Industry News – Page 137
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NewsFour more gas-fuelled PSVs for Siem
Poland''s Remontowa shipyard is to build four more dual-fuelled PSVs to the Wärtsilä Ship Design VS 4411 DF design for Siem Offshore.
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Epic Gas expands its services
Epic Gas Ltd’s recent order of two 11,000m³ vessels from Japan’s Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has increased its fleet size to better target the LPG and petrochemical markets.
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DSME ends year on a high
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is to build what is thought will be the world’s largest LNG floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) for Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).
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NewsJapan’s first LNG-fuelled vessel to be built by NYK
Japanese company NYK has revealed plans to build a tug featuring a dual fuel engine that can run on either LNG or HFO.
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NewsRotterdam tug is first to use synthetic diesel
Dutch company Royal Boskalis has announced that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL.
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Russian billionaire may acquire troubled shipbuilding assets
Mikhail Gutseriev, Russian billionaire owner of the Russneft company, one of the country’s leading oil producers, is reported to be considering purchasing the Red Sormovo shipyard and the Proletarian factory in St. Petersburg, writes Eugene Gerden.
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NewsSecond Damen ice-class ro-pax for Canada
Damen Shipyards has been awarded a second contract from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government for an 80m ice-class ro-pax ferry.
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NewsFerry design competition 2014
The World Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) has announced the coming year’s international student competition for designing a safe ferry.
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‘MOL Comfort’ investigation
ClassNK has set up a special Casualty Investigation Team in order to look in to and determine the cause of casualties, following the loss of the container vessels, ‘MOL Comfort’.
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NewsLargest LNG ferry for France
Reports in French newspaper ‘Ouest France’ say that the STX St Nazaire shipyard and Brittany Ferries are cooperating on a project to build the world’s largest LNG-fuelled ferry, larger even than the ‘Viking Grace’.
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NewsWishing you a Merry Christmas
All the very best wishes for a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year from everyone at The Motorship.
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NewsClass approval for DP simulator
Kongsberg Maritime says that its K-Sim DP manoeuvring simulator, the latest and most advanced in the company’s DP training range, has received Class A Certification from DNV.
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NewsMeyer unveils LNG bunker barge
German shipyard Meyer Werft – no stranger to tanker newbuildings despite being better known for its cruise ships - has completed the design draft for a flexible new LNG bunker barge, reports Tom Todd
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NewsNYK receives latest coal carrier
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Group has received its new coal carrier, ‘Hokuriku Maru’, built by Oshima Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
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First commercial ME-LGI engine contract
MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed that the letter of intent signed with Canada’s Waterfront Shipping for five Electronic LGI (Liquid Gas Injection) methanol-powered engines, has converted into a firm contract.
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NewsLNG fleet conversion proposal
A Hamburg parliamentarian has proposed that the 23 ships operated by city excursion and ferry operator HADAG should be converted to LNG propulsion, reports Tom Todd.
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Alfa Laval wins PureDry order
Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.
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NewsRescuing southern UK shipbuilding
A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move its shipbuilding division away to the Clyde.
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NewsIsland Offshore orders another UT PSV
Rolls-Royce has announced a contract for ship design and equipment supply for a new platform supply vessel for Island Offshore, to be completed by the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on a hull built at Vard Braila in Romania.
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NewsDamen refit for seismic vessel
Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.
