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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The latest cutter suction dredger, ordered by the Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul, was recently launched at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste shipyard in Pula, Croatia.

27th March 2010

Croatia launches cutter suction dredger

27th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)…

26th March 2010

ASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

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…

26th March 2010

Keppel wins contracts from repeat customers

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

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.

26th March 2010

ABS guide for environmental notations

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas 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…

26th March 2010

Wuchang targets offshore vessels

26th March 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

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.

26th March 2010

New chairman and president for MOL

26th March 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Jan Kopernicki was, on 25 March 2010, invested as president of the Chamber of Shipping, the trade association for the British Shipping industry.

26th March 2010

New president and vice-president for Chamber of Shipping

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

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.

26th March 2010

InterManager speaks out against seafarer criminalisation

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

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.

26th March 2010

Bilge treatment system completes certification

26th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

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…

25th March 2010

Palermo yard tackles cruise ship repairs

25th March 2010