General News – Page 263
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Roller screens help reduce aircon costs
Solar Solve Marine recently commissioned a laboratory to carry out tests to quantify the actual value of cost savings, in US dollars, that can be made when Solasolv products are installed and in use in a vessel’s navigation bridge windows.
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NewsCaterpillar to power Indian patrol vessels
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72 propulsion engines and gensets to power 36 interceptor boats.
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Slurry tanker for MHI
NYK Line is planning to build a 175,000 dwt slurry tanker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the shipment of New Zealand ironsand.
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Korea shipbuilding lagging behind China
The three major indicators, order backlogs, new orders and completion & delivery, for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between South Korea and China is getting wider in the course of time.
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STX linked to big container order
South Korean shipbuilder STX Group is rumoured to be close to winning a $1.3 billion shipbuilding deal with a European company said to be Zodiac Maritime.
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NewsKeppel delivers Petrobras FPSO
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has recently delivered the ‘P-57’ FPSO vessel to Monaco-based Single Buoy Moorings Offshore N.V. (SBM).
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LR offers guidance on ballast-water systems
Lloyd''s Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.
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Bangladesh in JV with Dutch shipbreaker
Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.
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Tidewater places PSV quartet with Drydocks World
New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.
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NewsWärtsilä and Ecospec to co-operate in exhaust gas treatment
Wärtsilä and Ecospec Global Technology, owner of the CSNOx emissions abatement technology, recently signed a MOU to work together towards the common goal of providing clean power solutions.
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NewsBid for Northrop Grumman shipbuilding revealed
A little-known Cleveland-based company has bid to acquire the entire shipbuilding unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, including the big shipyard in Newport News that builds US Navy vessels.
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ABS creates greater China Operating Division
ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan.
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NewsUlstein design for Heerema newbuilding
Having developed the concept and basic design for Heerema’s new monohull vessel, Ulstein Group’s Dutch based design company, Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), has now been awarded the further engineering of the vessel with the selected shipyard.
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NewsCS Controls to be Schottel partner for servicing
Schottel Inc., the US subsidiary of Schottel GmbH, the German manufacturer of propulsion systems, recently signed a service cooperation agreement with CS Controls Inc. (CSC) to undertake repairs, upgrades and overhauls of Schottel thrusters in North America.
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Idle container vessels to increase
The number of idle containerships is expected to rise by the end of the year as the carriers’ winter deployment programmes kicks in.
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EC examining state aid rules for shipbuilding sector
The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on the application of the EU framework on state aid rules for shipbuilding, with a view to determining whether to maintain it unchanged, revise it or repeal it.
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NewsInnovative ferry family from Finland
Wärtsilä, together with Deltamarin, which claims to be the foremost design company in the cruise and ferry market, has introduced an innovative series of ferry designs.
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NewsMAN licensee breaks 100 million bhp barrier
HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, recently held a ceremony in Ulsan to commemorate the company’s production milestone of 100 million bhp.
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NewsHyundai record milestone in marine engines
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has achieved an unprecedented aggregate production of 100 million brake horsepower in two-stroke engines.
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London Club warning on over-reliance on GPS
The London P&I Club says a recent casualty involving a containership serves as a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to check navigation charts for information about corrections that need to be applied to satellite-derived positions.
