General News

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) will build the 7,000 dwt ‘Beluga Connection’, the first cable-layer for new German company Beluga Offshore Cable.

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore ASA recently placed a newbuilding contract worth over NOK 800 million ($138 million) with Ulstein Verft for the construction of a 165 m offshore IMR/ construction vessel.

The Dutch heavy-lift company Dockwise BV has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build a 117,000 dwt ‘Type 0’ (T-0) semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for delivery by the end of 2012.

German navigation system supplier Raytheon Anschütz has introduced Nautosteer, described as a new advanced steering control system. Availability is expected by the end of 2011.

FLAGSHIP, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has achieved major advances in accurately measuring on-board power requirements and thereby enabling a reduction in fuel consumption through the development of FLAGSHIP-EEM (Energy Efficiency…

Drydocks World recently launched the anchor handling offshore support vessel ‘Olympus Crest’ at its shipyard in Nanindah, Indonesia.

Tourism operator Mary D Enterprises has selected Austal to design and construct a 35.20m high-speed monohull passenger ferry, the second Austal-built vessel for the Noumea-based company.

Construction of Sea SA’s much anticipated new ferry, the Australian-designed Aurora, has slowed due to difficulties experienced by the Indonesian shipbuilder, a subsidiary of DryDocks World, Dubai.

Eniram, a Finnish developer of dynamic decision support systems, says that Norwegian ferry operator Color Line will be deploying the first installation of its dynamic trimming assistant (DTA).

A recent delivery from the yard of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in Sibu, East Malaysia is a further indication of the growing technical sophistication of the Sarawak yards.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) announced plans to award $100,000 in grants this year to entrepreneurs working on zero-emissions technologies for shipping and port logistics.

Rolls-Royce Marine has announced a new order, valued at £20 million, to supply engines and propulsion equipment for four gas-fuelled ferries to be built for Norwegian operator Torghatten Nord.

Maritime Information Systems (Maris) in Norway has secured what is believed to be the world’s first type approval certification for an independent PC-based radar kit to meet the new Radar Performance Standard…