Industry News – Page 107
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Shell launches stern tube fluid to comply with VGP
Shell has announced a new range of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs), including Shell Naturelle S4 Stern Tube Fluid 100 which it says will allow ships entering US waters to comply with the revised 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP).
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NewsMAN power for largest boxship
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that the recently completed 19,000 teu newbuilding for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), built by Hyundai in Korea, is powered by a MAN B&W 12S90ME-C Mark 9.2 main engine.
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News‘Stena Germanica’ confirmed to run on methanol in 2015
Ferry operator Stena Line has confirmed its plans to convert the 240m, 1,500-passenger, 2001-built ro-pax ship ‘Stena Germanica’ to run on methanol fuel.
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NewsHHI completes world’s largest containership
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has completed what it says is the world’s largest containership – the first of five 19,000 teu containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).
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Russian government considers Zvezda revisions
The Russian government is considering radical revision of the Zvezda shipyard project in the Russian Far East, writes Eugene Gerden.
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NewsChemical tanker features novel stainless steel cargo tanks
Japanese class society ClassNK reports that the first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in the construction of its cargo tanks has now been delivered.
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NewsNew association to promote wind propulsion
A new association has been set up to encourage, advise and support the use of wind propulsion technologies in the commercial shipping industry.
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NewsMiddle East's first LNG fuelled tug
Dubai-based Drydocks World (DDW) has contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for a new LNG-fuelled harbour tug.
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NewsChinese ferries opt for MAN power
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has secured a contract for the supply of four 9L48/60CR engines for two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong Ferry and Dadong Ferry.
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NewsSweden orders gas-fuelled ferry from Guangzhou
Sweden’s oldest passenger shipping company has awarded an order for a new ferry with a capacity of 1,650 passengers to the Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsUltra-modern Sonne is ready to go
What is said to be the world’s most advanced deep-sea research ship, the €124.4 million Sonne, was handed over to the German Government Monday in Wilhelmshaven by Meyer Werft, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsAnother Havyard design for India
The eight Havyard-designed vessel for Indian shipping company, Global Offshore Services, has been christened ‘Olympus’.
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NewsBIMCO calls for “robust” ECA sulphur enforcement
BIMCO is calling on governments to exercise “robust” enforcement of sulphur limits applicable to ships operating in ECAs in order to ensure that the industry is operating at a high level of compliance.
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NewsRussia asks companies to support new Zvezda yard
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country’s leading companies to contribute to the ongoing efforts to build the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in Russia’s Far East by placing orders for new vessels, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsCathelco BWM system receives AMS approval
Cathelco’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system has received alternative management system (AMS) acceptance from the US Coast Guard (USCG), marking an important milestone in achieving full Type Approval.
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NewsYantar to be heart of Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster
Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster will be established in 2015 in Kaliningrad centred on the local Yantar shipyard, according to the Yard’s director-general Victor Tutynin. Eugene Gerden reports.
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IBIA acts in aftermath of OW Bunker collapse
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) says it will offer support for companies and individuals impacted by the recent collapse of OW Bunker.
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NewsNew shipyard for Kazakhstan
Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos are to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea – a contract worth US$18m.
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NewsElectro-chlorination ballast system receives AMS acceptance
Wärtsilä says that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has now granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), which adds to the AMS acceptance previously granted for the Aquarius UV BWMS.
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LR publishes offshore collision guidance notes
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping says it aims to make offshore shipping operations safer, following the publication of its new ‘Guidance Notes for Collision Analysis’.
