General News – Page 251
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Caspian Sea drill ship ordered
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has been awarded a drill ship order by a South Korean consortium led by the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation.
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NewsUK trimaran design for Atlantic record
A concept design for an 80m trimaran powered by a gas turbine engine has been produced by a UK company, with the aim of crossing the Atlantic in less than two days, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsBAE systems develops anti-pirate device
BAE Systems in the UK has successfully demonstrated a prototype device that will serve as an effective non-lethal deterrent against pirate attacks on commercial vessels.
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NewsDutch naval contract for Converteam
Converteam has recently announced a significant order from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding to supply an integrated vessel energy plant (IVEP) for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new joint support ship (JSS).
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VLCC success for Hamworthy pumps
Fluid-handling specialist Hamworthy has signed a contract with marine equipment purchaser Hua Hai Engineering & Equipment Co., Ltd to deliver pump room systems for installation on four VLCCs to be constructed in China.
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NewsCarnival wins US court action against Rolls-Royce
Maritime law firm Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli reports that it has obtained a $24 million dollar verdict for Carnival Cruise Lines against Rolls-Royce. According to the law firm’s statement, Rolls Royce was found guilty of fraud by a unanimous jury verdict.
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Oceansaver gets new owners
BW Ventures and Investinor AS have made an agreement to acquire OceanSaver, one of the largest ballast water management (BWM) system providers in the world.
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WSS acquires Nalfleet
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA’s subsidiary, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalfleet for $41 million.
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Rongsheng pinning hopes on boxships
The Shanghai-based Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, China’s largest private shipbuilder, expects containership orders to rise this year as world trade hopefully rebounds from the global recession.
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NewsSTX delivers ‘Spirit of Britain’
Today, the car-passenger ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ was delivered by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the ‘Spirit of France’, will be delivered from Rauma shipyard in September 2011.
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ClassNK continues expansion
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has opened two new exclusive surveyor offices in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Diamond orders ultra-deepwater drillship
Diamond Offshore Drilling recently entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled for late in the second quarter of 2013.
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NewsFirst of P&O ferry pair delivered from STX Finland
Vehicle/passenger ferry newbuilding ‘Spirit of Britain’ has been handed over by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard. The ship is scheduled to enter service with P&O Ferries between Dover and Calais at the end of January.
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Colombo yard wins order for MPSV
Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has won an optional contract to build a third multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, a subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL).
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NewsMAN to power new Chinese rescue ships
MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two twin-screw complete propulsion packages, based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, for two new Chinese rescue vessels.
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NewsDryships takes delivery of its first newbuilding drillship
Athens-based DryShips announced that its 78% owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the ‘Ocean Rig Corcovado’.
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NewsAlfa Laval acquires Aalborg
Alfa Laval of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire Danish group Aalborg Industries Holding A/S for a total cash consideration of SEK 5.0 billion ($747 million).
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NewsBWT system has zero impact on corrosion or coatings
Bremen-based RWO, in cooperation with a leading European corrosion institute (SWEREA-KIMAB) and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd, has carried out thorough accelerated corrosion studies in treated full-salinity seawater with the CleanBallast ballast water treatment (BWT) system.
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NewsLCS contract awarded to Lockheed Martin
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of 10 littoral combat ships (LCS) from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2015.
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NewsWärtsilä beefs up its 32 series engine
Wärtsilä has recently introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine.
