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Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has installed a Wärtsilä dual fuel engine into a FPSO conversion it is doing for Bergesen Offshore. The shipyard installed the Wärtsilä 18V32DF engine into a converted VLCC…

A number of former Cammell Laird directors have formed a new shiprepair organisation in the shadow of their old employer?s mothballed shipyard on Merseyside, UK. North Western Ship Repair is leasing two…

The Port of Cherbourg in France has formally commissioned a new shiplift. It hopes this will enable it to win maintenance and repair work on high-speed craft. Dimensioned to accommodate catamarans, the…

Portsmouth, UK-based Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has established a voyage repair service. It will initially target all vessels using ports in the south of England. Specific services offered include electrical, hydraulic and…

The Japanese organisations NKK and Hitachi Zosen are to merge their ship repair divisions. They will consolidate ship repair activities at NKK?s 4,000g capacity Tsurumi Works. And a new 180m x 35m…

Simplicity is a virtue when designing a new product. It is of particular importance when trying to correlate the complex movements of a ship at sea with the resultant data this produces…

The dust is settling on the dot.com era after a number of high profile collapses. Many now realise that you cannot sit between a shipowner and his supplier and collect a premium…

Howard Harley?s Skirtless SES patented technology has had an important breakthrough. The EFFISES (Energy Efficient SAFE Innovative Ships and Vessels) project, which was initiated last year by SES Europe of Norway and…

Both Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finnyards have embarked on substantial information technology investments. Masa-Yards has acquired a 3D CAD system for basic ship design from the Spanish supplier Sener Ingeneria y Sistemas.…

AP M?ller-owned shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund is building a series of four 2,833 TEU container vessels for operation by sister company Maersk Sealand. The second unit of the VWS 2900 design was christened…

Bureau Veritas has launched an extension to its Veristar system allowing clients to track classification of their newbuilding projects in real time using the Internet. Brittany Ferries is using a pilot version…

Technology is leaping across the divide between MAN B&W Diesel?s various operating subsidiaries. The most recent example is the SEMT Pielstick developed PC2.6B, which MAN B&W is now selling as its own-branded…

Finnish shipbuilders have largely concentrated on passenger shipping in recent years. This focus seems set to continue, although their development work does cover other ship categories. Kvaerner Masa-Yards Double Acting Tanker (DAT)…

Will doubling up prevail on future tanker designs? The situation already exists where new tankers require a double hull in order to improve their safety margins. But the majority of tankers still…

Izar has confirmed it is negotiating with Algerian shipowner ENTMV for a share of a contract to construct two 2,900 dwt roro passenger ferries. The two-ship order is subject to a Development…

DNV and GL plan to increase the number of survey stations they operate jointly more than four-fold. The class societies will establish a further 22 jointly-operated service stations on top of the…

A recent inspection campaign concentrating on cargo securing has unearthed a disturbing catalogue of safety issues. The campaign, by Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) port state control authorities, found that a third…

Tanker owner Frontline has joined with fellow Norwegian company Venturie to develop a low-tech oil vapour recovery system. The system has recently undergone trials on Frontline?s suezmax tanker Front Granite. The companies…

A number of major shipping industry organisations have joined together to launch a new code of practice for ship recycling. The code of practice is a response to concerns about safety and…

Lloyd?s Register says vessels classed with it dominate the USCG?s Qualship register. Ships on the register benefit from less frequent USCG inspections. For example, ships carrying freight only require two-yearly inspections if…