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Interferry has written to the Philippines transportation ministry with an offer of assistance in improving safety standards in domestic ferry operations.

11th October 2010

Interferry moves on Philippines ferry safety

11th October 2010

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Solar Solve Marine recently commissioned a laboratory to carry out tests to quantify the actual value of cost savings, in US dollars, that can be made when Solasolv products are installed and…

8th October 2010

Roller screens help reduce aircon costs

8th October 2010

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Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72 propulsion engines and gensets to power 36 interceptor boats.

8th October 2010

Caterpillar to power Indian patrol vessels

8th October 2010

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NYK Line is planning to build a 175,000 dwt slurry tanker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the shipment of New Zealand ironsand.

8th October 2010

Slurry tanker for MHI

8th October 2010

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The three major indicators, order backlogs, new orders and completion & delivery, for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between South Korea and China is getting wider in the course of time.

8th October 2010

Korea shipbuilding lagging behind China

8th October 2010

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Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has recently delivered the ‘P-57’ FPSO vessel to Monaco-based Single Buoy Moorings Offshore N.V. (SBM).

8th October 2010

Keppel delivers Petrobras FPSO

8th October 2010

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Lloyds Register has issued new guidance notes to help ship-owners and operators who are preparing to install ballast-water treatment systems on their ships.

7th October 2010

LR offers guidance on ballast-water systems

7th October 2010

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Shipbuilding company Ananda Group in Bangladesh signed an agreement with Greendock BV, a Dutch company specialising in ship recycling, for establishing multipurpose yards for repairing and recycling ships.

7th October 2010

Bangladesh in JV with Dutch shipbreaker

7th October 2010

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New Orleans-based Tidewater entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 80.77m deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

7th October 2010

Tidewater places PSV quartet with Drydocks World

7th October 2010

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Wärtsilä and Ecospec Global Technology, owner of the CSNOx emissions abatement technology, recently signed a MOU to work together towards the common goal of providing clean power solutions.

7th October 2010

Wärtsilä and Ecospec to co-operate in exhaust gas treatment

7th October 2010

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A little-known Cleveland-based company has bid to acquire the entire shipbuilding unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, including the big shipyard in Newport News that builds US Navy vessels.

6th October 2010

Bid for Northrop Grumman shipbuilding revealed

6th October 2010

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ABS has announced a major organizational change with the creation of a fifth operating division that will be responsible for the society’s activities in The People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR…

6th October 2010

ABS creates greater China Operating Division

6th October 2010

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Having developed the concept and basic design for Heerema’s new monohull vessel, Ulstein Group’s Dutch based design company, Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), has now been awarded the further engineering of the…

6th October 2010

Ulstein design for Heerema newbuilding

6th October 2010

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Schottel Inc., the US subsidiary of Schottel GmbH, the German manufacturer of propulsion systems, recently signed a service cooperation agreement with CS Controls Inc. (CSC) to undertake repairs, upgrades and overhauls of…

5th October 2010

CS Controls to be Schottel partner for servicing

5th October 2010

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The number of idle containerships is expected to rise by the end of the year as the carriers’ winter deployment programmes kicks in.

5th October 2010

Idle container vessels to increase

5th October 2010

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The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on the application of the EU framework on state aid rules for shipbuilding, with a view to determining whether to maintain it unchanged,…

5th October 2010

EC examining state aid rules for shipbuilding sector

5th October 2010

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Wärtsilä, together with Deltamarin, which claims to be the foremost design company in the cruise and ferry market, has introduced an innovative series of ferry designs.

5th October 2010

Innovative ferry family from Finland

5th October 2010

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HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, recently held a ceremony in Ulsan to commemorate the company’s production milestone of 100 million bhp.

4th October 2010

MAN licensee breaks 100 million bhp barrier

4th October 2010

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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has achieved an unprecedented aggregate production of 100 million brake horsepower in two-stroke engines.

3rd October 2010

Hyundai record milestone in marine engines

3rd October 2010

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The London P&I Club says a recent casualty involving a containership serves as a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to check navigation charts for information about corrections that need to…

3rd October 2010

London Club warning on over-reliance on GPS

3rd October 2010

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STX Norway Offshore has through its subsidiary STX Brazil Offshore entered into a new contract for the building of one Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel for Norskan Offshore in Brazil, a…

3rd October 2010

DOF AHTS to be built in Brazil

3rd October 2010

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Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore has secured new contracts worth about $101 million to complete and refurbish two semisubmersible drilling rigs respectively for Saipem S.p.A and Ensco plc.

3rd October 2010

Keppel secures contracts worth $101 million

3rd October 2010

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The Japanese shipowner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (‘K’ Line) has placed an order with Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd. (YDK) to expand the installation of the latest heading control system onboard its vessels.

3rd October 2010

‘K’ Line expands installation of control system

3rd October 2010