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STX France Lorient to build tide turbine barge
STX France, Lorient SAS has announced the signature of a letter of intent with Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro for the design and build of an installation barge to deploy OpenHydro’s 16m Open-Centre tidal turbines.
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NewsMore features for VSAT satcoms users
Marlink has recently added the Comtech Vipersat bandwidth and capacity management platform to its Sealink VSAT service. The integration of the Vipersat technology will provide enhanced features, including efficient management of bandwidth allocation between vessels, global automatic roaming between C-band coverage areas and high quality of service for both voice ...
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Class offers ECA survival strategy to shipowners
DNV has launched an ECA ‘survival kit’ in response to forthcoming strict emission limitations for vessels operating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs). DNV belives that by understanding and managing the business risks involved, the emission reduction requirements can be turned into business benefits.
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NewsRussian floating nuclear power plant gets protection against corrosion
A prototype for a series of Russian floating nuclear power stations will be protected against hull corrosion with a Cathelco impressed current cathodic protection system (ICCP).
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NewsAward for 3D forward sounder
At Mercator Media’s Seawork 2010 exhibition, the winner of the Spirit of Innovation award as well as the award for underwater technology was UK company Echopilot, for the latest version of its forward looking sounder.
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Emissions research funded by Lloyd’s foundation
Lloyd’s Register’s independent charity foundation, the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (LRET), has agreed to fund a research programme into shipping emissions at the National Technical University of Athens over the next five years – the commitment will be worth over €1,500,000.
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NewsDanish epoxy repair company expands workshop concept
The Danish company Wencon, which is primarily known for providing epoxy-based repair kits for emergency repairs onboard merchant ships, focused during 2009 focused on finding, training and certifying marine-oriented workshops in a number of the world’s major ports around the world to perform durable repairs with epoxy.
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NewsSimulator for Norwegian offshore training centre
Kongsberg Maritime''s simulation division has signed a contract to deliver a range of offshore simulators, including a vessel simulator with main bridge and an assisting vessel simulator, to the newly founded Haugesund Simulatorcenter in Norway.
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NewsSembawang kept busy with new contracts
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has so far this year secured major longevity, upgrading and damage repair contracts worth S$130 million ($90 million).
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NewsCammell Laird completes major conversion contract for Nexans
The cable laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak has departed the Mersey following a successful multi-million pound conversion by Birkenhead based shipyard, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders.
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NewsSTX to build PSV for Norwegian owner
STX Europe has entered into a contract with Simon Møkster Rederi for the building of a platform supply vessel (PSV) to the PSV 09L CD design, scheduled for delivery in Q1 2012.
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NewsNew optimised waterjet design
UK company Ultra Dynamics has unveiled a new 1100kW waterjet, the Ultrajet UJ525.
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NewsShipping line takes delivery of 2,000 container refrigeration machines
Temperature controlled cargo shipping operator Hamburg Süd has recently taken two large deliveries for a total of 2,000 new reefer container refrigeration units from Daikin.
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NewsLiberia launches VOC service
The Liberian Registry is offering tanker owners and operators a VOC management plan review and approval service to help them achieve compliance with impending IMO legislation governing air pollution.
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NewsNew guidelines issued on safe slinging
Insurance provider to the transport and logistics industry, TT Club, in collaboration with ICHCA International, has issued new guidelines on safe slinging of cargo on and off vessels, in the form of two pocket-cards.
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NewsMajor survey vessel refurbishment contract for Falmouth
A&P Falmouth in the UK has taken on a major contract to convert an 87m long deep-sea seismic vessel, previously used for obtaining information from the sea bed, into a geotechnical survey vessel for use in the offshore renewable energy industry.
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Cargotec cranes and hatch covers for bulk carriers
Cargotec has confirmed new orders worth around EUR 20 million to deliver MacGregor bulk handling cranes and hatch covers for 17 Handysize bulk carriers (37,000 dwt) and hatch covers for nine Kamsarmax bulk carriers (82,000 dwt) to be built at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding, China.
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Daewoo wins order for bulk carrier trio
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $350 million order to build three bulk carriers. Under the contract with an Asian shipping firm, Daewoo will deliver the ships by early 2013.
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NewsThe future of the ultra large container ship
In the early 1970s, the biggest ship was about 2,000 TEU, compared to 14,000 TEU today. Is this development going to continue or will it be curbed by global warming and the carbon footprint? What are the factors deciding how big a container ship can be?
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NewsCruiseship testing CSNOx system
Furthering Royal Caribbean Cruises’ commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas footprint by one-third per available passenger cruise day by 2015, the cruise line announced that it is partnering with Ecospec to install a pilot test of their CSNOx system on Royal Caribbean International’s ‘Independence of the Seas’.
