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Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) has agreed to purchase the shiprepair, shipbuilding and marine related activities of Keppel Marine Industries for S$166.9 million ($98.9 million). The deal covers KMI?s interests in shipbuilder and…

MAN B&W is applying for a patent on a system which can be used to disengage the engine from the propeller shaft to accommodate a power take in (pti) emergency drive. The…

Cruise ship Norwegian Dream and container vessel Ever Decent have both docked in Germany following their widely publicised collision in the English Channel. After emergency repairs were carried out at Dover by…

Ship operators are increasingly seen as a prime target for tough environmental regulations, especially in the USA. One particular challenge is the demand to segregate out hazardous wastes. Unfortunately such actions depend…

German shipyard Meyer Werft has ordered Azipod propulsion pods from ABB for the two 91,000g, 2,800 passengers cruise ships it is building for Star Cruises. Each vessel will be fitted with two…

With the market flat in all sectors companies in the tanker trade are looking much further ahead for an upturn. The picture painted by charterers and owners is bleak. There are no…

The latest Omnipure marine sewage treatment process module from Exceltec International Corporation, designed to treat black water effluent from 500 people has a footprint of only 762mm (30 ins) wide and 1,626…

The UK yard of FBM Marine has delivered its largest ever Tricat fast ferry to Greek owner Agapitos Lines. The 53m Sea Speed 1 is an elongated version of FBM?s well-proven TriCat…

DSP2 combines a blend of metal silicates and zirconium compounds which improve the water resistance and decrease weld porosity compared with other pre-construction primers. It does not contain any Volatile Organic Compounds…

Currently around $7 billion of vessels are under construction or on order world-wide for Norwegian interests, including nearly a hundred ships and a number of mobile offshore platforms. The global Norwegian merchant…