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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received a $500 million order from Hoegh of Norway to build a pair of LNG floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).

17th June 2011

HHI inks Hoegh order for LNG FSRUs

17th June 2011

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Hempel, the Danish-based industrial and marine paint manufacturer, is expanding its operations in the Indian subcontinent with the opening of a new manufacturing unit in Nashik, Maharashtra.

17th June 2011

Hempel expands in India

17th June 2011

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Scania launched a new range of marine propulsion units consisting of high speed engines, transmission and type-approved instrumentation at Mercator Medias annual Seawork exhibition in Southampton, UK.

17th June 2011

Scania launches new engines

17th June 2011

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Rolls-Royce has announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels.

16th June 2011

Rolls-Royce secures offshore propulsion orders

16th June 2011

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Norwegian companyOceanSaver has developed its next generation advanced ballast water treatment system, Mark II, which, it claims, will reduce energy use by over 50% compared to its previous technology.

16th June 2011

New BWT system cuts consumption by half

16th June 2011

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Cardiff-based Graig Ship Management Limited has taken delivery of the 79,600 dwt bulk-carrier ‘King Peace’, for which it is providing full technical management and crewing on behalf of Shanghai-based Zhong An Shipping.

16th June 2011

Graig to manage Chinese-owned vessel

16th June 2011

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The Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Sanco Shipping to build a seismic vessel with an option for an additional vessel.

16th June 2011

Kleven inks seismic vessel for Sanco

16th June 2011

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BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced a number of innovative technologies to help improve the experience of personnel travelling to and from offshore windfarms.

16th June 2011

BMT improves offshore windfarm vessel designs

16th June 2011

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The fourth edition of Lloyd’s Register’s guide, ‘Ballast Water Treatment Technology’, has been released.

16th June 2011

LR publishes latest guidance on BWT

16th June 2011

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Singapore-based NOL Group signed letters of intent with two South Korean shipbuilders to build 12 new container vessels for its APL subsidiary.

16th June 2011

Korea bags NOL boxship dozen

16th June 2011

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Rolls-Royce has announced that it has won a £15 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for ship owner Brasil Supply.

15th June 2011

Rolls-Royce wins offshore supply vessel order in Brazil

15th June 2011

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Danish ship designer Knud E. Hansen, in partnership with Fleetway, has recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada for the basic design of a series of…

15th June 2011

Design for six new ferries for Canada

15th June 2011

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Renewable energy was the key to success at Mercator Medias Seawork Awards dinner in Southampton, UK, on 14 June, with the top award going to a wind turbine access system.

15th June 2011

Seawork awards recognise renewables

15th June 2011

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Vessel designer Incat Crowther says that it is becoming involved in refurbishment of its older designs, bringing them up to latest economic and environmental standards.

15th June 2011

New lease of life for Alaska ferry

15th June 2011

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UK company Kittiwake Developments has announced the acquisition of Holroyd Instruments, a manufacturer of acoustic emission technology, which Kittiwake says will strengthen its presence in condition monitoring.

15th June 2011

Another acquisition for Kittiwake

15th June 2011

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Austal Ships has announced that it has been chosen as the preferred tenderer as prime contractor for the design, construction and support of eight new vessels for the Australian Customs and Border…

14th June 2011

Austal preferred for patrol craft bid

14th June 2011

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GE Marine reports that it will provide Austal USA with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy’s fourth LCS-Class-Independence variant.

13th June 2011

Gas turbines ordered for fourth LCS

13th June 2011

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IHC Merwerde says that the naming and launch ceremony took place recently for the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Breughel, which the company is building at its Krimpen aan den Ijssel shipyard…

13th June 2011

Dutch-built dredger launched

13th June 2011

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Keppel FELS has been awarded a contract worth about $260 million by returning customer, Floatel International, to build a new generation accommodation semisubmersible for delivery in the first quarter of 2014.

13th June 2011

Keppel’s orderbook continues to grow

13th June 2011

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Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group says that its Dayang Shipyard has started replacing acetylene with natural gas in cutting and fire engineering correction work.

13th June 2011

Chinese shipyard ditches acetylene for natural gas

13th June 2011