General News

Netherland’s based IHC Sealing Solutions and Sweden’s Berg Propulsion have further strengthened their cooperation by signing a General Purchase Agreement (GPA) at SMM 2012 this week.

International shipping services company, Graig Group, and global freight group, the Global Maritime Investments Group, are continuing their partnership to provide Chinese shipyards with safe havens and tailor made solutions for problematic…

Major newbuildings in jeopardy because of the insolvency of Germany’s P&S Yards will be completed and naval obligations honoured, a court-appointed administrator has pledged, writes Tom Todd.

Rolls-Royce says that it has won a ‘Ship of the Year’ industry award for its new wave piercing ship design. The Far Solitaire, a UT 754 WP PSV was named ‘Ship of…

Lloyd’s Register has introduced its latest performance optimisation service, aimed at supporting shipowners, builders and designers to develop more efficient new and existing ship designs and retrofits for vessels already in service.

Belgian medium speed engine company ABC has launched a new engine at SMM in Hamburg. The 6DL36 is rated at up to 5,299bhp at 750rpm and is said to comply with IMO…

MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of German based propulsion solutions company MTU Friedrichshafen, and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, recently open a training centre for service staff in Cartagena, Spain.

Canadian ship owner, CSL, has removed oil from the stern tube and equipped nine of its new builds with Thordon seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings in a bid to comply with the…

Dr Carsten Wiebers, global head maritime industries, KfW IPEX-Bank, talked about the importance of green ship funding at the global maritime environmental congress (gmec) at the SMM 2012 trade fair this week.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has ordered an Emsys advanced emissions monitoring system from WR Systems for two new vessels being built for Carnival’s AIDA cruise line.

The keel laying and dedication ceremony for ‘AGOR-27’ and ‘28’ Oceanographic Research Vessels took place recently at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) in Anacortes, Washington.

Damen Shipyards of The Netherlands has delivered research vessel RV 3609 ‘Simon Stevin’ to Belgian governmental fleet operator DAB Vloot. A particular feature of the ship is that it is optimised for…

Dutch company VAF Instruments has said that at the forthcoming SMM exhibition in Hamburg it plans to launch a new application for its TT-Sense optical thrust and torque measuring system.

Ulstein says that its new Bridge Vision control centre concept promises major improvements for the operational centres of vessels, which put it on the same level in innovation terms as the company’s…

French repair yard Damen Shiprepair Brest says that it has received its first firm booking for drydocking, maintenance and repair of an LNG carrier.

Tognum has announced that its MTU subsidiary is to launch an enhanced version of the series 4000 Ironmen engines which will comply with US EPA Tier 3 emissions regulations, using only internal…

UK-based oil condition monitoring company Spectro reports that it has signed a long term agreement for the provision of oil analysis services to Norwegian ship operator DOF Management for its global fleet.