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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification society ABS has issued a new notation for these specialized units, Wind IMR.

3rd June 2010

ABS issues notation for wind turbine installation units

3rd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The second shuttle and regasification vessel (SRV) co-owned by Höegh LNG and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) was recently completed at Samsung Heavy Industries and delivered to the GDF Suez group. It…

3rd June 2010

Second shuttle and regasification vessel delivered

3rd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of the COSCO Corporation’s (Singapore) 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co, has secured two contracts totalling over $100 million to convert two large tankers to FPSO…

3rd June 2010

Cosco to convert VLCCs into FPSOs

3rd June 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has reiterated that it is looking towards natural gas fuels as the single most significant solution to shippings carbon footprint.

2nd June 2010

DNV champions LNG

2nd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Extra slow steaming (ESS) has created employment for almost 100 ships with a total capacity of 554,000 TEU as at the end of May according to Alphaliner. It has grown from only…

2nd June 2010

ESS to absorb 580,000 TEU

2nd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) said it would float global tenders for acquiring 30 ships by 2012 which is likely to entail a Rs 8,000 crore ($1.7 billion) investment.

2nd June 2010

SCI to float newbuilding tenders for fleet expansion

2nd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group in India, has placed orders for two new Capesize bulk carriers with South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries for about Rs650 crore ($138…

2nd June 2010

Adani orders Caper duo from Hanjin

2nd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The controversy over unofficial spare parts from a few years ago looks likely to reignite after the imprisonment of the managing director of a separator spares company.

1st June 2010

Spares company boss imprisoned

1st June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business.

31st May 2010

Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel

31st May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to local press reports, Iran has ordered six LNG tankers from China to transport the natural gas it hopes to export from its giant gas reserves.

31st May 2010

China wins Iranian LNG carrier orders

31st May 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.

31st May 2010

Prospects good as late orders buck up in Germany

31st May 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it…

30th May 2010

Airmax prototype demonstrator gets airborne

30th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsui OSK Lines and Akasaka Diesel have announced the joint development of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for vessels that use marine HFO.

30th May 2010

Particulate filter tested in Japan

30th May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

One of the first operators to trial the latest enhanced target detection feature on the Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital radar is Swalinge Scheepvaart of The Netherlands.

30th May 2010

Enhanced target detection provides unexpected benefits

30th May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Finnish companies STX Finland, Aker Arctic Technology, Southeast Trading (SET Group), and the Russian companies OAO Sovcomflot and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing and…

30th May 2010

Innovative asymmetrical icebreaker for the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea

30th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A report has been commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) from Deltamarin of Finland to provide information on tests and trials for several ship types for the evaluation of the…

29th May 2010

Report evaluates CO2 indexing

29th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norwegian operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics says that it has become the first shipping company to receive formal third party verification of its inventory processes for green house gas emissions.

29th May 2010

WWL claims first GHG certification

29th May 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Naval Architects, operators and boat builders participated in a recent design seminar organised by Volvo Penta for its IPS (Inboard Performance System) propulsion system for high performance work and patrol boats.

29th May 2010

Designers learn about IPS

29th May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jeppesen has released the dKart Sounding to Obstruction tool, which is designed to correct an ECDIS presentation fault whereby some shoal soundings may not be depicted on ECDIS displays.

28th May 2010

Tool corrects ECDIS presentation fault

28th May 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The largest engine family in the Caterpillar Marine Power Systems range, the 3500, is to benefit from a recent programme of technological development to improve exhaust emissions performance.

28th May 2010

Improved emissions performance

28th May 2010