General News

Four nominees have been selected for the Dutch HME Maritime Innovation Award 2012 - Imtech Marine & Offshore BV, Vosta LMG BV, Huisman Equipment BV and Kranendonk Production Systems BV.

Germany’s cash-troubled P&S Yards has acknowledged serious production and delivery problems at its “uncoordinated” Volkswerft facility and proposed its “fundamentally viable” Peene yard be split away and sold off.

The 25th Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine (SMM) technology international trade fair takes place next month in Hamburg from 4 to 7 September 2012.

The keel has been laid for the first of a new series of 2000dwt PSVs at Miclyn Express Offshore’s (MEO) Singapore based PT Loh & Loh shipyard.

Ocean transportation company Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has ordered five new ro-ro/container (con-ro) vessels from the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co of China.

The newest ship to be added to the Princess Cruises fleet, ‘Royal Princess’, was launched recently at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard.

Rolls-Royce has announced contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries, for newbuilding and upgrade projects respectively.

Simplex Turbulo has announced that its associate Dutch company MPR (Maritime Propeller Repairs) has launched a new mobile service for measurement and balancing of CP propeller blades, weighing up to 6.5t each.

A new joint venture between Glasgow based Naval Architects, Malin Marine Consultants, and BWT manufacturer, Coldharbour Marine Ltd, has been launched. Cleanship Solutions Ltd (CSS) aims to provide a range of services…

The offshore supply vessel ‘Vitus Bering’, being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, will be finalised and delivered four months in advance of its initial delivery date.

PC Maritime of the UK says that it has been selected by Caspar Shipping of Baku, Azerbaijan to supply ECDIS to its fleet, in an initial contract covering 13 vessels, with the…

American based satellite system expert, KVH, has launched a new TracPhone V11 mini VSAT system – a new dual mode C/KU band maritime satellite system for both the commercial and leisure marine…

To date there is still no news of any port being granted permission by any European coastal state to let the smouldering cargo ship MSC Flaminia in to seek refuge.

Holland America Line (HAL) and Seabourn Cruise Line are benefitting from specialist in-house training from Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) and sister company Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS).

STX Finland says that Viking Grace, an environmentally friendly new-generation cruise ferry, being built for Viking Line, was floated out at its Turku shipyard on 10 August.

Bollfilter UK has been awarded a three year service contract to maintain the Boll & Kirch filtration systems on Carnival’s fleet of 10 UK-based cruise ships, including those from the P&O and…

Australian propeller company Veem recently won ‘Exporter of the Year 2012’ at the 2012 Club Marine Australian Marine Export & Superyacht Industry Awards.

Tracer Products has introduced a new tool for leak detection, the Tracerline Optimax 365 – described as a cordless, powerful, rechargeable enhanced UV leak detection flashlight.

BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group has published its third annual release paper revealing average carbon emissions by trade lane for the ocean shipping industry.