Latest Equipment News – Page 634
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NewsWhither 2012 and beyond? as uncertainty builds up
A mood of anxiety may well characterise the movement in the coming year as clubs face up to some very testing challenges. Denzil Stuart reports.
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NewsThe silent and invisible onboard killers
Two P&I clubs have recently emphasised to owners and managers the hazards of fumigated cargoes and entering enclosed spaces, responsible for fatalities among seafarers, writes Denzil Stuart.
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NewsSiemens BWMS to be supplied through Imtech company
Venteville, part of Imtech Marine, has been appointed as agent for a new ballast water management system developed by Siemens Water Technologies, and known as SiCure.
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NewsAntifoulings offer ‘best of both worlds’
International Paint has announced the introduction of two new antifouling hull coatings, known as Intersmooth 7465Si SPC and Interswift 6900Si silyl acrylate.
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NewsABB energy management for cruise ferry
ABB has been contracted to provide an energy management system for the new environmentally-friendly cruise ferry for Viking Line, which is being built at STX Finland in Turku.
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Propulsion and scrubbers for Lakers
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels being built for bulk transport on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for Canadian owner Algoma Central.
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Water control units for boxship newbuilds
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to 10 newbuilds of 13,200TEU capacity under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for Hapag-Lloyd.
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NewsSecond P&O ro-pax finally delivered
The P&O Ferries cross-Channel newbuilding ‘Spirit of France’ was handed over on 24 January by the builder, STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard. She is a sister to ‘Spirit of Britain’, delivered from Rauma in January 2011.
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A good 2011 for Japanese class society
ClassNK has announced its final register statistics for 2011, revealing that almost 23 million gross tons were added to the class society’s register this past year.
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NewsNew sales director for marine diesel company
UK company Simplex Turbulo has appointed a new sales director, Peter Stevenson.
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NewsLNG specialist is new London law partner
International law firm Wikborg Rein has recruited Joe McGladdery as a partner in its London office.
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NewsNew anti-piracy solutions revealed
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services and Vessel Protection Solutions have jointly launched an anti-piracy partnership intended to protect for ships and crews operating in known piracy regions.
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Power and positioning system for drilling rigs from Wärtsilä
The power and positioning system for two new drilling rigs ordered by the Norwegian arm of the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company Songa Offshore are to be supplied by Wärtsilä.
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NewsApproval granted for hand-portable GMDSS-compliant VHF radio
Ocean Signal has announced full availability and the start of worldwide shipment of its V100 hand-held GMDSS VHF, following MED certification from the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT).
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NewsEthylene carrier orders for Hamworthy
Hamworthy Oil & Gas Systems says it has secured more contracts for delivery of complete cargo handling systems to liquid ethylene gas (LEG) carriers to be built at the Sinopacific yard in Nantong, China.
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NewsMacGregor systems ordered for OSVs
In the last quarter of 2011 Cargotec secured contracts for MacGregor bulk handling systems for installation onboard four offshore support vessel newbuildings belonging to two different owners, in UAE and in Spain.
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NewsRussian multi-purpose icebreaking PSV begins build in Finland
A keel laying ceremony was held at the Arctech Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 January 2012, marking the start of the construction of a multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel, ordered by Russian shipping company Sovcomflot.
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Full worldwide AIS gets closer following new satellite launch
Orbcomm of the USA has announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an automatic identification service (AIS) enabled satellite built by Luxembourg-based LuxSpace, an affiliate of OHB System.
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NewsCargotec appoints new senior vice president offshore
Pasi Lehtonen has been appointed as senior vice president of Cargotec''s offshore business segment, effective from the beginning of January.
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NewsPortable tank gauge cuts bunker problems
Mitsui OSK Lines, working in conjunction with Musashino, has developed a portable liquid-level gauge for vessel fuel tanks, claimed to be the first such instrument on the market.
