Industry News – Page 277
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Hellenic yard’s future looking brighter
ThyssenKrupp, Abu Dhabi MAR and the Greek government have reached agreement ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), Abu Dhabi MAR and the Greek government have reached agreement on the wording for the contracts regarding the implementation of the framework agreement.
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Frontline restructuring VLCC newbuilding contracts
Frontline, the Bermuda-based tanker company, has reached an agreement with Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard in China to re-structure its VLCC newbuilding program at the yard
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Diesel Switch solves fuel changeover problem
MAN Diesel & Turbo has developed a system known as Diesel Switch to handle changeover between high and low sulphur fuel in a controlled way to avoid rapid temperature deviations and fuel-pump seizures.
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South Africa to establish ship-repair yard in Congo
The director of the South African Company, SFG, Duncan MacNab, announced that his company would set up a ship-repair yard in Pointe-Noire, the economic and industrial capital of Congo Brazzaville.
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NewsFirst double-ended ferry fitted with VSPs
Voith Turbo Marine in Germany is supplying four slightly modified Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP) to Wyker Dampfschiff-Reederei (WDR) to power the first double-ended ferry in its fleet.
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NewsR-R powers world’s largest gas ferry
Rolls-Royce is to provide gas engines and main azimuth thrusters for a double ended passenger/vehicle ferry to be built for the Norwegian operator Fjord1. The vessel will be the world’s largest gas engined ferry.
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First ever ASV monohull with pod propulsion
Effect Ships International AS in Sandefjord, Norway, has just launched its first air supported vessel (ASV) monohull with pod propulsion. The ASV technology is the result of more than 8 years of dedicated R&D.
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OSX to build Petrobras rigs and tankers
OSX Brasil SA, which is building a shipyard in Brazil with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industry, said that it plans to bid for oil drilling rig and tanker contracts worth $2 billion that Brazil’s Petrobras wants to build.
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Longitudinally arranged VSPs offer higher steering forces
Together with Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion, the Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd recently unveiled a completely new tug design.
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News10-vessel order for Voith ‘intelligent’ propellers
Voith Turbo Advanced Propeller Technologies of Germany has announced an order for Contur F propellers for 10 patrol boats for Dutch Water Management.
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NewsDubai delivers another Polarcus seismic vessel
Drydocks World– Dubai has delivered the third 3-D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Asima’ to its client Polarcus, a marine geophysical company based in Dubai.
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Excess boxship supply could return in 2011
The growth in the effective supply of containerships has reached 19% so far this year as deliveries of new vessels have added 1.15 Mteu of new capacity and a further 1.28 Mteu of idle tonnage has rejoined the active fleet.
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NewsABS examines energy-saving technology
ABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute have entered into a two-year joint research and development project to study the potential of an energy-saving device to enhance propulsion efficiency.
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Hyundai secures VLCC quintet order
Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a contract with Hong Kong-based Brightoil Petroleum to build five VLCCs at a total cost of $537.5 million.
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Samsung wins contracts for tankers and platform
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has won $630 million worth of orders to build five oil tankers and an offshore platform.
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NewsSponsorship pleases lubricants customers
The end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw the culmination of Castrol Marine’s football campaign in the maritime sector. Through targeted media coverage and event sponsorship, Castrol estimates its ‘Passionate about Performance’ campaign engaged over 700 customers, involving some 300,000 individuals.
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NewsFirst LNG powered vessel with GL class
The 25,000 dwt product tanker ‘Bit Viking’ will be converted to run on LNG and will be the first ship with Germanischer Lloyd (GL) class using gas as fuel.
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NewsWärtsilä providing maintenance planning for LNG carriers
Wärtsilä has been awarded a five-year technical management contract based on Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP) covering three LNG carriers operated by Gazocean, the fleet management subsidiary of the Paris-based energy company GDF SUEZ.
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News‘Skandi Aker’ named ship of the year 2010
Aker Solutions’ new deepwater intervention vessel, ‘Skandi Aker’, was recently announced winner of the international ‘Ship of the Year 2010’ award.
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Lubmarine’s cylinder oil meets sulphur limits
Total Lubmarine says its latest cylinder oil, Talusia Universal, provides the optimum lube solution to problems encountered by owners and operators in meeting regulatory and environmental requirements relating to sulphur limits.
