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NewsWärtsilä gensets for five Chinese ships
Wärtsilä is to provide a total of 20 generating sets for five 14,500 teu container vessels under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard for China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO).
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NewsWärtsilä DF engines for Shell LNG bunker vessel
Wärtsilä is to supply DF dual-fuel engines for a specialised LNG bunker vessel being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company for Shell.
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NewsTechnip upgrade at DSR
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has secured a new contract from Technip, for dry-docking, upgrade and operational modification to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, ‘Global 1200.’
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ClassNK software integrates common structural rules
ClassNK has updates its ship design support software PrimeShip-Hull (HCSR), making it the first computer programme to reflect IACS’ Common Structural Rules (CSR) adopted in December 2014.
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NewsBorkum bags first pure LNG barge
A Dutch yard will build what is being described as the world’s first pure LNG driven port and inland barge for German owners, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsLindenau tackles canal accident ship
Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has completed unexpected bow repairs to the British offshore dive support ship ''Red7 Alliance'' after a collision with a lock gate on the Kiel Canal, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsVroon receives first of six Ulstein PSVs
Netherlands-based shipowner Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery of ‘VOS Pace’, the first of six PX121-type platform supply vessels designed by Ulstein.
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NewsBeyond the X-Bow
A couple of new offshore support designs demonstrate that there’s more to style and efficiency than the inverted bow, writes Stevie Knight in the February issue of The Motorship.
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NewsWärtsilä pollution prevention for ‘QM2’
Cunard’s cruise ship, ‘Queen Mary 2’, is being fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system that will enable it to fully comply with the IMO’s pollution prevention requirements.
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Work to 2020 sulphur deadline, ICS urges
The shipping and bunker refining industries should not rely on a postponement to the IMO’s global 0.5% cap on sulphur in fuel, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has said.
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NewsForeship hull form for Finnish ecoship
Naval architect and marine engineers Foreship have worked with Finnish ship owner Meriaura Group on hull optimization for its two new ‘EcoCaster’ cargo carriers, which are expected to almost halve fuel consumption compared to dry cargo carriers of a similar size and class.
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DESMI BWTS accepted by US Coast Guard
Denmark-based DESMI Ocean Guard’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) using ultraviolet light, RayClean, has been granted AMS acceptance by the US Coast Guard (USCG).
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NewsWave generator for Marin concept basin
Dutch research institute Marin is to install a Bosch Rexroth wave generator at its new concept testing basin in August.
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Corrosion resistant steel approval
ClassNK has issued approval for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation’s newly developed corrosion resistant steel (NSGP-2) for use on the upper deck and/or inner bottom of crude oil tanker cargo oil tanks (COT).
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NewsRosneft seeks more support for Zvezda shipyard
The construction of Zvezda shipyard in far eastern Russia is set for delays after oil giant Rosneft has asked the national government to double its contribution to the project.
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GE Marine diesel engine certified EPA T4
GE Marine’s 12V250 marine diesel engine has received EPA Tier 4 certification, meeting NOx emission requirements through its non-Selective Catalytic Converter (SCR) technology, which requires no urea-based after-treatment.
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NewsWärtsilä propulsion for first CNG carrier
Wärtsilä Ship Power is to supply its 9-cylinder 34DF dual-fuel engine, controlled-pitch propeller and gearbox for the world’s first ever compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier, to enter operation in May 2016.
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NewsUASC chooses Marorka for energy management
Icelandic energy management firm Marorka has won a contract to deliver ship performance monitoring systems to United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), with a view to optimizing fleet performance and reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
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Swire Pacific Offshore expands its fleet
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has taken delivery of its fourth and final L-class platform supply vessel (PSV), ‘Pacific Liberty’, built by JMU.
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Sovcomflot plans fleet expansion with RS
Sovcomflot has enlisted the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) as it embarks on a fleet expansion to serve growing offshore projects on Russia’s continental shelf.
