General News – Page 235
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NewsFive-year safety equipment agreement concluded
Chemring Marine, which specialises in marine distress signals, reports that it has secured a five-year contract to supply its Pains Wessex and Comet products to the Survitec Group.
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NewsOnline ECDIS training developed
Hamburg-based company Safebridge has introduced what it describes as a “breakthrough online solution for type-specific ECDIS training”, developed in co-operation with the equipment manufacturers.
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Greek owner orders five newbuild boxships
Costamare has announced the conclusion of shipbuilding contracts and charter agreements for five newbuild containerships of about 8,800 TEU capacity, to be built at Sungdong Shipyard in Korea.
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NewsConference kicks off in dual-fuel style
The 33rd Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference has got underway in Copenhagen, Denmark, with nearly 150 attendees settling down to listen to a wide range of original and topical presentations.
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Still more jack-up orders for Keppel
Keppel FELS reports new contracts, valued at around $393 million, to build two high-specification KFELS B Class Bigfoot jack-up rigs from returning customer Gulf Drilling International (GDI) of Qatar.
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Work starts on first Chinese-designed PSV
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group reports that its Zhejiang Shipyard has now started work on the manufacture of the SPP17 PSV series of offshore support vessel for Bourbon of France.
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NewsInland shipping holds the ACES
Damen Shipyards has announced the completion of development of its air chamber energy saving (ACES) technology, following trials based on an inland waterways tanker vessel.
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BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys sold to Braemar
The business and assets of BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys, which incorporates The Salvage Association and Murray Fenton, have been acquired by Braemar Shipping Services.
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NewsPanama orders another dredger
Dutch company IHC Merwede has announced a contract valued at around $43 million, for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).
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NewsGerman yards turn out rare newbuilds
Germany’s Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), which claims to be the leading builder of ro-ro ships, has named two ships of a new type and handed over one of them at a ceremony in Flensburg.
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NewsLighting system developed for cargo holds
Cargotec has recently introduced a new lighting system for cargo holds, MacLux, to its MacGregor range. MacLux is claimed to be resistant to vibration, temperature changes and corrosive environments.
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NewsDesign agreement for Canadian bulkers to be built in China
Finnish design office Deltamarin has announced an agreement with Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry to provide the design for seven new Equinox class self unloading and gearless bulk carriers to be built for Algoma Central Corporation and the Canadian Wheat Board.
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NewsRobotic welder developed for ship block construction
Finnish welding equipment company Kemppi and Danish automation company Inrotech say they have joined forces to offer an improved welding system for shipyards.
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DNV survey shows bunker quality woes
A survey of nearly 100 clients by DNV Petroleum Services shows that the vast majority had experienced bunker quality issues over the past year. Additionally, the situation with low sulphur fuel in ECAs still presents potential problems.
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NewsAnother LNG powered PSV for Norway
Another LNG-fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV) is to be built for a Norwegian owner – to the VS499 design from Wärtsilä Ship Design. Wärtsilä will also supply propulsion machinery, automation and other equipment.
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VSAT antenna agreement announced
Korea-based Intellian Technologies, a marine satellite antenna supplier, has announced a sales agreement with global satcoms provider Marlink.
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Class society details BWM procedures
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has released a booklet on standard operational guidance for the planning and management of ships'' ballast water and sediments.
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NewsBuild starts on Alaskan research ship
Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has announced that the keel laying recently took place atMarinette Marine Corporation (MMC) for the Alaska Region research vessel (ARRV) Sikuliaq, for which GPA provided design validation.
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NewsSelf-unloaders are designed for efficiency
Cargotec says it has introduced two new developments in its MacGregor bulk cargo self-unloader systems which deliver greater capacity while minimising environmental impact
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NewsPiston ring wear understanding is raised
Piston ring specialist Federal-Mogul Corporation says that its work within the EU Hercules project has helped it develop new simulation techniques that should enhance the fuel efficiency of future large marine engines.
