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NewsDanelec unveils new VDR
In response to customer demand and in view of the new upcoming IMO standard, Denmark-based Danelec Marine is launching its third generation Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), built around an entirely new ‘concept’ to help shipowners save time and cut costs, it told The Motorship.
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NewsTying it up
The two UT 771 WP support vessels now being built by Sinopacific are edging into MPSV territory, explains Ronny Pål Kvalsvik of Rolls-Royce.
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NewsMore hybrid power systems for Scandlines ferries
Canadian company Corvus Energy says that it is to supply three more energy storage systems to Scandlines for its next hybrid ferry refits.
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NewsTurbo maintenance agreement cuts dredging costs
ABB has announced a three-year maintenance agreement with dredging specialist Van Oord, covering global maintenance of turbochargers for 2014-2016.
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NewsIRClass proposes alternative to BWTS
A different approach to the ballast water controversy has been proposed by Praveen Kumar Mishra, vice president of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), the most recently-appointed member of IACS.
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Korean Register launches CSR-H software
Classification society Korean Register (KR) has released new software, SeaTrust-HullScan, to analyse and appraise a ship hull structure in accordance with IACS harmonised common structural rules (CSR-H).
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First LNG tug for Asia
Rolls-Royce is to power Asia’s first LNG-powered tug, marking a “new era” for tug boat propulsion.
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NewsFollowing a tough act
Both physical and legislative challenges have come together to give rise the first LNG icebreaker, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsTo err is... all too human
Some reported incidents of ‘DP technology failure’ are actually down to human error.
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NewsBig ship, but a delicate balance
Bringing different capabilities together isn’t a question of just piling everything you can onto one ship, even if that ship is as big as the 215.9m Petrofac JSD 6000.
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NewsDNV GL launches new Build2Design service
DNV GL has launched a new service called Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in the shipbuilding process.
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NewsCargotec secures ro-ro equipment contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to design and deliver key components for ro-ro access equipment for two Damen ice-class ro-Pax ferries.
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NewsDP training can’t stand still
There are divergent forces at the heart of the DP certification: on one side is the need for capable and experienced operators, while on the other side there is a surge of new vessels with DP positions to fill.
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NewsIndia looks for answers at home
A very sophisticated offshore support training facility has been built, housed not in a high end OEM R&D installation, but in a not-for-profit facility in Mumbai, India. By Stevie Knight
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NewsLNG bunkering regulation report
Marine and offshore classification society ABS has released a report on LNG bunkering in North America.
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NewsShipbuilding features strongly in Russia’s plans for Crimea
Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first deputy prime-minister, has said that Russia is considering the establishment of large commercial shipbuilding along the Crimean coastline, writes Eugene Gerden.
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News€1.2m pledged to support African administrations
The European Union is funding a €1.2m grant contract, signed between the IMO and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), to support training and capacity-building activities in Africa.
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NewsProduction shift for Australian aluminium ferry technology
A new lightweight passenger-vehicle ferry to an established Australian design has been built in the Philippines for service in French Polynesia is described by David Tinsley.
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NewsPSV designs aimed at Asia-Pacific owners
Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) Singapore has unveiled a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) design package aimed at ship owners and shipyards in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsWärtsilä wins retrofit contract
Wärtsilä is to retrofit two Condor ro-ro ferries with its new Aquarius Ready ballast water management system (BWMS).
