Industry News – Page 101
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ICS highlights best and worst flag states
The latest Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) confirms a high degree of polarisation between the best and worst flag states.
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NewsNavigation incidents most costly, insurer claims
More than half of all hull and machinery insurance claim costs are caused by navigational incidents, The Swedish Club has reported.
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IMarEST studies green shipping agenda
Attitudes to green ship technologies will be the focus of an online survey and roundtable discussion organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst) and the UK Science & Innovation Network (SIN) Southeast Asia.
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NewsMAN renews contract with Chinese shipbuilder
MAN Diesel & Turbo has renewed its contract with Chinese two-stroke licensee, China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) for a further ten years.
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NewsShip owners and operators at P&E 2015
The 37th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, to take place in Hamburg on 4-5 March, will welcome several leading companies from the shipping world.
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Lundqvist Rederierna adopts BASS maintenance software
Finnish tanker operator Lundqvist Rederierna has adopted maintenance management software from BASS.
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NewsRolls-Royce expands to Middle East
Rolls-Royce is supporting regional MTU sales and services in the Middle East with a new head office in Dubai.
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NewsClass approval for PureSOx scrubbers
Alfa Laval has secured the first class approvals from Lloyds Register for its PureSOx scrubber system installed onboard the DFDS Petunia and Primula Seaways.
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Korean Register authorised in Canada
Korean Register (KR) has been authorised to perform statutory services – including conducting surveys and audits as well as issuing certificates – on behalf of the Canadian government.
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NewsTechnip upgrade at DSR
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has secured a new contract from Technip, for dry-docking, upgrade and operational modification to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, ‘Global 1200.’
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ClassNK software integrates common structural rules
ClassNK has updates its ship design support software PrimeShip-Hull (HCSR), making it the first computer programme to reflect IACS’ Common Structural Rules (CSR) adopted in December 2014.
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NewsWärtsilä pollution prevention for ‘QM2’
Cunard’s cruise ship, ‘Queen Mary 2’, is being fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system that will enable it to fully comply with the IMO’s pollution prevention requirements.
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DESMI BWTS accepted by US Coast Guard
Denmark-based DESMI Ocean Guard’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) using ultraviolet light, RayClean, has been granted AMS acceptance by the US Coast Guard (USCG).
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NewsWave generator for Marin concept basin
Dutch research institute Marin is to install a Bosch Rexroth wave generator at its new concept testing basin in August.
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Corrosion resistant steel approval
ClassNK has issued approval for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation’s newly developed corrosion resistant steel (NSGP-2) for use on the upper deck and/or inner bottom of crude oil tanker cargo oil tanks (COT).
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NewsUASC chooses Marorka for energy management
Icelandic energy management firm Marorka has won a contract to deliver ship performance monitoring systems to United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), with a view to optimizing fleet performance and reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
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CROE ro-ro scrubber order
US based CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has secured a scrubber order from Finnish operator, Bore Ltd (Finland) to retrofit its ‘MV Seaguard’ ro-ro container vessel.
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NewsCable layer electrical system installation
Dutch marine technology expert Alewijnse Marine Systems has completed a full electrical installation on board the ‘Nexus’, the innovative new cable layer built by Damen Shipyards Group for offshore contractor Van Oord.
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NewsBWT basics: Evaluating the options
Ultraviolet and electrochlorination treatments - the two mainstream BWT options - confront shipowners with some difficult choices, writes Stevie Knight, in the February issue of The Motorship.
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NewsJapan’s first LNG gas fuelled tugs
Classification society, ClassNK, has granted full type approval for the new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine built by Niigata Power Systems Co Ltd.
