General News – Page 230
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NewsDutch-built dredger launched
IHC Merwerde says that the naming and launch ceremony took place recently for the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Breughel, which the company is building at its Krimpen aan den Ijssel shipyard for DEME.
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Keppel’s orderbook continues to grow
Keppel FELS has been awarded a contract worth about $260 million by returning customer, Floatel International, to build a new generation accommodation semisubmersible for delivery in the first quarter of 2014.
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Chinese shipyard ditches acetylene for natural gas
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group says that its Dayang Shipyard has started replacing acetylene with natural gas in cutting and fire engineering correction work.
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RINA publishes gas fuel notation
Italian classification society RINA has published a new notation for Gas Fuelled Ships which establishes requirements for the use of liquefied or compressed natural gas (LNG or CNG) as an alternative to traditional fuels.
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NewsIncreasing efficiency of large engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo recently presented its new efficiency technologies for large two-stroke engines, the WHR (waste heat recovery) systems, that include the TCS-PTG turbines, and are offered as an integrated system.
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NewsMAN power for new OSV
GC Rieber Shipping of Bergen, Norway recently took delivery of a new offshore ROV survey vessel – the ‘Polar King’ – constructed by CNP Freire shipyard in Spain.
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Additional Polish service centre for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has opened a new marine service centre, in the Port of Gdynia, Poland. It says this marks the latest stage in the development of the group’s global marine service centre network, which aims to offer 24-hour per day service to customers in 35 countries.
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NewsFurther sunscreen order for AHTS fleet
Solar Solve Marine, the UK manufacturer of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for bridge windows, says it has received its 12th order from Swire Pacific Offshore for its fleet of AHTS vessels.
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Sustainability to the fore at BIMCO general meeting
People, energy, the environment and the ability of maritime technology to reinvent itself alongside a new paradigm formed the basis of BIMCO’s general meeting sustainability session in Vancouver, Canada, held 6-8 June.
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NewsCompanies join forces on ECDIS training
Navigation specialist Kelvin Hughes says that an agreement has been signed with training provider Seagull to develop a product-specific computer-based training module for its MantaDigital ECDIS range.
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Singapore safety signs users express quality concerns
Marine safety signage specialist Maritime Progress of the UK says its has recently attracted considerable interest in its products and technical developments in Singapore and the Far East.
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NewsVibration measurement for hazardous environments
German company DB Prüftechnik says that its Vibrotip data collector for machine vibration, rolling element bearing condition and pump cavitation measurement, is now available certified to new ATEX guidelines.
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Five tankers ordered from Hyundai
Scorpio Tankers has announced that it has signed contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea to construct five 52,000dwt product tankers at a price of about $37.4 million each.
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NewsDutch Navy orders ballast water system
Hatenboer-Water of The Netherlands says that it has received an order for its GloEn-Patrol ballast water treatment system from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for a new Dutch Royal Navy Joint Support Ship (JSS).
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Indian Registry appointed as Recognised Organisation by Liberia
The Liberian Registry has accorded the status of Recognised Organisation (RO) to the classification society IRS (Indian Register of Shipping), to act on behalf of vessels operating under the flag of Liberia.
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Integrated power and propulsion for DSCV ship
Wärtsilä says it has been awarded a contract to supply an integrated solution for power generation, power distribution, and propulsion for a new diving support & construction vessel (DSCV) currently under construction in Singapore.
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NewsNordic floats out new Arctic tanker type
Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, has floated out Yenisei, its first type AT 19 ice-breaking Arctic tanker, as business slowly stabilises at the buffeted yard group, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsSkeg concept to save energy
Finnish ship design company Foreship says it has concluded an extensive research and development project for a new type of central skeg for cruise ships and ferries.
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NewsSteel separators satisfy SOLAS spec
Separ Filter is introducing a range of 100% steel construction diesel fuel/water separators which have been specially designed to comply with new American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and SOLAS requirements.
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NewsNeptun to build Berlin research ship
In more good news for the German shipbuilding industry, Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemuende has beaten off stiff international competition to win a Government order worth €124.4 million for a new research ship.
