Industry News – Page 182
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NewsShell joins all-purpose cylinder lube market
Shell Marine Products has announced the launch of Alexia S4, intended for use across a range of vessel and engine types, fuel specifications, loads and climates, from the Antarctic to the Amazon or Suez.
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NewsShipbuilding downturn hits GL
The COO of Germanischer Lloyd, Torsten Schramm, has said restructuring and job losses are now likely in the classification society as a result of a continuing global decline in ships on order, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsGerman repair flurry is cross-board
Repair activity in widely diversified German yards this summer has involved a famous sailship, a cruise liner, luxury yachts and offshore installation vessels, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsNeptun adds to bulging cruise newbuild list
Busy German shipbuilder Neptun Werft in Rostock-Warnemuende has booked another two Viking Longship river cruise newbuilds bringing the number of orders taken for the popular new vessel type to 14, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsStep change for container ship propulsion
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that its first super-long-stroke, 90-cm bore Mk 9 engine has successfully completed test bed trials at licensee Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division in Korea.
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NewsVoith propulsion for second turbine ship
German propulsion system supplier Voith Turbo says it has received an order for a second propulsion system for a wind turbine installation ship, having supplied a shipset to A2SEA for the ‘Sea Installer’.
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NewsSinopacific sees first OSV order from Africa
The Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is entering the African market with an order for six OSVs from Slok Nigeria Ltd - the first African client to order medium and large sized PSVs from China.
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Drillship thruster order for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has announced orders worth over £70 million to supply large thrusters for offshore drilling vessels, for several different customers who have ordered new vessels for deep water and harsh conditions.
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NewsWärtsilä contracts for Kleven PSV newbuilds
Wärtsilä reports that it has been contracted to supply the ship designs for three new platform supply vessels to be built in Norway by Kleven Maritime AS, two for Atlantic Offshore and the other for Remøy Shipping.
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NewsICS wants action over low sulphur switch
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on the IMO to fast track a critical study into the global availability of low sulphur fuel for ships.
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NewsLNG fuel for Norwegian cruise ferries
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line to install four-engine LNG-based power plants with Promas propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the Bergen Group Fosen yard in Norway.
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NewsNew tool to map the US ECAs
The imminent arrival of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in the US is providing ship operators with new challenges in providing cost effective operation - but there is a new market opening up to address the issue.
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NewsCylinder oil delivered in China by barge
ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants says it has completed the first bulk delivery of Mobilgard 570 cylinder oil, using a double-hulled barge, in the Port of Shanghai, said to be the world’s busiest port.
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NewsPump order for Maersk Triple E
Austrian pump and flowmeter manufacturer Kral has announced that its is to supply a total of 600 screw pumps to DSME, which is building 20 low-emissions 18,000TEU container ships, known as the Triple E class, for Maersk.
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NewsKittiwake Group acquired by Parker Hannifin
The UK-based Kittiwake Group, which includes Kittiwake Developments, Kittiwake Procal and Kittiwake Holroyd, has been acquired by the Parker Hannifin Corporation.
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NewsDNV approval for scrubber system
Green Tech Marine’s compact exhaust gas scrubber, recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International’s ‘Liberty of the Seas’, has received a Statement of Compliance certificate according to MARPOL regulations.
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ABB acquires software company to expand its process automation division
ABB says it has reached agreement to acquire Dutch company Amarcon, which develops and markets software solutions for the shipping industry.
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NewsWärtsilä engines for nine Kuwaiti newbuilds
Wärtsilä has been picked to supply the main engines for a series of vessels being built for Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
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NewsIACS in the next 12 months
The new chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies, Tom Boardley of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, who took up the post on 1 July, has spoken to ‘The Motorship’ about his vision for the year ahead.
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NewsOcean Signal gets Irish distributor
UK based communications and safety specialist, Ocean Signal Ltd, has appointed Dublin based Martek Ltd as its Irish distributor.
