General News

Goltens Worldwide has opened a new full service facility in Houston, Texas, which the company says is now operational and ready to support customer requirements.

The new CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE will be Dr Uwe Lauber, who takes over responsibility for the Augsburg-based group with effect from 1 January 2015.

The first of three Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) designed bulk carriers has been delivered to US based Archer Daniels Midlands Company (ADM), following completion at Oshima Shipbuilding in Nagasaki.

Ferry trade association Interferry has praised a decision by the recent IMO MEPC 67 that could exempt certain ferry operators from fitting equipment required by the impending Ballast Water Management Convention.

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 67th session at IMO headquarters in London from 13 to 17 October, and the following items were agreed.

Burgess Marine and Shoreham Port report that the two organisations plan to revitalise shiprepair operations at Shoreham.

ACQUISITION: Navico Holding AS, parent company to the Simrad brand of navigational marine electronics, is to acquire Maris (Maritime Information Systems A/S) from The Grieg Group.