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  • The Kamewa S3 type waterjet, as ordered for the new Indian Coast Guard ships
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    Rolls-Royce receives big waterjet order

    2011-09-14T13:45:00Z

    Rolls-Royce reports that it has won a contract from India’s Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 Kamewa water jets for a new fleet of 20 50m long fast patrol vessels, currently under construction for the Indian Coast Guard.

  • The new graphical display on the Elcometer 456 gauge
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    Software upgrade for thickness gauge

    2011-09-14T13:44:00Z

    Elcometer has released what it says is the first in a series of software enhancements for its 456 thickness gauge, which was launched six months ago.

  • MJP’s new waterjet double control, as applied to a French landing craft
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    Double control for waterjets

    2011-09-14T13:43:00Z

    Swedish company MJP Waterjets claims to have succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic control.

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    ICS urges owners to insist on EEDI and backs IMO carbon measures

    2011-09-14T13:43:00Z

    A meeting in London of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the total merchant fleet, has backed the energy efficiency design index (EEDI).

  • Arctic shipping is key to the future as seen by DNV
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    Global sustainability megatrends - DNV

    2011-09-13T14:55:00Z

    DNV has publicly unveiled its view of technology solutions for the next decade, pointing at mega-trends analysed on the basis of population, economy, governance, natural resources production and consumption.

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    NOAA: “low sulphur fuel is cleaner”

    2011-09-13T10:46:00Z

    Californian clean fuel regulations and voluntary slowdowns by shipping companies substantially reduce pollution caused by near-shore ships, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-led study.

  • The new MantaDigital ECDIS4
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    Latest generation ECDIS from KH

    2011-09-13T10:26:00Z

    Kelvin Hughes has launched its fourth generation ECDIS, which is a part of the company’s MantaDigital multifunction workstation range, in which a single display can function as ECDIS, radar or conning display.

  • Rendering of one of the new well intervention vessels for Eide Marine, ordered from STX Finland
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    Well intervention rigs for Finnish yard

    2011-09-09T13:31:00Z

    STX Finland and Eide Marine Semi, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services, have signed a contract for the outfitting, completion and delivery of two well intervention vessels with a total contract value over €300 million.

  • Scott Bergeron
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    New CEO appointed at Liberian Registry management

    2011-09-09T13:29:00Z

    Scott Bergeron has been appointed chief executive officer of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian Registry.

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    MD appointed to ECDIS training company

    2011-09-09T13:29:00Z

    Hamburg based MSG Marine Serve has appointed former Transas Marine global training manager Bjoern Roehlich (33), as managing director.

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    Semi-submersible rig order for DSME

    2011-09-08T15:05:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea says that it has received an order worth $1.1 billion from Songa Offshore of Norway to build two semi-submersible drilling rigs for 2014 delivery.

  • Christoph Vitzthum: “LNG represents a rare win-win situation”
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    Shell and Wärtsilä promote LNG as fuel

    2011-09-08T15:04:00Z

    Wärtsilä and the Shell Oil Company have announced the signing of a joint co-operation agreement aimed at promoting and accelerating the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

  • 80 ships in Wilson Ship Management’s fleet will benefit from Marlink’s FleetBroadband data services
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    Satcom data contract for short-sea fleet

    2011-09-08T14:23:00Z

    Marlink says that it has signed an agreement with short-sea ship operator Wilson Ship Management to provide 80 of its ships with SCAP FleetBroadband on a 36 month contract.

  • Rendering of the Trillium ship
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    More Great Lakes bulkers on order

    2011-09-08T14:19:00Z

    Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) is exercising its option for building two new self-unloading dry cargo vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program.

  • Breamar Seascope expects ship scrapping to result in the supply of new bulk cargo tonnage to match market demands more closely than previously thought
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    Rise in scrapping looks good for bulkers

    2011-09-07T14:21:00Z

    Braemar Seascope says that it has noticed a marked increase in ship scrapping, and that this should represent good news for the dry cargo sector and maybe the whole shipping and shipbuilding industry.

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    Oil analysis for electric ship machinery

    2011-09-07T11:50:00Z

    Spectro, a UK-based independent laboratory providing oil condition monitoring services, has announced a contract for the provision of analysis services for ABB’s marine electric power and propulsion systems.

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    Singapore must keep up standards to maintain bunker market position

    2011-09-07T10:45:00Z

    Marine fuel supplier OW Bunker has said that, with the threat of Chinese competition, Singapore must continue to focus on driving up bunkering standards to maintain its position as the largest bunkering port.

  • Drillships are covered by BV's new Offshore Rules
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    BV extends class to cover offshore drilling safety

    2011-09-06T15:29:00Z

    Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations.

  • ‘E-Ship 1’ adds Baltic to service areas
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    E-Ship 1 passes Kiel Canal for first time

    2011-09-05T15:54:00Z

    One of Germany’s most unusual ships, the 12,800dwt E-Ship 1, has sailed through the Kiel Canal for the first time adding the Baltic to her areas of operation, writes Tom Todd.

  • Container ship ‘Santa Rosa’ brings the GL-classed fleet to more than 100 million gt
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    GL class now accounts for 100 million gt

    2011-09-05T14:54:00Z

    Germanischer Lloyd (GL) reports that its current fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million gt, comprising more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies under regular technical supervision.