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NewsNew association to promote wind propulsion
A new association has been set up to encourage, advise and support the use of wind propulsion technologies in the commercial shipping industry.
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NewsMiddle East's first LNG fuelled tug
Dubai-based Drydocks World (DDW) has contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for a new LNG-fuelled harbour tug.
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NewsChinese ferries opt for MAN power
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has secured a contract for the supply of four 9L48/60CR engines for two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong Ferry and Dadong Ferry.
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NewsSweden orders gas-fuelled ferry from Guangzhou
Sweden’s oldest passenger shipping company has awarded an order for a new ferry with a capacity of 1,650 passengers to the Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsUltra-modern Sonne is ready to go
What is said to be the world’s most advanced deep-sea research ship, the €124.4 million Sonne, was handed over to the German Government Monday in Wilhelmshaven by Meyer Werft, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsAnother Havyard design for India
The eight Havyard-designed vessel for Indian shipping company, Global Offshore Services, has been christened ‘Olympus’.
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NewsBIMCO calls for “robust” ECA sulphur enforcement
BIMCO is calling on governments to exercise “robust” enforcement of sulphur limits applicable to ships operating in ECAs in order to ensure that the industry is operating at a high level of compliance.
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NewsRussia asks companies to support new Zvezda yard
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country’s leading companies to contribute to the ongoing efforts to build the Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex in Russia’s Far East by placing orders for new vessels, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsCathelco BWM system receives AMS approval
Cathelco’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system has received alternative management system (AMS) acceptance from the US Coast Guard (USCG), marking an important milestone in achieving full Type Approval.
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NewsYantar to be heart of Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster
Russia’s new shipbuilding cluster will be established in 2015 in Kaliningrad centred on the local Yantar shipyard, according to the Yard’s director-general Victor Tutynin. Eugene Gerden reports.
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NewsLNG gas carriers make the cut
Two new LNG-powered vessels recently named on Teesside, UK, are set to significantly cut the environmental impact of chemical transport.
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IBIA acts in aftermath of OW Bunker collapse
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) says it will offer support for companies and individuals impacted by the recent collapse of OW Bunker.
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NewsNew shipyard for Kazakhstan
Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos are to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan near the town of Kuryk on the Caspian Sea – a contract worth US$18m.
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NewsElectro-chlorination ballast system receives AMS acceptance
Wärtsilä says that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has now granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), which adds to the AMS acceptance previously granted for the Aquarius UV BWMS.
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LR publishes offshore collision guidance notes
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping says it aims to make offshore shipping operations safer, following the publication of its new ‘Guidance Notes for Collision Analysis’.
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NewsCPP response prime cause of tanker collision, says MAIB
A report published by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch into an accident in December 2013 involving 93m chemical tanker ‘Key Bora’ hitting the Hull harbour wall has established that the prime cause was a failure of the controllable pitch propeller.
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NewsViking Lady – safe as well as green
DNV GL’s Dr Nikolaos Kakalis, head of strategic research and innovation in Greece, has explained that the battery-hybrid powered offshore supply ship ‘Viking Lady’ is likely to lead the way to a significant improvement in the safety and efficiency of high-risk offshore operations.
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NewsLatest Survitec liferaft proves popular
Survitec Group’s latest davit-launched liferaft is providing popular, with orders taken in eight key areas of offshore activity, and sales particularly high in the Middle East, Australia, Central Europe and the UK.
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NewsEU backs German LNG ships
The European Union is contributing a total €7.2 million towards the realisation of innovative projects involving LNG propulsion on two ships for north German ferry operator AG Ems, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsWärtsilä DF engines for Russian LNG carriers
Wärtsilä is to supply 54 of its dual-fuel engines for 172,600m³ icebreaking LNG carriers being built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).
