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NewsOil company and shipowners mark 50 years
ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants and shipowning partnership the Greek Group have celebrated a 50-year business partnership, representing the oil company’s longest supply agreement with a marine customer organisation.
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NewsChinese-built ships have novel Dutch bow
Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding will shortly launch the first vessel of the ‘Super Green 8500’ type for Carisbrooke Shipping. This is the first Chinese-built ship with a Groot Cross-Bow.
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NewsDK Group expands senior team
DK Group, the maritime technology company, has announced the appointment of Noah Silberschmidt as joint managing director, alongside Katia Kardash.
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Tognum to reduce executive board
MTU parent group Tognum says that it is to reduce the size of its executive board as of 1 October 2011 from five to four members, following the sales reorganisation of of the global Tognum group in January 2011.
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NewsASRY shows strong first half performance
Despite the continued shipping recession Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) showed a strong first half year performance in 2011, demonstrating the yard’s resilience.
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NewsMaersk trials US scrubber technology
DuPont subsidiary Belco Technologies, based in the US, says that it has reached an agreement with A.P. Moller–Maersk of Denmark to carry out shipboard trials on one of its Belco marine scrubbing systems.
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NewsCargo systems for 31 Russian tankers
API Marine of Aalborg, Denmark, reports new contracts with two Russian shipyards - JSC Zavod Krasnoe Sormovo and JSC Okskaya Sudoverf - for cargo control, alarm and automation systems for 31 newbuildings.
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Hatch cover and crane orders from Korea
Cargotec has confirmed two major orders, worth some €45 million, for cargo equipment for container ships and bulk carriers being built at South Korean shipyards.
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Class focus on materials technology training for marine engineers
Lloyd''s Register says that its is offering training courses in the properties of materials, welding techniques and non destructive examination to engineers responsible for ship construction, repair and maintenance.
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NewsDesign starts on wind-solar ship
Japanese company Eco Marine Power has started detailed design of its wind and solar sail panel. The company and its partners intend these to be used in arrays for auxiliary propulsion of large ships.
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Imtech acquires Techsol of Canada
Dutch technical services provider Imtech has announced the acquisition of the Canadian marine company Groupe Techsol Marine, an acquisition which gives Imtech a marine production site in Canada.
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NewsFull package from Havyard
Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard Group says that it has developed its own navigation and communications packages for ships, with the first system being fitted to the close-to-completion Saeborg.
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ClassNK opens first Russian office
ClassNK has officially opened its first exclusive surveyor office in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ceremony was hosted by ClassNK chairman and president and current IACS vice-chairman Noboru Ueda.
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Offshore success for Singapore shipbuilder
Singapore company Otto Marine, which specialises in building offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialised offshore services, has handed over one AHTS and secured orders for two more.
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Vessel tracking for piracy alerts and warnings
UK-based security consultant NYA International has launched MarTrack, which it describes as a “unique and proprietary maritime risk management and vessel tracking system”, which tracks vessels in areas where they are known to be at high risk.
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NewsMHI retrofits ballast water treatment system
Earlier this year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) received an order from the Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) for conversion and installation work of a ballast water treatment system on NYK’s Auriga Leader, a pure car/truck carrier.
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NewsNoreq establishes company in Dubai
Norwegian specialist in lifeboats, rescue craft and davits Noreq says that increasing demand has led to the formation of a new subsidiary, based in Dubai, to serve the UAE and Middle East markets.
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NewsOn site bow thruster re-installation keeps ship out of drydock
Belgian company Hydrex reports that it recently mobilised a diver/technician team to a 300m container ship in Hong Kong to reinstall a bow thruster which exhibited problems after being overhauled.
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NewsPaint product ends cavitation damage
Ecospeed vinylester glassflake coatings are said to have successfully ended a rudder cavitation damage problem on a class of five ro-ro vessels operated in Finland and managed by Hamburg-based Ernst Russ.
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Cargotec opens service office in Lithuania
A new marine service company, MacGregor BLRT Baltic UAB, has been set up by Cargotec in Klaipeda, Lithuania. The company is a joint venture by Cargotec (51%) and Klapedia’ Western Shipyard (49%).
