’ to supply ships in port
Hamburg’s Eckelmann port logistics Group and German cruise ship operator TUI Cruises are co-operating in the introduction of a mobile floating power station to supply ships with electrical power in port.
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NewsRolls-Royce wins fish transporter order
Rolls-Royce says that it has received its first order for a new ship developed specifically for transporting live fish, from Norwegian owner Sølvtrans. The vessel, described as advanced and fuel efficient, will be built at Zamakona in Spain.
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NewsLast in FSG ro-ro series is launched
The final vessel in Seatruck’s series of four new ro-ro freight vessels, ‘Seatruck Precision’, has been launched at the FSG yard in Flensburg, Germany.
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Energy-saving boxship order from Lomar
Shipowner Lomar says that it has signed an order with the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in South China, for up to six new container feeder ships, for delivery starting from early 2014.
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NewsClassNK approves friction stir welding
ClassNK says that it has issued approval for a friction stir welding (FSW) method using a floating bobbin tool to IHI Corporation, certifying that this new method complies with ClassNK’s ''Guidelines on Friction Stir Welding''.
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Russian marine lubricant cooperation
Chevron Marine Lubricants has announced cooperation agreements with Gazpromneft that the company says will result in an improved supply network and greater choice of marine lubricants for ship operators and managers.
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NewsADSB steps up shiprepair business
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has announced that it is increasing its focus on maintenance, repairs and overhauling services, which has been one of the fastest-growing business divisions of the company.
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NewsNew Dutch test basin inaugurated
A depressurised wave basin (DWB) at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has been officially inaugurated by Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Maxime Verhagen.
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NewsBig engine repair job in Rotterdam
The Wetering repair company in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, says that it has received a valuable order worth several million € from one of Europe’s major container shipping lines.
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NewsOre carrier completed in Japan for MOL
Mitsui OSK Lines has taken delivery of a 297,000dwt iron ore carrier, Ore Sao Luis, which will transport iron ore from Brazil to mainly China, under a long-term contract with Vale.
