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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Island Offshore in Norway will expand its fleet of Rolls-Royce UT776 PSVs with two more vessels of the same type. However, a major differenceis that the new ships will use LNG for…

27th August 2010

Latest Rolls-Royce UT design to use LNG

27th August 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) of Houston has announced that Honeywell Marine has become an official distributor of its FuelTrax marine fuel management system.

27th August 2010

Distribution deal for US fuel management system

27th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The signing ceremony recently took place for the start of construction of the new Damen Vinashin shipbuilding facility in Haiphong, Vietnam.

27th August 2010

Construction starts on Damen Vinashin shipyard

27th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan says that it has developed a generator-integrated hybrid turbocharger which uses exhaust gas for both turbocharger drive and electricity generation.

26th August 2010

MHI develops hybrid turbocharger

26th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering recently signed a $1.8 billion deal to build a floating oil production and storage platform (FPSO) for French energy giant Total for delivery in May 2013.

26th August 2010

Daewoo to build FPSO for Total

26th August 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Motoren has announced early availability of the IMO II-compliant configuration of its MaK M 20 C marine engine.

25th August 2010

Early delivery for IMO II M 20 C engine

25th August 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has announced an order for 80 main engines for bunkering tankers for a Chinese operator. The company says that in terms of the number of engines, this represents one of its…

25th August 2010

80-engine order for bunker tankers

25th August 2010

OPINION

OPINION

SMM 2010 is scheduled for 7 to 10 September, at the Hamburg Fair site in Germany. The 24th International Shipbuilding Fair is expected by the organisers to exceed the very considerable size…

25th August 2010

SMM focuses on the environment

25th August 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The repair of one of Germany’s best known and popular cruise ships – Deilmann Reederei’s nostalgic, 22,496 gt ‘Deutschland’ - dominated the summer headlines at Blohm & Voss Repair, writes Tom Todd.

25th August 2010

Cruise and naval ships in the news in Germany

25th August 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Goltens, the independent specialist ship repair service provider, is looking to Europe to grow its volume, profitability and strengthen its brand. Since 2000, Goltens has expanded its global ship repair footprint through…

25th August 2010

Goltens gears up in Europe

25th August 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

During the months of May and June, both the Navantia shiprepair yards of Cadiz-San Fernando and Fene-Ferrol were kept busy with a good cross section of vessel types including several units of…

25th August 2010

Navantia yards keeping busy

25th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation completed the LPG carrier Hisui for Asuka Marine Corporation of Japan. It is Kawasaki’s 45th LPG carrier and the 6th of the same class. Seven Solasafe roller screens in…

25th August 2010

Japanese built ships get roller screens

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP), which operates and maintains the Panama Canal, recently unveiled a model of the D’Artagnan dredger during a ceremony at the canal’s Miraflores visitor Centre.

25th August 2010

Model of new Panama Canal dredger unveiled

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Confidence has returned to the container shipping markets with owners starting to place orders for new ships in significant numbers, overcoming concerns of over-capacity that have dominated the industry in the past…

25th August 2010

New containership orders point to industry recovery

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Under a contract signed with Germany’s Deutsche Verkehrs-Bank (DVB), COSCO Dalian Shipyard is building the Dalian Pioneer, the world’s largest deep-water oil drilling vessel.

25th August 2010

China building world’s largest deep-water drilling vessel

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in Norway has formed a new division called DNV Sustainability and Innovation. The new division has been set up to steer DNV towards green service growth and sustainability…

25th August 2010

DNV sets up sustainability and innovation division

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a long term service agreement with Eidesvik Offshore, Norway, for maintenance services for the recently delivered seismic vessel ‘Oceanic Vega’.

25th August 2010

Wärtsilä signs service agreement with Eidesvik

25th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Norwegian Havyard Group has received a contract from Supply Service, Faroe Islands, for a Havyard 832 L platform supply ship, the 10th in a row of this design.

24th August 2010

Havyard signs contract for PSV

24th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Athens-based shipowner Danaos Corporation recently took delivery of two new containerships, the CMA CGM Racine and the YM Maturity, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 49 containerships aggregating 216,529 TEU.

24th August 2010

Danaos adds two more boxships

24th August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

New orders for China’s shipbuilders increased by 420% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2010 according to a report issued by the China Association of National Shipbuilding Industry.

24th August 2010

China sees sharp jump in shipbuilding orders

24th August 2010