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Siemens-Schottel has won a second contract for its propulsion pods (SSP)s - this time for two TT-Line ferries being built by SSW Fahr. Each of the 36,000g (2,685 lane-metre) ropax vessels will…

Software : Costing part manufacture Boothroyd Dewhurst has launched DFM Concurrent Costing 1.1. The software is designed to isolate the major costs associated with part manufacture and finishing. Used as an analysis…

Austal`s new company, Seastate, started trading on November 1 and is poised to build a multi-million dollar global business from selling ride control and possibly, at a future date, other high-tech specialist…

Described as the first of its kind by owners Conoco and R&B Falcon Corporation, Deepwater Pathfinder started a five-year work programme drilling in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year.The first vessel…

Contracts transferring Samsung`s engine building division to Hanjung remain unsigned some over two months after the target date, and past the time when the new joint venture company should have started operation.…

Analysis of claims over a ten- year period by the UK P&I Club showed that two per cent of the claims account for 72 per cent of the costs incurred. The analysis…

A deck motion monitor is available from TSS (UK) which it says enables offshore operators to comply with the Health and Safety Executive CAP 437 guidelines for the safe operation of helidecks.…

Increasingly, yards are turning to single-source `turnkey` contractors for diesel electric propulsion machinery, say manufacturers. Vendors are assuming responsibility not just for the supply and installation of propulsion and power generation equipment…

In the last month, Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in Korea has won orders for newbuildings from Italy and France. Navigazione Montanari in Italy has ordered a pair of 35,000 dwt chemical carriers from…