Latest Equipment News – Page 778
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Idle fleet falls as ESS mops up more boxships
According to the latest Alphaliner weekly newsletter, Extra Slow Steaming (ESS) continues to put more containerships back into active service.
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NewsFinland pondering aid for shipbuilding industry
Finland considering supporting domestic shipbuilding industry
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GOL to build additional deepwater OSVs
Gulf Offshore Logistics ordered eight deepwater offshore support vessels from Thoma-Sea Builders and Gulf Craft
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NewsIncreasing data requirements benefit satcoms industry
Although Inmarsat remains the first choice for marine satcoms, other systems continue to find applications at sea.
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NewsSTX cuts Turku workforce
As a sign of the times, STX Europe’s Turku shipyard in Finland has confirmed that it will cut some 430 jobs.
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Water saves fuel
Cavitation Technologies Inc (CTI) of Los Angeles, USA, has announced preliminary results of its hydro-fuel technology known as HydorFuel.
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NewsAlfa Laval’s PureBallast 2500 for Stena DrillMAX ICE
The largest Alfa Laval PureBallast system available is to be installed by Stena on one of its drilling ships.
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NewsSchottel Academy founded
With the founding of the Schottel Academy in January 2010, the German manufacturer of propulsion systems is demonstrating its commitment to improved training and continuous professional development for all target groups.
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NewsEngine companies consolidate to meet recession
2009 will probably not go down in history as the best year for marine engine builders.
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EPA accredits Krystallon scrubber
Hamworthy Krystallon Ltd. has become the first non-North American-based company to be awarded accreditation as a manufacturer of an ‘emerging technology’ that has the capability to reduce marine Particulate Matter emissions by the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company's PM seawater scrubber technology was granted an Emerging Technology ...
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Philippine yard inks order for bulk carriers
Taiwanese shipping company Hsin Chien Marine ordered two Capesize bulk carriers from Hanjin Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Subic, Philippines
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Stena Bulk orders superior Suezmax tankers
Stena Bulk has ordered two Suezmax tankers from Samsung for delivery in 2011.
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NewsChina’s largest domestic built VLCC set for maiden voyage
China''s largest domestically built VLCC, ‘Xin Buyang’, will embark on its maiden voyage from Guangzhou Zhongchuan Longxue Shipbuilding
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NewsEGCSA wants no 'green wash' in 2010
The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.
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NewsPNTL launches ‘Pacific Egret’
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding’s launches ‘Pacific Egret’ for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited.
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NewsShipping is clean - but needs to clean up further
Most of the emissions-related developments in 2009 centred around sulphur emissions - and plenty of talk too of shipping''s carbon footprint.
