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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Abu Dhabi based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has contracted Chinese shipyard Zhenhua Heavy Industries for the construction of their DLS 4200 derrick lay vessel developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS).

14th June 2010

NPCC to build derrick-lay vessel

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The President of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Yasuhiko Katoh, announced that the company reached the 70-million-BHP mark in accumulated production of a single diesel brand, namely MAN B&W two-stroke engines.

14th June 2010

Mitsui reaches milestone with MAN engines

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo is now ready to bring two-stage turbocharging to the market with the introduction of its TCX generation.

14th June 2010

MAN ready to launch two-stage turbocharger

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The semi-submersible platform by Aker Solutions, for the Gjøa oil and gas field offshore Norway, started on its journey from the yard at Stord to the North Sea where installation will take…

14th June 2010

Aker Solutions completes Gjøa platform

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fuel testing agency Lintec Testing Services has stressed the importance of testing marine fuels for the presence of chemical contaminants ahead of the introduction of specific amendments to revised ISO specifications on…

14th June 2010

Lintec stresses importance of chemical screening

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

OceanSaver in Norway recently signed a major ballast water management (BWM) system contract for six VLCCs to be built in China.

14th June 2010

Major BWM systems contract for OceanSaver

14th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Navantia Shiprepairs Fene-Ferrol (NSFF), the specialist LNG repair centre of the Navantia naval group, ended up with its best LNG year ever in 2009 with a total of 23 LNG projects undertaken…

14th June 2010

LNG repairs at Navantia Ferrol

14th June 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä reports that its WFC20 fuel cell unit has been installed onboard the Undine, a car carrier, owned by Swedish Wallenius Lines and managed by Wallenius Marine. This power unit is claimed…

11th June 2010

Wärtsilä installs SOFC fuel cell unit on car carrier

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy Krystallon has claimed the first commercial order for technology capable of meeting new EU regulations on fuel emissions from ships, that does not require owners to switch to high cost distillates.

11th June 2010

Breakthrough order for Krystallon scrubbers

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chevron has recently launched its Clarity lubricants line to the European marine lubricants market at the Posidonia Marine Exhibition.

11th June 2010

European launch for new lubricants range

11th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Blohm + Voss, due for a change in ownership soon, has reported booming repair and overhaul business, writes Tom Todd.

11th June 2010

Wide spectrum of work at German repair yards

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has supplied main and auxiliary engines for José María Entrecanales, a new Spanish ro-ro cargo vessel. Navantia, the Spanish shipbuilder, recently completed the José María Entrecanales at its…

11th June 2010

MAN powers new Spanish Ro-Ro

11th June 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime says that it has completed site acceptance tests on a new Suezmax cargo handling simulator interfaced to the K-Chief-500 marine automation system, for Turkish ship owner Gungen Maritme & Trading.

11th June 2010

Cargo handling simulator integrated with on-board automation system

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The UK’s BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atlantic Marine Holding Company from JFL-AMH Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of the private equity firm J.F. Lehman for a…

11th June 2010

BAE Systems to buy US shipyards

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

New research released today by energy business analysts, Douglas-Westwood, reveals that worldwide expenditure on Floating Production Systems (FPSs) will total $44.8 billion between 2010 and 2014.

10th June 2010

Global FPS installation report released

10th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark has entered into an agreement on the sale of its Lithuanian subsidiaries, AB “Baltijos” LAIVU STATYKLA and UAB “Baltic Engineering Centre” (Baltija Shipyard and BEC), to BLRT…

9th June 2010

Odense Steel Shipyard sells Lithuanian subsidiaries

9th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

After recently announcing a fleet expansion plan involving 100 vessels, Evergreen Group chairman Y.F. Chang has ordered 10 8,000 TEU container ships from a South Korean builder, as well as considering ordering…

9th June 2010

Evergreen orders container ships from South Korea

9th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Austal has announced an expansion of its European service presence with the establishment of a maintenance hub in the Strait of Gibraltar.

9th June 2010

Austal expands European service hub

9th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä will start the execution of the restructuring measures in the Netherlands following a positive advice from the works council and approval of a social plan.

8th June 2010

End of Wärtsilä’s production in the Netherlands approved

8th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has issued guidelines for gas as ship fuel on the application of the IMO regulations. These guidelines are in force since 1 May and apply to all ships excluding…

8th June 2010

GL guidelines on gas fuel in force

8th June 2010