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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says it has developed a system to enhance the damage stability of ships, enabling reduction in capsizing risk, and has received the first order for the new system for…

Maritime Information Systems of Norway (Maris) has signed an agreement with Seagull, also of Norway, covering cooperation on product specific ECDIS training at Seagull’s shore-based training centre.

North Star Shipping, a division of the UK-based shipping and energy services Craig Group, has ordered two new 83m PSVs from Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain for 2013 delivery.

Colombian shipyard Cotecmar has delivered a new OPV (ocean patrol vessel), the ‘ARC 20 de Julio’, and described as “the biggest and most complex ship ever built in Columbia’s history” to the…

UK engine company Royston says that three weeks of intensive work by its engineers was praised by offshore operator Solstad after a ship was found to need an urgent engine overhaul before…

A Japanese ship operator has begun a demonstration test of a self-cleaning diesel particulate filter (DPF) system on an auxiliary engine of one of its ocean-going vessels, said to be the first…

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has recently delivered three CSD 500 cutter suction dredgers to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Azerbaijan, to be used for flood protection work on the Kura…

The call for papers for the GreenPort Congress 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has been released.

Back-to-back cruise ship projects at Gibdock’s No. 1 dock have seen the return of the 37,584gt, 1,575-passenger capacity ‘Thomson Destiny’ for its fourth visit since a first refit in Gibraltar in 2006.

Dutch company IHC Lagersmit says that its Liquidyne pump shaft seal has been included in Shell Global Solutions’ TAMAP (technically accepted manufacturers and products) list for use with cooling water pumps.

UK-based Simplex-Turbulo, agent for German manufacturer Märkisches Werk (MWH), is promoting a new product which is designed to extend the life of cylinder head valves for engines operating on HFO and gas.

Eco Marine Power (EMP) has unveiled its concept design incorporating its Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) system. The concept is known as the Aquarius Eco Ship, and is intended to help sustainability…

Ultramo Engines has announced that it has made the shortlist of companies vying for the 2012 Shell Springboard awards, an annual scheme under Shell’s Social Investment Programme, dedicated to reducing carbon emissions.

An order placed by Van Oord of the Netherlands for a wind power transport and installation vessel with the troubled German JJ Sietas shipyard of Hamburg has been renewed, according to receiver…