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WSS acquires Nalfleet
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA’s subsidiary, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalfleet for $41 million.
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Rongsheng pinning hopes on boxships
The Shanghai-based Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, China’s largest private shipbuilder, expects containership orders to rise this year as world trade hopefully rebounds from the global recession.
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NewsSTX delivers ‘Spirit of Britain’
Today, the car-passenger ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ was delivered by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the ‘Spirit of France’, will be delivered from Rauma shipyard in September 2011.
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ClassNK continues expansion
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has opened two new exclusive surveyor offices in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Diamond orders ultra-deepwater drillship
Diamond Offshore Drilling recently entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled for late in the second quarter of 2013.
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NewsFirst of P&O ferry pair delivered from STX Finland
Vehicle/passenger ferry newbuilding ‘Spirit of Britain’ has been handed over by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard. The ship is scheduled to enter service with P&O Ferries between Dover and Calais at the end of January.
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Colombo yard wins order for MPSV
Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has won an optional contract to build a third multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, a subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL).
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NewsMAN to power new Chinese rescue ships
MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two twin-screw complete propulsion packages, based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, for two new Chinese rescue vessels.
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NewsDryships takes delivery of its first newbuilding drillship
Athens-based DryShips announced that its 78% owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the ‘Ocean Rig Corcovado’.
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NewsAlfa Laval acquires Aalborg
Alfa Laval of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire Danish group Aalborg Industries Holding A/S for a total cash consideration of SEK 5.0 billion ($747 million).
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Thermal imaging integrates with navigation displays
Thermal imaging company Flir, whose products may be familiar to readers through their use in night vision, engine monitoring and hydraulic leak detection on board, acquired marine electronics specialist Raymarine earlier in 2010.
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NewsCruise work rounds off busy year for German yards
Cruise ships have been to the fore at the German repair yards during the latter part of 2010, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsEffective filtration cuts costs and optimises efficiency
Parker Hannifin’s Racor Filter Division Europe explains the importance of effective diesel engine and CCV filtration and highlights the latest developments in filtration technology that are helping to improve engine efficiencies even with the use of biodiesels.
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NewsGood take-up for lower-energy separators
GEA Westfalia’s Eagleclass separator was launched two years ago, and the company says that it has been well received, forming some 90% of contracted orders. This is said to because of the new separators’ ability to focus precisely on fuel and oil quality.
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NewsSeparator designed for efficiency and robustness
Alfa Laval has recently launched a new version of its S-separator, incorporating enhancements to improve robustness, while offering greater efficiency to allow the same amount of fuel oil to be handled with a smaller separator.
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NewsInjection milestone for L’Orange
Earlier in 2010, Tognum subsidiary L’Orange GmbH celebrated the production of its 500,000th injector. The company says this achieves a new record for the manufacturer of high pressure injection systems for diesel and heavy-oil engines.
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NewsFirst obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker
Channel Islands-based company Marine Electronics Ltd recently demonstrated the first obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker. The See Echo sonar has been developed in Guernsey, and has been installed aboard a British-operated tanker as a major initiative to refine operational safety.
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NewsInnovative OSV design unveiled
Technology Associates, Inc. (TAI), a New Orleans based architectural firm, recently unveiled its innovative ‘Technology EnviroMax 300’ offshore supply vessel.
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NewsTarbit Shipping to convert tanker to LNG
Wärtsilä signed a turnkey contract with Tarbit Shipping of Sweden to convert a product tanker to LNG propulsion and to supply a Wärtsilä LNGPac system for the safe and convenient storage of LNG onboard.
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NewsInaugural ‘gas fuelled ships’ conference a resounding success
Nearly 100 delegates attended the first-ever Motorship ‘gas fuelled ships 2010’ one-day conference which took place recently in Hamburg and was deemed by delegates to have been a great success.
