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PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has received the first order for its new Wärtsilä RT-flex35 two-stroke engine, for five units to be built by licensee Yichang Marine Diesel Engine for a series of chemical tankers for…

16th February 2010

Chinese order first examples of new engine

16th February 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that it has developed a fuel additive that it claims reduces CO2 and boosts efficiency.

15th February 2010

Additive claimed to reduce carbon emissions

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Queen of The Netherlands named and launched the trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje on 10 February 2010.

15th February 2010

Queen launches Boskalis dredger

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy has become the first non-domestic sewage plant supplier to achieve CCS type approval, strengthening its position in the world’s largest shipbuilding nation.

15th February 2010

Chinese type approval for Hamworthy sewage plant

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Spanish shipyard Astilleros Hijos de J Barreras in Vigo has recently delivered the Euro 100 million SF Alhucemas to ferry owner, Balearia.

15th February 2010

Balearia gets new ferry

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä Corporation and Canada-based Trojan Technologies have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, market, and distribute a ballast water treatment (BWT) system for ships.

15th February 2010

Wärtsilä and Trojan Technologies sign agreement to launch BWT system

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has opened its new Dynamic Positioning (DP) and Automation & Control training centre in Ålesund, Norway.

15th February 2010

New PD training centre in Ålesund opened

15th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maritime security in the Caribbean region has been bolstered with the delivery of six high speed aluminium patrol craft for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG).

15th February 2010

Caribbean patrol boats completed

15th February 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

CIMAC, the International Council for Combustion Engines, held its latest CIMAC Circle forums at the Marintec event in China.

14th February 2010

Industry exchanges views on the impact of fuels and emissions on life cycle costs

14th February 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Italian company Heila Marine Cranes reports that in December 2009 it successfully performed an overload tests of the 100 ton AHC crane.

13th February 2010

Overload test for large crane

13th February 2010