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LevelSeas has announced that shipping services group Clarksons has joined its on-line trading exchange LSX following the launch of version 2.0 of the exchange. The new site allows charterers, owners or brokers…

The Canadian Navy has awarded Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) a $1.75m contract to supply 63 navigational part task trainers to Naval Reserve and regular force units across Canada. The contract will…

IHC Holland may be the Netherlands? best known dredger builder, but several other smaller concerns - such as De Groot Nijkerk, part of the Damen group of companies - are also highly…

A.P. 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…

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…

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…

Bureau Veritas is drawing on past experience to offer a shaft alignment service to large-vessel owners. The service comes outside the normal scope of class. It has already been utilised on newbuildings…

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 say…

MAN B&W has seen the first installation of a selective catalytic NOx reduction system on one of its 6S35MC diesels. The ship has now passed its test trials and begun reduced-emission operations.…