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Sembawang Shipyard of Singapore has secured a $140 million contract from Equinox Offshore Accommodation to convert a ro-pax vessel to a DP2 accommodation and repair vessel (ARV).

20th December 2011

Ro-pax ship to be converted for offshore use

20th December 2011

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Norwegian company Ing Per Gjerdrum AS (PG Marine) has entered into an agreement with offshore support operator DOF for the implementation of ballast water treatment systems on a “large number” of ships…

19th December 2011

Norwegian group in BWTS and pump agreements

19th December 2011

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The takeover of satellite communicatuions service provider Vizada by aerospace communications company Astrium has now been completed, and Vizada’s activities will now be integrated into EADS Group company Astrium Services.

19th December 2011

Acquisition of satcom provider Vizada by EADS Group’s Astrium completed

19th December 2011

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Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has announced the award of a contract to deliver the regulatory design and detail/production design for a new US research…

19th December 2011

GPA wins research ship design contract

19th December 2011

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French shipbuilder Chantiers Piriou, of Concarneau, in Brittany, has delivered a new ship for passenger and goods services between the mainland and islands off Brest to local departmental authority Conseil Général du…

19th December 2011

New island ferry for French West Coast

19th December 2011

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MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has received a firm order for two turbo compound systems including power turbine and generator (TCS-PTG) from Samjin Shipbuilding in Weihai, China.

19th December 2011

MAN receives waste heat recovery order

19th December 2011

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It’s more doom and gloom from the forecasters when it comes to the state of the shipping industry as we near the end of 2011 - but there may just be a…

19th December 2011

More troubled waters ahead for shipping

19th December 2011

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To support the maritime industry in its endeavour to prepare for the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has developed what it describes as an easy to use pocket…

16th December 2011

GL launches pocket guide for MLC 2006

16th December 2011

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CIMAC – the International Council on Combustion Engines – says that its second ‘Cascades’ younger engineers’ event took place in November in Tokyo.

16th December 2011

CIMAC young engineers look at LNG or scrubbers as Tier III options

16th December 2011

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Chilean shipyard Asenav has received a new contract from long-term customer Maersk Supply Service for two offshore supply vessel newbuildings. The order includes an option for up to four additional vessels.

16th December 2011

Maersk orders supply ships from Chile

16th December 2011

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Damen Shipyards reports that newly founded offshore support company World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered four PSV 3300 CDs, to a recently-launched design for offshore supply operations in adverse weather conditions.

16th December 2011

Four Damen PSVs for WWS

16th December 2011

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SKF says it is further strengthening its commitment to the marine industry with the establishment of a marine-focused network of specialised technology and service centres to providing a range of marine solutions.

16th December 2011

SKF to open marine service centres

16th December 2011

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Hamworthy Krystallon says that the first of four vessels on which its seawater scrubbers are being installed, a ro-ro newbuilding for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina, is now on line.

15th December 2011

First commercial scrubber delivered

15th December 2011

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German deck equipment supplier TTS Marine, of Bremen, has announced a contract to provide the anchor and mooring winch system for the largest container vessels yet to be built.

15th December 2011

Winch order for mega-boxships

15th December 2011

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Service provider Telemar, in partnership with Orbit Communication Systems and Milano Teleport, has launched iCGlobal, described as a flexible and future-proof system combining the all-weather global coverage of C-Band, with the compact…

15th December 2011

New system claims to revolutionise marine broadband communications

15th December 2011

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German ro-ro builder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has won an order from Canada for a 19,500dwt ferry newbuilding which it describes as “the world’s most eco-friendly con-ro ship”

15th December 2011

FSG bags “most eco-friendly con-ro ferry”

15th December 2011

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Keppel FELS says it is on course to deliver the sixth of seven Ensco 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs to Ensco, on time and within budget.

14th December 2011

Keppel to deliver sixth ultra-deepwater semi-submersible

14th December 2011

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According to P&I Club The American Club, it is anticipated that in excess of 25 million dwt for scrapping will have wound up on the beaches of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan by…

14th December 2011

P&I club surveys ship recycling

14th December 2011

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Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede has announced orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million, including a pipelayer and two dredgers.

14th December 2011

€200million orders for Dutch group

14th December 2011

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Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (WDR) has announced that the double-ended ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ is about to enter service, just 18 months after ordering. Neptun Werft in Rostock took ten months for the construction.

14th December 2011

Double-ender enters WDR fleet

14th December 2011