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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä, together with Deltamarin, which claims to be the foremost design company in the cruise and ferry market, has introduced an innovative series of ferry designs.

5th October 2010

Innovative ferry family from Finland

5th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, recently held a ceremony in Ulsan to commemorate the company’s production milestone of 100 million bhp.

4th October 2010

MAN licensee breaks 100 million bhp barrier

4th October 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bringing the latest developments worldwide – repair and maintenance are more important now than ever before

4th October 2010

Shiprepair and conversion

4th October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Propulsion and machinery have formed the major emphasis in The Motorship for over 90 years – the original and best

4th October 2010

Engines and propulsion

4th October 2010

OPINION

OPINION

Our staff and industry experts with the independent, authoritative view for which The Motorship is known

4th October 2010

Comment and opinion

4th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has achieved an unprecedented aggregate production of 100 million brake horsepower in two-stroke engines.

3rd October 2010

Hyundai record milestone in marine engines

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The London P&I Club says a recent casualty involving a containership serves as a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to check navigation charts for information about corrections that need to…

3rd October 2010

London Club warning on over-reliance on GPS

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Norway Offshore has through its subsidiary STX Brazil Offshore entered into a new contract for the building of one Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel for Norskan Offshore in Brazil, a…

3rd October 2010

DOF AHTS to be built in Brazil

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore has secured new contracts worth about $101 million to complete and refurbish two semisubmersible drilling rigs respectively for Saipem S.p.A and Ensco plc.

3rd October 2010

Keppel secures contracts worth $101 million

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Japanese shipowner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (‘K’ Line) has placed an order with Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd. (YDK) to expand the installation of the latest heading control system onboard its vessels.

3rd October 2010

‘K’ Line expands installation of control system

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Bergen-based Odfjell group and the Chinese shipbuilder Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding Industry China (CCSIC) recently agreed to terminate three of the six contracts for stainless steel chemical tankers.

3rd October 2010

Odfjell terminates Chinese shipbuilding contracts

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UAE-based shipbuilding, ship repair and conversion specialist, Grandweld, and Drydocks World Dubai have signed a long-term ground development lease agreement (Musataha) for a shipbuilding and ship repair facility at the Industrial Precinct…

3rd October 2010

Grandweld and Drydocks sign agreement

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, signed contract with STX Europe for delivery of remote controlled propulsion system for two anchor handling vessels which will be built in…

3rd October 2010

Scana contract with STX in Brasil

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With the new amendment to SOLAS II-2/19 “Carriage of Dangerous Goods”, coming into force on 1 January 2011, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a database service ‘GL Cargo’, allowing its users easy…

3rd October 2010

Safer shipping of dangerous goods with ‘GL Cargo’

3rd October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, has recently delivered the ‘Queen Elizabeth’, the new cruise ship of Cunard Line, part of the Carnival Group.

3rd October 2010

Monfalcone delivers the new Queen

3rd October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Two new cruise ferries destined for the Danish subsidiary of Norwegian operator Fjord Line will each have a MAN medium speed propulsion package.

1st October 2010

Dual fuel option, common-rail engines for Scandinavian ferries

1st October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Bergen engines and Rolls-Royce propulsion systems form part of recent major offshore vessel orders won by Rolls-Royce Marine. The orders cover design and equipment for five offshore and special purpose vessels, plus…

1st October 2010

Bergen benefits from offshore contracts

1st October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Thordon Bearings of Canada cites a recent conversion from sealed oil lubricated bearings to open water lubricated bearings on the bulk carrier Peter R Cresswell to demonstrate a solution to oil leakage…

1st October 2010

Owners retrofit water lubricated bearings

1st October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Geislinger of Austria has announced two new products, the Vdamp XT and Genotorq, which will be exhibited at SMM in Hamburg. The two new items are targeted at power generation requirements in…

1st October 2010

New damper and coupling

1st October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Metaldyne UK reports that it has recently delivered a torsional vibration crankshaft damper into the Asian market for two stroke engine production. This is one of a series of eight dampers.

1st October 2010

Dampers break into Asian market

1st October 2010