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Kelvin Hughes has announced a new distribution arrangement with Zener Marine of Dubai, covering the full range of paper and digital charts and publications.

11th April 2011

Chart operation expands in Dubai

11th April 2011

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s European Equipment division says that it had appointed WaterMota SRL of Romania as a new distributor of engines for Central Europe.

8th April 2011

New distributor for MHI in Romania

8th April 2011

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STX Finland and Finferries have signed a contract for the construction of a 65m environmentally-friendly double ended ro-pax ferry for the Turku Archipelago. It will be built at the STX Rauma yard.

8th April 2011

Double ended ferry order for STX Finland

8th April 2011

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Det Norske Veritas reports that Stena RoRo has become the first operator to sign a contract for its new Triple-E environmental efficiency rating.

8th April 2011

Ferry operator goes for Triple-E rating

8th April 2011

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ClassNK has announced the release of the 2011 edition of the ClassNK Rules.

7th April 2011

ClassNK revises Class Rules

7th April 2011

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ClassNK says that it has provided the first class approval for a coating testing system to the Japanese Paint Inspection and Testing Association (JPIA), in line with the IMO’s performance standard for…

7th April 2011

First approval for cargo oil tank coating testing system

7th April 2011

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Canadian software company ShipConstructor has announced a new release of its AutoCAD-based CAD/CAM program for the shipbuilding and offshore industries.

7th April 2011

New version of CAD/CAM software released

7th April 2011

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UK safety equipment company Survitec has announced plans to acquire the Zodiac commercial SOLAS liferaft business, which manufactures liferafts for merchant ships, ferries, and cruise ships.

7th April 2011

Zodiac liferaft business to be sold

7th April 2011

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Mitsui OSK Lines has announced results from trials on a car carrier of its optimum trim system for ships, jointly developed with Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen).

6th April 2011

Trim optimiser cuts fuel by 4%

6th April 2011

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A new teaching facility has now been officially opened at Shanghai Maritime University’s Lingang campus, at the heart of which is a fully-functional MAN B&W two-stroke engine.

6th April 2011

Engine propels Chinese education

6th April 2011

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The annual Seatrade awards, presented at a dinner at the Guildhall in London on the evening of 4 April, recognised actions to counter the piracy threat as well as the usual technological…

5th April 2011

Seatrade awards recognise anti-piracy actions

5th April 2011

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Converteam reports that it has delivered of the first propulsion motor for the Royal Navys Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, as part of its contract for the electric propulsion systems for both…

4th April 2011

Electric motors installed in new carrier

4th April 2011

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Dutch chart distributor Datema has announced that it has finally managed to secure the necessary permissions to make its ENCTrack distribution system for ENCs fully available.

4th April 2011

Pay-as-you go electronic charts get green light

4th April 2011

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Keppel FELS in Singapore is obviously vying for the title of the world’s busiest shipyard, having secured yet another orders for a KFELS B class jack-up rig.

4th April 2011

Jackup rig option exercised

4th April 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK says it is helping improve the efficiency of international shipping with the release of its new environmental efficiency analysis software, PrimeShip-GREEN/EEOI.

1st April 2011

Free emissions analysis software from Class NK

1st April 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

UK company Marine Software reports that ferry operator Tallink-Silja Line has installed its Marine Project Manager on the Galaxy, Silja Serenade, Silja Symphony and Silja Europa.

1st April 2011

Maintenance planning for ferry fleet

1st April 2011

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Norwegian Car Carriers (NOCC) has placed an order with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a large car carrier newbuilding for delivery in August 2012.

1st April 2011

Large car carrier ordered by NOCC

1st April 2011

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Norwegian company Havyard Ship Technology has signed a contract with Sartor Offshore for the delivery of a Havyard 832 L platform supply vessel, with an option for an additional ship.

1st April 2011

Sartor Offshore orders Havyard PSV

1st April 2011

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ClassNK has officially announced the establishment of a new exclusive surveyor office in Shenzen, China, the 11th office it has opened in China, marking the continued growth of ClassNK’s presence in the…

31st March 2011

Class society opens new Chinese office

31st March 2011

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Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has at last announced that Buquebus is the customer that ordered its first high speed ro-pax ferry to be powered by LNG.

31st March 2011

First LNG fast ferry goes to South America

31st March 2011