Industry News – Page 198

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    MOL to demonstrate gas injection

    2012-03-06T18:41:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines has said that it is jointly, with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, to conduct a demonstration run of an electrically-controlled low speed diesel engine modified to incorporate a gas injection system.

  • Transas Wave display
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    Transas to offer fuel saving device

    2012-03-06T09:51:00Z

    ECDIS manufacturer Transas Marine is to launch its own fuel efficiency monitoring system for commercial shipping, to be known as Transas Wave. The system is intended to help save fuel and reduce environmental impact.

  • ACS principle of operation (DK Group)
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    DK’s ACS for Danish heavy lift ship

    2012-03-05T17:16:00Z

    DK Group reports that it has reached agreement with Danish shipowner Dannebrog Group to install its air cavity system (ACS) technology on a 12,580dwt multi-purpose cargo ship, with a view to reducing fuel consumption.

  • MEPC63 meets at IMO HQ
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    MEPC63 paves the way for greener shipping

    2012-03-05T16:59:00Z

    IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its 63rd meeting at IMO HQ in London, running from 27 February to 2 March, has agreed to adopt a series of guidelines which will prove vital and far-reaching for shipping.

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    Rolls-Royce strengthens technology team

    2012-03-05T15:53:00Z

    In a move intended to strengthen its marine engineering and technology team, Rolls-Royce reports that it has recruited Oskar Levander from Wärtsilä and Peter Michael Dörrich from Saab.

  • News

    Management changes at STX Finland

    2012-03-05T15:52:00Z

    STX Finland has reinforced its management to help achieve strategic and financial targets, and, says the company, to establish solid foundations for the development of business operations in the coming years.

  • Hatch covers – lack of maintenance can give rise to major problems and cargo claims
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    Tokyo MoU state controls highlight hatch cover maintenance issues

    2012-03-05T15:52:00Z

    Dutch company Cargo Care Solutions refers to a recent state inspection campaign that raises concerns over multiple problems with hatch openings.

  • ‘GorchFock’: a far bigger repair job than first thought
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    Gorch Fock repairs take longer, cost more

    2012-03-05T08:39:00Z

    The German Navy has revealed that the condition of its sail training ship ''Gorch Fock'' is worse than first thought and that repair could take at least a month longer than planned and cost four times more than estimated.

  • FSG treads new production path
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    FSG diversifies with project ship order

    2012-03-02T12:12:00Z

    Germany’s FSG Shipyard revealed on 2 March it has won an order from Holland’s Rolldock for two multi-functional project-load ships – the first it has built and the first step in a yard move to diversify production.

  • The new Airspace 5000 touch control panel
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    Sterntube seal benefits from new control panel

    2012-03-02T10:26:00Z

    Simplex-Turbulo reports that the Simplex SC2 Airspace seal, manufactured by Simplex’s principal, Blohm + Voss Industries, has been improved through the use of a touch-screen control, handling all functions of the seal.

  • Wind support vessels get the Voith linear jet treatment
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    First order for Voith linear jet

    2012-03-01T19:04:00Z

    Voith Turbo has announced its first order for the Voith linear jet (VLJ) to a Turbine Transfers UK wind support vessel. The 19m long vessel is designed by BMT Nigel Gee.

  • 'Aura II' has been launched at Turku
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    Multipurpose cargo ship launched at Turku

    2012-03-01T15:35:00Z

    STX Finland’s Turku shipyard has launched the multipurpose deck cargo vessel which it has been building for Finnish company Gaiamare, for the transport of heavy deck cargo such as offshore wind farm structures.

  • The second Environship order is for a specialist vessel supplying feed to fish farms in Norway
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    Second Environship order for Rolls-Royce

    2012-03-01T14:12:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced a second contract for a vessel to one of its Environship designs, in this case for a 75m LNG-powered vessel for Norwegian company Eidsvaag, to supply fish farms along the Norwegian coast.

  • ‘Berlin’ naming delayed for two months
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    Berlin postponement ‘not due to problems’

    2012-03-01T13:23:00Z

    The imminent naming of Scandlines’ ‘Berlin’ at German yard P+S Werften has been postponed for nearly two months, but a spokeswoman told The Motorship it had nothing to do with any construction problems at the yard.

  • Cranes and lifting – a new sector for Kongsberg Evotec
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    Kongsberg Evotec gets into cranes

    2012-03-01T09:15:00Z

    Kongsberg Evotec has established a new department specifically dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea sectors.

  • Skid-mounted Balpure installation onboard a bulk carrier
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    BWTS order for pipelay vessel

    2012-03-01T01:00:00Z

    Severn Trent De Nora says that its Balpure ballast water treatment system has been chosen by EMAS for a 22,000dwt DP3 pipelay, heavy lift and construction newbuild, ‘Lewek Constellation’, under construction in Vietnam.

  • Very little breakdown was observed on the tanks of Samco Raven' during inspection
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    'Better than good' after fifteen years

    2012-02-29T18:08:00Z

    A 300,000 dwt crude oil tanker has made 15 years with very little wear on its cargo tanks, thanks to the durability of an epoxy shield.

  • Kare Jonsson has been awarded the honorary title of group senior specialist by Volvo Penta
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    Specialist title for propeller engineer

    2012-02-29T18:05:00Z

    Propeller engineer Kåre Jonsson has been appointed by Volvo Penta as group senior specialist.

  • The BallastMaster ultraV ballast water management system from GEA Westfalia Separator Group has been type approved to IMO standards and released for the market with no constraints.
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    Type approval for GEA ballast system

    2012-02-29T17:36:00Z

    GEA Westfalia says that its newly-launched ultraviolet radiation system for the treatment of ballast water, the BallastMaster ultraV, has received type approval in accordance with IMO guidelines and regulations.

  • Remi Eriksen, new head of DNV’s maritime and oil & gas business: “The shipping industry is facing major changes on several fronts”
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    DNV restructures following KEMA takeover

    2012-02-29T15:44:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas is establishing a new group structure; following the recent transfer of the majority shareholding in KEMA, it aims to merge some activities to strengthen its industry position.