Latest Equipment News – Page 684
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NewsGL bolsters green ship recycling in Asia
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) says it has recently intensified its efforts to help yards, owners, suppliers and recycling facilities in Asia to comply with the forthcoming Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling.
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New onboard training module for ECDIS
Consilium has joined forces with training specialist Seagull with the aim of developing an ECDIS product-specific computer-based training package that can be used onboard ship.
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NewsWind farm ships get smaller again
Ijmuiden, The Netherlands-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has been contracted to design a new compact but powerful AHT offshore support vessel for Dutch company Neptune Marine Service.
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Sheet material for marine ceiling panels
Steel sheet specialist Metalcolour has launched Dobel Ocean Sky, a fire classified, decorative and film laminated sheet steel especially developed for ceiling panels.
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NewsDesign and D-E system for support ship
Wärtsilä reports that it has received orders for the vessel design and complete diesel electric drive installation for a new field support vessel, for Norwegian owner and operator Sartor Shipping.
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NewsRWS switches to oil-lubricated stern seal
Dutch public water authority Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) has recently converted its multifunctional ship Kennemer from an open water lubricated to a closed oil-lubricated stern tube system supplied by IHC Lagersmit.
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Class NK establishes gas FPSO standards
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has published new Guidelines for Floating Offshore Facilities for LNG/LPG Production, Storage and Offloading, to address the variety of construction and survey requirements for floating gas facilities.
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NewsMore contracts for Ulstein in Brazil
Ulstein has signed two ship design contracts with Brazilian Shipyard Alianca to build two PX105 platform supply vessels for Brazilian owner CBO. Like four previously-ordered CBO PSVs, they will feature the X-bow design.
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NewsChinese group names first high-end OSV
The Chinese private shipbuilder Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang yard has named its first high-end offshore support vessels, being built for the French Bourbon group.
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NewsUlstein grows its Dutch business
The Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands based IDEA Heavy Equipment have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which outlines the proposed cooperation between the two companies.
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Hempel to produce paint in Russia
Danish coatings supplier Hempel has signed an agreement to establish a paint production facility in Russia.
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NewsOSV installs MPM package
UK-based Marine Software has supplied Dubai based Seacor Offshore with its Marine Planned Maintenance (MPM) package for Seacor’s diesel-electric DP2 anchor handler John Coghill.
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NewsOffshore orders for Australian builder
Western Australian company Strategic Marine has signed another repeat order with Western Australian company Bhagwan Marine, also of Western Australia, to deliver two offshore landing craft vessels.
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Change gathers pace – at last
Looking through the archive collection of The Motor Ship in our offices, it was interesting to note that even as far back as the 1930s it was being forecast that the earth’s oil resources could run out in less than 20 years.
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NewsTechnology outlook 2020 from DNV
It seems customary at the moment to try and predict the future of shipping. At SMM 2010, we were given Wärtsilä’s Shipping Scenarios 2030, and at Nor-Shipping 2011, Det Norske Veritas will present its view of where the maritime business – and the other industries with which DNV is involved ...
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NewsGermany goes for high-tech emergency towing vessel
On 1 January 2011 the new German Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) ''Nordic'' sailed from Cuxhaven to take up station off Norderney on Germany’s North Sea coast. The powerful, purpose built ship is one of the latest and most sophisticated ETVs to enter service anywhere. Nordic was designed for the sole ...
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NewsSplit bearings prevent ship layovers
UK company Revolvo says that its split roller bearings can prevent unplanned layovers resulting from bearing failures in marine shaft propulsion systems.
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NewsModern shipbuilder chooses laser measurement
Measurement specialist Hexagon Metrology describes how the surveying team at German yard Meyer Werft uses Leica Geosystems instruments to maintain build quality of its cruise ships. By Andreas Petrosino.
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NewsWärtsilä capitalises on buoyant Mid East market
Boiler servicing and modification business is booming in the Gulf, according to Wärtsilä Dubai boss, Ad J.W. Bertens.
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NewsLaw aims to shake up Russian shipbuilding
Russian shipbuilding and shipping are on the verge of big changes, which may follow the adoption of a long-awaited law ‘On the measures to support Russian shipbuilding and shipping’, which is currently under government consideration.
