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UK based marine safety company Cosalt is in financial trouble and seeking funds to be able to continue trading - but it appears that there may be a glimmer of hope after…

30th November 2011

Cosalt struggles to stay afloat

30th November 2011

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Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service, both based in The Netherlands, have signed a contract to build two fast crew suppliers (FCS) of the 2610-type.

30th November 2011

Damen inks two fast crew supply vessels

30th November 2011

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Rolls-Royce has announced the expansion of its presence in Greater China with the development of a new marine service centre on Hong Kong’s Tsing Yi Island, scheduled to open in 2012.

30th November 2011

New marine service centre in Hong Kong

30th November 2011

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Ratification of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention is widely anticipated within the next 12 months and consequently, ship owners are evaluating urgently which technology is best suited to both existing and…

30th November 2011

Age of Aquarius for ballast water management

30th November 2011

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Dutch shipping company Rederij Groen has ordered two seismic research & support vessels (SRSVs) from Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of the Damen Shipyards Group, for delivery in the first quarter of 2013.

30th November 2011

Dutch yard clinches research support vessels

30th November 2011

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Rolls-Royce has been awarded new contracts with a potential value of $650 million by Petrobras to support its production activities offshore in Brazil.

30th November 2011

Rolls-Royce gas turbines for Petrobras

30th November 2011

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Customers of the Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) now have two new ways to view the most accurate and up-to-date navigational charts helping to make digital navigation safer, more efficient and fully…

30th November 2011

Admiralty makes ECDIS compliance easier

30th November 2011

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and STX Metal, a marine diesel engine manufacturer in Korea, have signed an agreement under which MHI will license production and marketing of its MET marine turbocharger.

30th November 2011

Marketing agreement for MHI turbocharger

30th November 2011

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Rolls-Royce has received an order from Singapore based offshore company, PaxOcean, to design and equip two oil platform supply vessels.

30th November 2011

Singapore orders Rolls-Royce PSVs

30th November 2011

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At the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa (COP 17, Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2011), the global shipping industry will advise governments on how further reduction of greenhouse gas…

30th November 2011

COP 17 to tackle GHG ship emissions

30th November 2011

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Trade association Interferry says that ferry operators in northern Europe face a near impossible choice in trying to meet the 2015 deadline for ultra low sulphur emissions from bunker fuel.

30th November 2011

Low sulphur timetable mission impossible?

30th November 2011

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Admiralty, the publications brand of UKHO, has announced a series of ‘Digital Navigation Insights’ initiatives to help the maritime community safely and successfully integrate digital navigation into ship and shore-side operations.

30th November 2011

2012 year of ‘Digital Navigation Insights’

30th November 2011

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VIKING continues its march forward in Europe and Asia with four new, well-equipped servicing stations opening in November.

30th November 2011

Expansion for VIKING service network

30th November 2011

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The Korean shipbuilder, Samsung Heavy Industries, has ordered electrical propulsion systems from STADT AS in Norway for a new generation of environmental friendly LNG powered ships.

29th November 2011

LNG newbuilds to get electric propulsion

29th November 2011

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Damen Services, part of Damen Shipyards Group, announces that its Damen Asset Management Operating System (DAMOS) has been independently approved by classification society Bureau Veritas (BV).

29th November 2011

BV certifies Damen services system

29th November 2011

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Offshore Ship Designers has been contracted to develop the design of a low emission diesel electric harbour tug for IJmuiden based Iskes Towage & Salvage.

29th November 2011

OSD to design low emission tug for Iskes

29th November 2011

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A powerful new online version of Castrol marine’s comprehensive directory of marine services (DMS) will be going live in December

29th November 2011

Castrol go online with new directory

29th November 2011

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The first of a new series of versatile Slovak coastal vessels for German interests has been delivered by Danube shipyard Slovenské Lodenice Komarno (SLK).

29th November 2011

New Slovak coaster series for Germans

29th November 2011

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Solar Solve Marine has returned from a visit to the Kor-Marine Exhibition in Busan with a contract worth in excess of $500,000 over the next 12 months.

28th November 2011

Continued success for Solar Solve in Korea

28th November 2011

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AVEVA Group UK has announced that German shipbuilder Nobiskrug has invested in the AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management product family (AVEVA ERM).

28th November 2011

Nobiskrug invests in AVEVA software

28th November 2011