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NewsBore proves SEEMP software delivers savings
Global shipping company, Bore, recently announced the results of its trial of Finnish marine solutions company, NAPA’s electronic ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) software, ahead of the IMO’s SEEMP legislation becoming mandatory from January 2013.
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NewsLürssen buys Peene Shipyard
The Bremen based Lürssen Group is to buy the Peene shipyard in Wolgast, junior partner in the insolvent P+S Werften Group, according to insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann.
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NewsWärtsilä oilfield ships for COSL
Wärtsilä Ship Designs has won a contract to design six offshore oilfield ships for China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL).
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NewsHopes raised for former NSW yard in Emden
German reports say an offer has been made for the insolvent German offshore wind farm components builder SIAG Nordseewerke - the former NSW Shipyard - writes Tom Todd.
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NewsWärtsilä under fire in US over Iran links
UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran, a US-based organisation that seeks to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapons capability) has called on Wärtsilä to end its, according to UANI, “irresponsible” business activities.
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NewsDamen Group adds another French yard
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group has announced that it has acquired another French shipyard, the Arno Dunkerque repair yard, the only repair and conversion facility in France’s third-largest port.
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NewsArctech gets Russian icebreaker order
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard says it has been awarded a joint contract with OJCS Vyborg Shipyard, worth about €100 million, to build a 16MW icebreaker for the Russian Ministry of Transport.
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NewsHigh-speed diesel power for AHTS fleet
UK-based Silverburn Shipping has chosen a pair of 2,200bhp Cummins QSK60-M Tier 2 high speed diesels to power a new AHTS designed for service in the Caspian Sea.
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NewsBLRT Grupp finishes SCF repair
Estonian ship repair company, BLRT Grupp, has finished the repair of Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot’s (SCF) oil tanker, ‘SCF Baltica’.
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NewsShipdock looks to offshore wind opportunity
Netherland’s based shipyard, Shipdock Holding, is cashing in on the burgeoning offshore wind industry with its latest project is to give jack-up barge ''GSM Endeavour'' longer legs to allow it to work at deeper windfarms.
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NewsRolls-Royce to supply ice-class CP prop
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply a high-strength controllable pitch propeller for a new ice-breaking cargo ship which will transport nickel and copper concentrates from Canada, through the Arctic ice, to Europe.
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Transas signs agreement with Montanari
Global software provider, Transas Marine, recently signed an agreement with Italy based transportation provider, Navigazione Montanari SpA to equip its vessels with its maintenance and development programme.
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BWTS specialist opens in Korea
Norwegian ballast water treatment system developer OceanSaver has decided to establish a base in South Korea, to serve this major Asian shipbuilding region, which has emerged as a key growth area for the company.
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NewsPartnership eyes steering gear repair
Two German companies, Hatlapa and Loewe Marine, have announced plans for close collaboration in offering cost-effective repair and maintenance for all makes and models of steering gear and rudder systems worldwide.
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Owners, builders and Class unite on BWTS
At a meeting of the global associations of shipbuilders, classification societies and shipowners, representatives of the major organisations expressed concern at the obstacles which still exist to the implementation of BWTS.
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NewsME-GI engines for two LNG tankers
Teekay LNG Partners says that it has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea for the construction of two 173,400m³ LNG carrier newbuildings, with options for three more.
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NewsRolls-Royce receives OSV order from China
Rolls-Royce says that it has received a contract for design and propulsion for an offshore vessel for an undisclosed owner, who has exercised an option to build an additional ship at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries in China.
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NewsDeen LNG barge bunkers at Antwerp
The Netherland’s based Deen Shipping’s ‘Argonon’ has become the first barge to take part in LNG bunkering at a Belgian port.
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NewsMOL achieves top environmental rating (
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has attained the top rating for an environmental assessment loan from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
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Rolls-Royce secures £100m drill vessel order
Rolls-Royce has secured an order worth more than £100m to supply Brazilian ship builders, Atlântico Sul, with integrated power and propulsion systems for seven offshore drilling vessels.
