General News

The 2004-built, 25,268dwt Liberian-flag chemical tanker ‘Stolt Valor’, has arrived at Bahrain’s ASRY yard for repairs, following a fire and explosion in one of her cargo tanks while transiting the Arabian Gulf…

Germany’s Zeppelin Power Systems says the modernisation and re-engining of a 20-year-old Russian factory trawler could be a potentially viable cost alternative to newbuilding and a model for further such conversions.

ABB Turbo Systems of Switzerland says that it has played a key role in bringing the benefits of Wärtsilä’s RT-flex technology to two-stroke engine installation onboard smaller ships.

The provisional programme has been released for the Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, which will take place from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.

Rolls-Royce says that it has been selected to supply its MT30 gas turbine to power a new FFX frigate for the Republic of Korea’s Navy, in a single engine installation rather than…

Finnish design company Deltamarin has announced a contract with Yangfan Group of China for the design of B.Delta37 Bulk Carriers to be built for the Italian shipowners dAmico Societa di Navigazione.

Moss Hydro is a newly-established company in Drammen, Norway, set up by OceanSaver co-founder Stein Foss and three partners, to address the challenge of reliable and effective ballast water filtration.

Wärtsilä Hamworthy has won a contract from Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. to supply two Membrane BioReactors (MBRs) to the 141,000gt newbuilding under construction for Carnival group member P&O Cruises.

On 25 June the IMO publicly renewed its commitment to sustainable development in the maritime industry and gave feedback on its input to the Rio+20 conference held last week in Brazil.

German yard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is working on the design and construction of an innovative ro-pax ferry for Scotland that has to be particularly reliable.

GEA Westfalia Separator Group is supplying a total of 160 separators destined for the 20 new Triple-E AP Moeller Maersk container ships.

Rolls-Royce announced that Island Offshore has received the delivery of the first gas powered Rolls-Royce offshore vessel, ‘Island Crusader’.

Rolls-Royce has delivered 13 azimuth thrusters which will be fitted to the world’s largest construction vessel currently being built at Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering for Swiss ship owner and operator, the…

Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a set of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and software to the School of Stimulation & Senior Marine at…

The UNs 10-yearly UN Sustainable Development Conference, called Rio+20, is taking place this week (15-22 June) in Rio de Janeiro.

The Clean Shipping Index has certified the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) as a verification body, making it the first Asian organisation to be accredited.

Germanischer Lloyd has undertaken a clean shipping index (CSI) verification for the product tanker ‘Bit Viking’, issuing a Statement of Compliance for the LNG-fuelled ship based on data submitted by owner Tarbit…

STX OSV has announced new contracts for the design and construction of two platform supply vessels for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to around NOK 700 million.

Marine solutions services company, Drew Marine, has agreed to acquire the leading marine distress signal company, Chemring Marine.

There is plenty of news from ClassNK this week including new amendments to rules, revised guidelines, updated software and news of an agreement to conduct statutory certifications on behalf of the Lithuanian…

In late 2011, MAN Diesel & Turbo undertook a survey of its customers in the container, bulk and tanker industries, to determine their attitudes towards, and their experience of, slow steaming.

At a recent event during the United Nations Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, ICS revealed that industry can learn a great deal from shipping as its the greenest…