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Warsash Maritime Academy’s new manned model Ship Handling Centre has recently been officially opened by Admiral The Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead, Chancellor of Southampton Solent University and former First Sea…

5th July 2011

Ship handling facility reopens

5th July 2011

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Talks between ThyssenKrupp and Abu Dhabi Mar on the sale of Blohm + Voss have collapsed, but reports say new discussions are now being held with other interested parties, writes Tom Todd.

4th July 2011

Planned Blohm + Voss sale falls through

4th July 2011

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UK consultant BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, says that it is celebrating 25 years of innovative vessel design this year.

2nd July 2011

Consultant reaches 25 years in design

2nd July 2011

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Wärtsilä has announced a technical management contract, based on its dynamic maintenance planning concept, covering six LNG carriers operated by Greek ship manager and LNG shipping specialist Ceres LNG Services.

1st July 2011

Wärtsilä concludes new LNG ship maintenance contract

1st July 2011

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Austal Ships reports that the US Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of the sixth and seventh Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), as part of a 10-ship $1.6 billion programme.

1st July 2011

JHSV 6 and 7 contract goes to Austal

1st July 2011

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MAN Diesel & Turbo says that it signed a contract in April, 2011 with STX of South Korea, for four 12V28/33D STC medium speed engines, for a Republic of Korea Navy ship…

1st July 2011

MAN Diesel gains Korean Navy engine order

1st July 2011

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SEAaT says that international legal practice Norton Rose LLP and the freight services division of global mining group Rio Tinto have become its newest associate members.

30th June 2011

New associates join emissions trading body

30th June 2011

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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has stated that its CEO, Sang-Tae Nam, was solely responsible for developing the HP-FGS (high-pressure fuelled gas supply) system for MAN Diesel & Turbo’s ME-GI engine.

30th June 2011

DSME develops gas fuel supply system

30th June 2011

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Keppel Singmarine Brasil, Keppel Offshore & Marine s new shipbuilding facility in Santa Catarina, Brazil, has secured two newbuild contracts worth about S$140 million from fleet operators in Brazil.

30th June 2011

Keppel clinches Brazilian shipbuilding contracts

30th June 2011

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Wärtsilä and Jiangsu CuiXing Marine Offshore Engineering have agreed to establish a joint venture for manufacturing Wärtsilä 26 and Wärtsilä 32 medium-speed marine engines in China.

30th June 2011

Wärtsilä medium speed engine joint venture established in China

30th June 2011

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Caterpillar Marine Power Systems and Caterpillar Emissions Solutions have received certification from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Cat 3500 series marine emissions kits to EPA Rule 40 CFR Part…

30th June 2011

Engine emissions kits now EPA certified

30th June 2011

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Mitsui OSK Lines says that FineBallast OZ, an ozone-based ballast water treatment system co-developed by MOL, MOL Marine Consulting, and others has received a certificate of compliance from the Japanese government.

30th June 2011

Japan certifies MOL’s ballast water treatment system

30th June 2011

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Bourbon has announced the signing of a five-year marine charter agreement with CGGVeritas for six new seismic support and assistance vessels that will be delivered from Grandweld in Dubai at the end…

30th June 2011

Bourbon places six hybrid newbuildings

30th June 2011

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The French Bourbon group has unveiled its strategic plan for 2015, which it says continues its Horizon 2012 plan, which involved a €2 billion investment in replacing obsolete vessels and developing its…

29th June 2011

Bourbon announces future plans

29th June 2011

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MAN Diesel & Turbo says that recently it returned to its roots when it signed a remarkable EMC (engine management concept) contract covering a historic Danish ship, the 150-year-old paddle steamer ‘Hjejlen’…

29th June 2011

Engine management for 150-year-old ship

29th June 2011

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Sener of Spain and China Ship Development and Design Center (CSDDC) have signed a memorandum of understand for the implementation of the shipbuilding CAD/CAM Foran system in CSDDC.

29th June 2011

CAD/CAM in Chinese ship design centre

29th June 2011

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MAN Diesel & Turbo has added another two-stroke licensee to its roster, in the form of CSSC Guangzhou Marine Engine (GMD), part of the state-owned CSSC Group, and based close to Guangzhou…

29th June 2011

MAN adds south China two-stroke licensee

29th June 2011

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Koji Sekimizu of Japan has been elected as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with effect from 1 January 2012, for an initial term of four years.

29th June 2011

IMO elects its next Secretary-General

29th June 2011

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Wärtsilä CME Zhenjiang Propeller, the joint venture company of Wärtsilä and Zhenjiang CME, has formally inaugurated its new €12 million CP propeller plant in Zhenjiang, China, first announced in October 2010.

29th June 2011

Wärtsilä inaugurates Chinese CPP factory

29th June 2011

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Cargotec has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea to deliver MacGregor ro-ro equipment for four deepsea con-ro vessels to be built for a Saudi Arabian owner.

28th June 2011

Ro-ro equipment order from South Korea

28th June 2011