Industry News – Page 129
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Korean Register launches CSR-H software
Classification society Korean Register (KR) has released new software, SeaTrust-HullScan, to analyse and appraise a ship hull structure in accordance with IACS harmonised common structural rules (CSR-H).
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NewsDNV GL launches new Build2Design service
DNV GL has launched a new service called Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in the shipbuilding process.
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NewsCargotec secures ro-ro equipment contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to design and deliver key components for ro-ro access equipment for two Damen ice-class ro-Pax ferries.
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NewsLNG bunkering regulation report
Marine and offshore classification society ABS has released a report on LNG bunkering in North America.
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NewsShipbuilding features strongly in Russia’s plans for Crimea
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first deputy prime-minister, has said that Russia is considering the establishment of large commercial shipbuilding along the Crimean coastline, writes Eugene Gerden.
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News€1.2m pledged to support African administrations
The European Union is funding a €1.2m grant contract, signed between the IMO and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), to support training and capacity-building activities in Africa.
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NewsPSV designs aimed at Asia-Pacific owners
Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) Singapore has unveiled a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) design package aimed at ship owners and shipyards in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsWärtsilä wins retrofit contract
Wärtsilä is to retrofit two Condor ro-ro ferries with its new Aquarius Ready ballast water management system (BWMS).
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NewsABB order for Baleária ferry
Leading power group, ABB has won an order from a Spanish ferry operator to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessels.
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SKF to launch cryogenic bearing
Among a number of new products from Sweden''s SKF Group is a new cryogenic bearing solution for LNG pumps, which the company says helps to increase flexibility and reliability in the handling of valuable cargo.
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NewsFerry re-enters operation with exhaust scrubber
AEC Maritime, based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, says that its closed-loop scrubber installation on the Scandlines ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ has been commissioned and is now fully operational.
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NewsClass society acquires maritime software house
Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK is to acquire the Finnish maritime software house NAPA, in a deal which is claimed to help improve safety and performance of the maritime industry as a whole.
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DSME wins ice-class gas tanker order
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea has announced a Russian contract for an LNG carrier with icebreaking capabilities.
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NewsBulgaria’s Bourgas Shipyards put up for auction
Bourgas Shipyards, a shipbuilding and repair yard located on the country’s Black Sea coast, has been put up for sale, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsAustralian owner orders two Vard PSVs
Vard Holdings has announced contracts for the design and construction of two Vard 1.08 PSVs for offshore contractor Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA), which is based in Fremantle, WA.
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NewsMacGregor secures “substantial” contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply deck equipment for a series of eight 58,500 tonne bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China.
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NewsE-maritime solutions partnership
France’s high-technology group, Orolia, has signed a strategic partnership with the global hardware and software provider, Transas, to develop new e-maritime solutions for the shipping industry.
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NewsABB supplies drive systems to Vard Electro for PSVs
ABB reports that its modular liquid-cooled drives and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are part of an application-specific propulsion and thruster power system for offshore supply ships from Vard Electro.
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NewsInsurer warns of ‘oily business’ in Argentina
Insurer The American Club has warned its members that customs authorities in Argentina are becoming particularly strict regarding declaration of ships stores.
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UASC completes largest ever order
The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has completed its largest ever newbuild order by exercising the final option for one 18,000 teu vessel with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
