Motorship News – Page 747
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NewsKeppel wins contracts from repeat customers
Keppel Offshore & Marine through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard, Keppel FELS and Keppel Verolme, has secured $140 million worth of contracts for the conversion of a FPSO and repair and modification of two semisubmersibles.
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STX building special purpose trio
STX Europe has, through its wholly owned subsidiary STX Norway Offshore AS, signed contracts to build three special purpose vessels for a new foreign client. The vessels will be delivered in Q4 2011, Q2 2012 and Q3 2012.
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ABS guide for environmental notations
ABS has published a guide for shipowners seeking to obtain its optional class notations Enviro and Enviro+ denoting adherence to enhanced standards for environmental protection.
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Vinalines plans ambitious newbuilding programme
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is planning a $2 billion fleet expansion between 2011 and 2015.
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Wuchang targets offshore vessels
China''s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry is chasing several newbuilding contracts for various offshore vessels, making the most of a joint venture it has established with Houston-based international engineering and construction company J Ray McDermott.
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NewsNew chairman and president for MOL
Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd (MOL) is pleased to announce the promotions of president Akimitsu Ashida to chairman of the board and senior managing executive officer Koichi Muto to president.
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NewsNew president and vice-president for Chamber of Shipping
Jan Kopernicki was, on 25 March 2010, invested as president of the Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the British Shipping industry.
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NewsInterManager speaks out against seafarer criminalisation
InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, has spoken of its concern at the ''discriminatory attitude'' displayed towards seafarers during cases of criminalisation.
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NewsBilge treatment system completes certification
EnSolve Biosystems of the USA has successfully completed the MEPC 107(49) certification tests for its compact PetroLiminator 200M (PL 200M) oil water separator (OWS) system.
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NewsPalermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs
During 2009, Fincantieri of Italy carried out five repair jobs on cruise vessels and two conversions with most of work carried out at the company’s Palermo shipyard which concentrates on ship repairs and conversion.
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NewsQuiet start to year at B+V
The sale of Blohm + Voss to the Abu Dhabi MAR Group is likely to be a done deal by the time this issue of The Motorship appears and the historic transfer appeared to be proceeding smoothly as the Hamburg yard went quietly into the new year.
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NewsGL in joint venture with German aerospace centre
A cooperation framework agreement has been signed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL).
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NewsIndustry responds to IMO ballast water management convention
Hyundai Heavy Industries has ordered OceanSaver ballast water management systems for three VLCCs being built for the Oman Shipping Company.
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NewsSinking a ship in a good cause
Norwegian research institute Marintek looks at accurate measuring of the impact of testing forces during Testing marine structures, such as very large tankers, requires equipment that can simulate the variety of forces and measure their exact impact with high precision and accuracy.
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NewsChinese approval gives sewage treatment system a head start
Hamworthy reports that it has become the first non-domestic sewage plant supplier to achieve type approval in China.
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LR updates ballast water treatment technology guide
The third Lloyd''s Register (LR) guide to ballast water treatment technology is now available. First launched in 2007, this latest version of the guide provides further independent and impartial information on commercially available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment.
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NewsKeppel secures conversion contracts
Keppel Shipyard has secured two contracts totalling $160 million to convert a FPSO vessel for single Buoy Moorings Inc (SBM), and a livestock carrier for an affiliated company of Hijazi & Ghosheh.
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Greek owner orders VLOC trio
Athens-based OceanFreight announced that it has entered into an agreement to build three 206,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) at Shanghai Waigaichao Shipbuilding in China.
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NewsNaming and launching of ‘Seven Pacific’
Subsea 7, UK, and IHC Merwede, the Netherlands, recently named and launched the ‘Seven Pacific’ at Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands.
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NewsLiberian Registry develops pilot scheme for extended drydocking
The Liberian Registry has developed a pilot scheme to extend compulsory drydocking intervals to seven-and-a-half-year intervals to help provide the flexibility urgently required by shipowners and operators in the current difficult economic climate.
