Latest News – Page 616
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NewsMaersk opts for energy-saving propellers
During 2011, Spanish company Sistemar, part of the Cintranaval-Defcar group, concluded a trial in conjunction with A.P. Moeller – Maersk on Sistemar’s CLT propeller.
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NewsBatteries open the door to hybrid systems
Dutch company ESTechnologies has introduced what it says are the first marine lithium-polymer batteries with Lloyd’s Certificate. The battery range is designed and certified for marine applications and large energy storage systems.
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NewsPaint systems pass PSPC cargo tank tests
International Paint has announced that its principal anticorrosive primers and shop primers have successfully passed the IMO PSPC COT laboratory tests in accordance with MSC.288 (87) SOLAS regulations for cargo oil tankers.
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NewsWärtsilä completes Hamworthy acquisition
Wärtsilä has announced that on 31 January 2012 its acquisition of the British-headquartered, global engineering company Hamworthy plc became effective.
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NewsIMO is right body to deal with safety after Costa Concordia, says Sekimizu
IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu says that IMO is the right international body to deal with safety of passenger ships and, in particular, a safety review after the ‘Costa Concordia’ accident.
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NewsDesigners must limit potential exposure to liability
Robert Sniffen, International Transport Intermediaries Club, considers the risks and responsibilities faced with ship designers and naval architects.
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NewsIndustry refutes "delaying" allegation
The UK Chamber of Shipping has rebuffed the idea that the shipping industry is trying employ “delaying tactics” around the introduction of further emissions regulation.
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NewsNew general manager at STX France
STX France’s board of directors has nominated Laurent Castaing as its new general manager in replacement of Jacques Hardelay.
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NewsLaser repair starts in Singapore
German companies Nippon Diesel Service and Gall & Seitz Systems have joined forces with Singapore partner CLLS (Singapore) to form a new company, to be known as Laser Cladding Singapore (LCS) Pte.
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‘K’ Line’s ECDIS training course gets approval from ClassNK
ClassNK has announced that it had issued generic training course approval to an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) course offered by K Line Maritime Academy (Philippine), a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.
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NewsTMC compressors chosen for Triple-E
Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) of Norway says that it has received orders for a total of 40 TMC SA 30 ‘Smart Air’ compressors for the 20 Triple-E ships ordered by Maersk Line from DSME.
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NewsBigger boxships herald bigger problems for insurers and salvors
Denzil Stuart looks at the impact of the growing size of container vessels on the marine insurance community.
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NewsWhither 2012 and beyond? as uncertainty builds up
A mood of anxiety may well characterise the movement in the coming year as clubs face up to some very testing challenges. Denzil Stuart reports.
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NewsThe silent and invisible onboard killers
Two P&I clubs have recently emphasised to owners and managers the hazards of fumigated cargoes and entering enclosed spaces, responsible for fatalities among seafarers, writes Denzil Stuart.
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NewsSiemens BWMS to be supplied through Imtech company
Venteville, part of Imtech Marine, has been appointed as agent for a new ballast water management system developed by Siemens Water Technologies, and known as SiCure.
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NewsAntifoulings offer ‘best of both worlds’
International Paint has announced the introduction of two new antifouling hull coatings, known as Intersmooth 7465Si SPC and Interswift 6900Si silyl acrylate.
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NewsABB energy management for cruise ferry
ABB has been contracted to provide an energy management system for the new environmentally-friendly cruise ferry for Viking Line, which is being built at STX Finland in Turku.
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Propulsion and scrubbers for Lakers
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels being built for bulk transport on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, for Canadian owner Algoma Central.
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Water control units for boxship newbuilds
Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is to supply boiler and cooling water dosing control units to 10 newbuilds of 13,200TEU capacity under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea for Hapag-Lloyd.
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NewsSecond P&O ro-pax finally delivered
The P&O Ferries cross-Channel newbuilding ‘Spirit of France’ was handed over on 24 January by the builder, STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard. She is a sister to ‘Spirit of Britain’, delivered from Rauma in January 2011.
