General News – Page 237
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NewsMalaysian contract for Australian company
Australian-owned ship builder Strategic Marine has been awarded a contract with Malaysian company JCB Oil and Gas Services to supply two 40m crew boats to service Malaysia’s expanding oil and gas sector.
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Digital regulations adds Panama product
UK digital maritime regulations company Regs4ships has added a Panama product to its range, which, says the company, gives it potential coverage of some 80% of the global SOLAS fleet.
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Design and diesel electric system package ordered for Malaysian PSV
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) with diesel-electric propulsion.
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NewsGas systems ordered for LNG ferries
Hamworthy says it has signed a contract for LNG storage tanks and fuel systems on four gas-powered ferries to be built at the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for delivery in the second half of 2012.
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NewsBunker supplier backs mass flow meters
Marine fuel oil supplier OW Bunker has highlighted the impact that mass flow meters can have in solving the ‘quantity issue’ and demonstrated the steps that it is taking to ensure product quality.
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Portable gas detectors look forward to SOLAS amendments
In the run up to a forthcoming change to the SOLAS Convention, Martek Marine is introducing a new range of portable gas detection instruments.
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Class society adds MLC to maritime consulting services
Japanese classification society ClassNK has begun offering a new consulting service for the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.
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NewsWärtsilä and RCCL sign service agreement
Wärtsilä has finalised what it says is its single largest maintenance agreement with a marine customer, under which the company will provide full maintenance support for five years for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL).
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NewsMTU order from Indian Coast Guard
The Tognum group has announced a substantial follow-up order from the Indian Coast Guard for 60 MTU 16V4000 engines, with associated automation systems, for 20 new 48m fast patrol boats.
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NewsNorwegian company orders two Ramform survey vessels from MHI
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reports a new contract for two 3D seismic seabed data acquisition survey ships, to the Ramform W design, for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Norway.
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NewsDynamic trimming for 12 more ships
Finnish company Eniram has announced that Hamburg Süd has ordered 12 additional installations of its dynamic trimming assistant (DTA) with a view to saving fuel and reducing emissions.
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Rolls-Royce opens marine servicing facility in Namibia
Rolls-Royce has opened its latest Marine Service Centre, in Walvis Bay, Namibia, as the latest stage in the development of the company’s global marine service centre network.
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Large FPSO is named in Singapore
One of Vietnam''s largest FPSO vessels has been named at Keppel Shipyard by EMAS Production, on behalf of owner PV Keez.
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Ulstein is expanding
Ulstein’s design & solutions business area is growing, following the acquisition of engineering consultancy services company West Maritime.
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NewsThe future is bright in Norway
The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA) says it has initiated two programmes to support future talent a t a time when the global maritime industry is still surviving the impact of the financial crisis.
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Tognum board considers Rolls-Royce and Daimler offer "inadequate"
The Board of Tognum Group, parent company of MTU, has issued a statement about the proposed acquisition of the group by Daimler and Rolls-Royce.
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NewsSembcorp and Ecospec sign agreement
Sembawang Shipyard has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Ecospec Global Technology to provide customised environmental solutions to the marine and offshore industry.
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NewsFair winds drive designer forward
Danish naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy, Knud E. Hansen (KEH) reports that it is gaining considerable business from the offshore wind energy sector.
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GL looks for increased software presence in Asia
Germanischer Lloyd''s says that its software unit GL Maritime Software is particularly appealing to many of Asia''s ship owners, operators and mangers as they are thirsty for tools to help achievemore efficient ship operation and management.
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ClassNK chairman wants class to lead on GHGs
ClassNK chairman and president Noboru Ueda has called for class societies to play a more central role in the maritime industry’s ongoing efforts to reduce maritime GHG emissions.
