General News

International transporter, Cargill, manufacturer Huntsman Corporation and oil trader, UNIPEC UK Company Ltd, say they have set a new industry standard on fuel efficiency by deciding to charter only the more efficient…

ABB has announced an order worth $35 million from Baltic Shipyard to supply propulsion and electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE.

The suction dredger ‘Eke Möbius’, built by Sietas shipyard, has been handed over to hydraulic engineering company, Josef Möbius Bau-GmbH, and was christened last week.

Gibdock has completed a containership crane refurbishment for a German owner. The deck crane work called for certification of strict welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register (LR), which approved all materials used.

Specialist repair, overhaul and conversion jobs have reportedly been won by three German shipyards while a fourth has completed a repair job worth far more then originally expected, writes Tom Todd.

The winners of the 2012 Solutions Exchange awards, Nonox Ltd and Protei, have been awarded the Orcelle grants by the Savannah Ocean Exchange (SOE) global review panel.

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets for its 64th session from 1 to 5 October 2012, at IMO Headquarters in London. The meeting’s agenda has now been announced.

27 September is the International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day. This year’s theme, ‘IMO: One hundred years after the “Titanic”’, was chosen to reflect on passenger ship safety today, and into the…

Lloyd’s Register has set up a Group Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore to provide solution to the maritime industry and has reached an agreement with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research…

Danish marine fuel and lubricant supplier, OW Bunker, recently launched a new global quality control standard to ensure the quality of its products supplied by its physical sector.

Starting in October four Scandlines ferries are being fitted with hybrid drives as the first of two separate projects designed to provide possible alternatives to the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link, writes…

Florida based Palladium Technologies has united with Rhode Island based underwater technology company, FarSounder, for the integration of systems for Palladium’s new integrated glass bridge system, SiMon Gold.

Seatankers Group has ordered a dozen PX105 platform support vessel design packages from Ulstein through Sinopacific’s Zhejiang yard in Ningbo, China where the vessels will be built.

Under navigational company, Admiralty, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will host the next chain of Digital Integration Workshops in London this month, to help shipping managers plan for the integration of…

Wärtsilä Hamworthy has won a contract with Korea’s Hyundai Mipo dockyard to supply cargo handling equipment and engineering to four carriers for Antwerp based Exmar Shipping SA.

According to the latest ‘Shipping Confidence Survey’, carried out by international shipping advisor, Moore Stephens, confidence levels in the shipping industry have fallen to their lowest level in four years.

Kleven Maritime AS has signed another contract with Parat Halvorsen AS, for a newbuild 361 PSV which will be constructed at Kleven Verft AS in Ulsteinvik.

Classification company, Germanischer Lloyd (GL), has approved the repair process of engine service company, Goltens Worldwide Group’s in-situ annealing process for engine crankshafts.

Swiss automation specialist, ABB, has launched a new range of software applications that will help ocean vessels reduce their fuel consumption by up to 20% and it has secured a new order…

Swedish engineering solutions company, Alfa Laval, is focusing on producing future fuel options for the shipping industry, following its ‘Saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions’ presentation at the SMM trade fair this…