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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $350 million order to build three bulk carriers. Under the contract with an Asian shipping firm, Daewoo will deliver the ships by early 2013.

18th June 2010

Daewoo wins order for bulk carrier trio

18th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Furthering Royal Caribbean Cruises’ commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas footprint by one-third per available passenger cruise day by 2015, the cruise line announced that it is partnering with Ecospec to install…

17th June 2010

Cruiseship testing CSNOx system

17th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Under the designation VCM Valve Control Management, ABB Turbocharging and engine component specialist INA Schaeffler KG are developing an advanced variable valve train system.

17th June 2010

ABB Turbocharging introduces VCM

17th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish shipping company ESVAGT has ordered a standby / rescue vessel of the Ulstein X-Bow SX123 design. The vessel is a part of emergency preparedness in the Goliat field for operator Eni…

17th June 2010

Zamakona wins Danish order

17th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

During the first four months this year, the Gibraltar shiprepair yard Gibdock has been busy with all docks and repair berths being full while also undertaking work afloat out at anchorage and…

17th June 2010

Gibdock completes busy start to the year

17th June 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

UK turbocharger service company Turbo Dynamics says that following the lifting of a confidentiality agreement, it can now make its marine turbocharger business known in the marketplace.

17th June 2010

Company unveils its ‘secret’ marine existence

17th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Future Pipe Industries has announced that it is to start production in Abu Dhabi of the group’s marine GRE epoxy pipe systems, after receiving international type approvals.

17th June 2010

Epoxy pipe company expands in UAE

17th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

International coatings producer Hempel has recently opened its new manufacturing facility today in Buk, Poland.

17th June 2010

Paint manufacture moves to Poland

17th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US federal agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $73.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Fincantieri Marine Group’s Marinette Marine Corporation located in Marinette, USA.

16th June 2010

NOAA orders another fisheries survey vessel

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal has successfully launched Maltese operator Virtu Ferries’ new 106.50m long, 23.8m wide high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran Jean de la Valette at its Western Australian facility.

16th June 2010

Austal launches Malta ferry

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In an extension of their existing cooperation in the development of 2-stage turbocharged medium speed diesel engines, Wärtsilä and ABB Turbo Systems intend to cooperate with a third partner, after-treatment specialist Hug…

16th June 2010

Wärtsilä, ABB and HUG develop low emissions technology

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval has received two orders of record size for its PureBallast systems from two leading shipyards in Korea to be installed on board 14 container vessels under construction for A.P Møller-Maersk.

16th June 2010

Korean shipbuilders order PureBallast

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has published a Ballast Water Treatment Advisory to assist the industry in better understanding the evolving ballast water management (BWM) and treatment regulations.

16th June 2010

ABS issues ballast water treatment advisory

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-listed Chinese shipping firm Cosco said that two of its units, COSCO Dalian Shipyard and COSCO Guangdong Shipyard, have signed 11 contracts and four letters of intent totalling over $440 million.

16th June 2010

COSCO signs shipbuilding deals

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal has unveiled its new range of high speed transfer vessels specifically designed for the burgeoning offshore wind farm industry.

15th June 2010

Austal launches Wind Express series

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel ‘Pieter Schelte’ to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

15th June 2010

Pieter Schelte contract awarded to Daewoo

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following a recent announcement centering on diesel engines, a leading gas engine builder has now reported the results of its joint development program with ABB Turbocharging for the application of two stage…

15th June 2010

New gas engine signals ABB turbocharging 2-stage success

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

NYK and its subsidiary Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co. Ltd. have jointly developed an additive (Yunic 700LS) for low-sulphur marine gas oil which is increasingly being used because it has less of an…

15th June 2010

NYK develops additive for low-sulphur diesel

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In a breakthrough deal, Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the Brazilian industrial group Quip to supply three main power modules for a new P-63 FPSO vessel.

15th June 2010

Wärtsilä to supply power solution for FPSO

15th June 2010

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Emissions, scrubbers and fuel efficiency dominated the annual Motorship propulsion & emissions conference.

14th June 2010

Zero emissions – a pipedream?

14th June 2010