Latest Equipment News – Page 740
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NewsAustal multi-vessel LCS proposal for US Navy
Austal has submitted its best and final offer to the US Navy for a 10-vessel Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract. If Austal is awarded the contract, 2,000 more jobs will be created at the company’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard, adding to Austal’s current US workforce of 1,500.
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STX Europe wins newbuilding contracts to new shipyard in Brazil
STX Norway Offshore and partner PJMR Empreendimentos has, through its subsidiary Estaileiro Promar, entered into contracts for building of eight LPG carriers at the new shipyard in Brazil. The value of the contract is approximately $536 million.
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Vinashin hands over yard to PetroVietnam
Financially troubled Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has been forced to hand over its Dung Quat shipyard to PetroVietnam where it is building Aframax tankers for the state oil and gas firm.
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NewsInteractive lubricant e-books launched online
Castrol Marine has launched a range of online resource tools aimed at the marine industry. The Castrol e-books allow users to download detailed information of the product range and technical data.
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NewsWilhelmsen appoints new general manager in Kuwait
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Russell Dinwoodie as General Manager for the company’s operations in Kuwait.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Ship Building delivers 42m landing craft to Bahrain Navy
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has delivered the first of two 42m landing craft being built for the Royal Bahrain Naval Force at ADSB’s Mussafah yard.
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NewsChinese oil company orders engines for 40 bunker ships
Wärtsilä is to supply 80 medium speed main engines of 20cm bore for 40 new bunkering tankers being built for the Brightoil Petroleum Group (BPG), China. The ships will operate in both Chinese and international waters.
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NewsHamworthy Water Systems delivers largest MBR
Hamworthy Water Systems has delivered its largest ever membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment plant for installation on board a cruise ship.
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NewsCummins to expand engine production line
US engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. will be expanding its high-horsepower technical center and engine product line at its manufacturing facility in Seymour, Indiana.
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Saudi shipyard plans to expand
Saudi Arabian Zamil Offshore Services Company will invest SAR40 billion ($10.7 billion) over the next 10 years into shipbuilding.
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NewsMajor shipowner orders 34 slow steaming kits
Wärtsilä reports the signing of a major contract with the AP Moeller-Maersk group covering the installation of Wärtsilä slow steaming upgrade kits to 34 more of the company''s large container vessels.
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Bunker supplier geared up for low-sulphur demands
Marine fuel supplier Chemoil says that it is well prepared to meet demand for lower sulphur oxide bunker fuel to vessels in the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in anticipation of the North Sea and Baltic Sea ECA regulations.
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NewsIRS surveyors target smaller flags
As shipping rules and regulations tighten, an independent class society believes that it has found a neat way to solve the problems of smaller flag states whose vessels are often targeted and detained by port state authorities.
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NewsInitial propulsion order in Brazil
Berg Propulsion reports that it has secured its first order in Brazil, within six months of opening a dedicated sales office in Rio de Janeiro.
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Ready for sulphur limitation
Marine bunker supplier Chemoil says that it is well prepared to meet demand for lower sulphur bunker fuel for vessels in the Ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in anticipation of the new ECA regulations.
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UKHO and JRC in ECDIS partnership
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and Japan Radio Company (JRC) have announced that shipping companies fitting a JRC ECDIS now have the additional benefit of instant access to the entire range of official global Admiralty ENCs.
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NewsKleven books PSV contracts
Norway''s Kleven Maritime has won platform supply vessel contracts from Eidesvik Offshore and from Meling Supply AS.
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NewsIndian Register joins IACS
IACS (the International Association of Classification Societies) has welcomed the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) as its first new member since the introduction of new membership criteria in October 2009.
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Cargotec receives order for electric-driven cranes
Cargotec has signed a contract to deliver six ship-sets of environmentally-friendly variable frequency drive (VFD) MacGregor cargo cranes to Grieg Shipping''s new 48,700 dwt open-hatch general cargo ship series.
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Korea orders VLCCs from China
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation has won a contract to build two VLCCs for Korean SK Shipping.
