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With the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Tier III emissions regulation set to come in to force in the coming years, MAN Diesel and Turbo says it’s ready to support its customers “for…

17th April 2014

MAN prepares for Tier III era

17th April 2014

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The first LNG tank manufactured by Lockheed Martin in the US for Harvey Gulf’s gas-fuelled PSVs has been completed in New Orleans.

16th April 2014

Lockheed Martin delivers first LNG tank

16th April 2014

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Armada Shipyard is to build two river-sea oil tankers to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) class for the Palmali Group.

15th April 2014

New Russian oil tanker series

15th April 2014

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A new PrimeShip-Green software tool has been introduced by Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK to aid compliance with IMO requirements for EEDI.

15th April 2014

Free EEDI design support tool released by ClassNK

15th April 2014

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Gazprom Neft is expected to become a major supplier of marine lubrication oils to the Russian domestic shipping industry following the recent commissioning of a new production plant, writes Eugene Gerden.

15th April 2014

Gazprom opens new lubes plant in Russia

15th April 2014

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An agreement has been reached for amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) to address abandonment of seafarers and crew claims.

14th April 2014

Agreement reached on MLC amendments

14th April 2014

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TGE Marine of Germany has announced two important recent contracts for its LNG ship fuel gas supply systems.

14th April 2014

Important contracts for TGE

14th April 2014

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IMO has concluded an agreement with the Bangladesh Government on improvements to safety and environmental standards in the Bangladeshi ship-recycling industry.

11th April 2014

IMO and Bangladesh collaborate to improve ship-recycling standards

11th April 2014

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Kongsberg Maritime is to deliver the latest version of its Engine Room Simulator (ERS), K-Sim Engine, to a new Applied Technology Facility at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) in New…

11th April 2014

Kongsberg simulator for NZ institute

11th April 2014

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ClassNK Napa Green, the operational optimisation software developed by Napa and ClassNK, has been reported to have achieved a fuel efficiency improvement of 3.9% onboard a “K” Line container ship.

10th April 2014

“K” Line achieves nearly 4% fuel saving

10th April 2014

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Wärtsilä has reported an order for the delivery of an integrated propulsion solution for a new river vessel, representing the company’s first foray into the Paraguayan market.

10th April 2014

Wärtsilä enters Paraguayan market with tug order

10th April 2014

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Hans Jensen Lubricators and Hudong Heavy Machinery have reached agreement on a training collaboration.

10th April 2014

Hans Jensen and Hudong join forces for training

10th April 2014

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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply bulk versions of its cargo handling cranes for five Chinese shipyards.

10th April 2014

MacGregor cranes prove popular

10th April 2014

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German company Avat Automation has launched a marine version of its combustion signal processor for gas-fuelled engines.

10th April 2014

Cylinder pressure processing for marine gas engines

10th April 2014

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DNV GL has announced a new position paper, dealing with what it describes as a new approach to ship energy efficiency methodology, based on ‘exergy’ rather than just energy management.

9th April 2014

Next-generation energy efficiency methodology from DNV GL

9th April 2014

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The global shipping industry is concerned about “serious” implementation problems associated with the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, which governments chose to gloss over at the recent MEPC meeting.

9th April 2014

BWM Convention problems go unsolved

9th April 2014

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries says that its L30KG engine has become the first Japanese-designed gas engine to obtain type approval from DNV.

8th April 2014

Japanese engine joins the marine LNG market

8th April 2014

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The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued a statement welcoming the recent MEPC 66 agreement to start analysing appropriate data collection methods for measures to enhance the energy efficiency of ships.

8th April 2014

Forum welcomes IMO progress on MRV

8th April 2014

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Ålesund-based offshore operator Golden Energy Offshore has ordered two Ulstein PX121H PSVs to be built at Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments (ROC) in China.

8th April 2014

Two Ulstein PSVs to be built in China for Golden Energy

8th April 2014

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Rolls-Royce says it has been contracted to deliver an engine and deck machinery package worth over £17 million for an Arctic AHTS vessel to be built by Vard for Bourbon Offshore Norway.

8th April 2014

Rolls-Royce engines and anchor handling for Bourbon newbuild

8th April 2014