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  • The ‘Floridian’, believe it or not, was a container ship, 1960-style.
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    Pioneering container ships

    2010-10-11T13:44:00Z

    One item in the October 1960 issue of ''The Motor Ship'' which caught our eye was a report of a pair of small container ships for US coastal service.

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    Interferry moves on Philippines ferry safety

    2010-10-11T13:27:00Z

    Interferry has written to the Philippines transportation ministry with an offer of assistance in improving safety standards in domestic ferry operations.

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    Roller screens help reduce aircon costs

    2010-10-08T11:57:00Z

    Solar Solve Marine recently commissioned a laboratory to carry out tests to quantify the actual value of cost savings, in US dollars, that can be made when Solasolv products are installed and in use in a vessel’s navigation bridge windows.

  • Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will provide propulsion engines and auxiliary gensets for 36 interceptor boats
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    Caterpillar to power Indian patrol vessels

    2010-10-08T11:25:00Z

    Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72 propulsion engines and gensets to power 36 interceptor boats.

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    Slurry tanker for MHI

    2010-10-08T11:21:00Z

    NYK Line is planning to build a 175,000 dwt slurry tanker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the shipment of New Zealand ironsand.

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    Korea shipbuilding lagging behind China

    2010-10-08T11:21:00Z

    The three major indicators, order backlogs, new orders and completion & delivery, for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between South Korea and China is getting wider in the course of time.

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    STX linked to big container order

    2010-10-08T11:20:00Z

    South Korean shipbuilder STX Group is rumoured to be close to winning a $1.3 billion shipbuilding deal with a European company said to be Zodiac Maritime.

  • The recently delivered FPSO P-57
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    Keppel delivers Petrobras FPSO

    2010-10-08T11:18:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has recently delivered the ‘P-57’ FPSO vessel to Monaco-based Single Buoy Moorings Offshore N.V. (SBM).

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    LR offers guidance on ballast-water systems

    2010-10-07T15:49:00Z

    Lloyd''s Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.

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    Bangladesh in JV with Dutch shipbreaker

    2010-10-07T12:32:00Z

    Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.

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    Tidewater places PSV quartet with Drydocks World

    2010-10-07T12:31:00Z

    New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

  • The integration of the Ecospec CSNOx technology into Wärtsilä's product development is expected to speed the implementation of clean power solutions
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    Wärtsilä and Ecospec to co-operate in exhaust gas treatment

    2010-10-07T07:38:00Z

    Wärtsilä and Ecospec Global Technology, owner of the CSNOx emissions abatement technology, recently signed a MOU to work together towards the common goal of providing clean power solutions.

  • Northrop Grumman's shipbuilding yard in Newport News
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    Bid for Northrop Grumman shipbuilding revealed

    2010-10-06T19:39:00Z

    A little-known Cleveland-based company has bid to acquire the entire shipbuilding unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, including the big shipyard in Newport News that builds US Navy vessels.

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    ABS creates greater China Operating Division

    2010-10-06T16:22:00Z

    ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan.

  • Artist impression of Heerema’s deepwater construction vessel
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    Ulstein design for Heerema newbuilding

    2010-10-06T13:33:00Z

    Having developed the concept and basic design for Heerema’s new monohull vessel, Ulstein Group’s Dutch based design company, Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), has now been awarded the further engineering of the vessel with the selected shipyard.

  • Peter Pilon, new CEO for Kittiwake in the USA
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    New leader for Kittiwake's US office

    2010-10-06T10:35:00Z

    Kittiwake Developments has appointed Peter Pilon as CEO of the company’s US operations. The company says that its new US CEO and relocation to Houston demonstrates renewed focus on its ‘core’ markets.

  • Schottel Inc. signs service cooperation agreement for North America
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    CS Controls to be Schottel partner for servicing

    2010-10-05T14:19:00Z

    Schottel Inc., the US subsidiary of Schottel GmbH, the German manufacturer of propulsion systems, recently signed a service cooperation agreement with CS Controls Inc. (CSC) to undertake repairs, upgrades and overhauls of Schottel thrusters in North America.

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    Idle container vessels to increase

    2010-10-05T13:48:00Z

    The number of idle containerships is expected to rise by the end of the year as the carriers’ winter deployment programmes kicks in.

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    EC examining state aid rules for shipbuilding sector

    2010-10-05T12:17:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on the application of the EU framework on state aid rules for shipbuilding, with a view to determining whether to maintain it unchanged, revise it or repeal it.

  • The  sleek, modern ferry design concepts from Wärtsilä and Deltamarin
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    Innovative ferry family from Finland

    2010-10-05T12:14:00Z

    Wärtsilä, together with Deltamarin, which claims to be the foremost design company in the cruise and ferry market, has introduced an innovative series of ferry designs.