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Engineering design and information management company Aveva has announced a significant new contract win with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), further increasing its investment in Aveva products.

22nd March 2011

Design systems order from HHI

22nd March 2011

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Netherlands-based EMEA headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says that MHI has appointed Polish company BTH Fast as a distributor of industrial and marine engines.

22nd March 2011

New Polish engine distributor for MHI

22nd March 2011

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MTU parent Tognum has announced plans to expand its production capacity in Europe, with investment in the lead plant in Friedrichshafen and in a new facility in Eastern Europe.

22nd March 2011

Tognum expands production in Europe

22nd March 2011

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Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured an order worth a a total of $450 million to build a harsh-environment jack-up rig for Seadrill.

22nd March 2011

Sembcorp to build jack-up rig for Seadrill

22nd March 2011

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Specialist marine engineer & boilermaker Harris Pye Group has signed an agreement with TEi, which allows for manufacture of boilers under licence.

22nd March 2011

Boiler licence agreement signed

22nd March 2011

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Keppel FELS has delivered its seventh semisubmersible drilling tender (SSDT), ‘West Jaya’, to Seadrill, two weeks ahead of schedule, and within budget.

22nd March 2011

Seventh drill tender delivered

22nd March 2011

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After having been declared the preferred bidder in the tender process to acquire Malta Superyacht Services in December 2010, Palumbo says that it has finally taken over the new shipyard.

22nd March 2011

Palumbo acquires superyacht yard

22nd March 2011

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Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) has announced that its Bay Shipbuilding Company will build two 92.4m platform supply vessels of the MMC 887 LH PSV design for US operator Tidewater.

22nd March 2011

US PSV contract for Fincantieri

22nd March 2011

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Wind farm operator RWE Innogy has launched the first of two offshore installation vessels.

22nd March 2011

Short timescale for wind farm ship

22nd March 2011

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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a contract worth about KRW 800 billion, to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for German shipping line Hamburg Süd.

21st March 2011

German boxship order for HHI

21st March 2011

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Wärtsilä has announced an extension contract from STX Finland for the supply of equipment for the worlds biggest LNG fuelled passenger ferry, added to the order received at the beginning of March.

21st March 2011

LNG and silencer equipment ordered for new ferry

21st March 2011

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Decision-making needs to go back to the hands of crew and away from shore-based managers, says InterManager president Alastair Evitt.

21st March 2011

InterManager backs on-board decision-making

21st March 2011

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Chemring Marine has appointed Ghasham Marine Services as its distributor for Pains Wessex and Comet marine distress signals in State of Qatar.

20th March 2011

New safety equipment distributor for Qatar

20th March 2011

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Engine and generator specialist WaterMota of the UK has signed an agreement with Denmark-based Bukh enabling it to sell SOLAS approved engines.

18th March 2011

Distribution deal for SOLAS engines

18th March 2011

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Yangzhou Dayang Shipyard, an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has started building two new vessels – a bulk carrier and an LPG tanker.

17th March 2011

Sinopacific begins two newbuild projects

17th March 2011

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Dutch company Alewijnse says that it is playing a major role in the conversion of the 8,250 dwt construction vessel ‘Agile’ into a deep-water pipe-laying ship.

17th March 2011

Pipe-layer conversion for Brazil contract

17th March 2011

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OceanSaver of Norway has announced plans for an updated version of its ballast water management technology, promising to save both energy and money for shipowners and yards.

16th March 2011

Second generation BWT launched

16th March 2011

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The first steel plate has been cut at by Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard for Princess Cruises next ship, which will be known as ‘Royal Princess’.

16th March 2011

First plate cut for new cruise ship

16th March 2011

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National Chemical Carriers of Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of the first of two chemical carriers ordered from SLS Shipbuilding of Korea.

16th March 2011

Chemical tanker delivered to Saudi owner

16th March 2011

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MAN PrimeServ’s Service Center Denmark in Frederikshavn has launched a new online business portal offering what the company says are large savings on a surplus stock of original parts.

16th March 2011

Genuine spares at a discount

16th March 2011