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Wärtsilä has reported an order for the delivery of an integrated propulsion solution for a new river vessel, representing the company’s first foray into the Paraguayan market.

10th April 2014

Wärtsilä enters Paraguayan market with tug order

10th April 2014

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Hans Jensen Lubricators and Hudong Heavy Machinery have reached agreement on a training collaboration.

10th April 2014

Hans Jensen and Hudong join forces for training

10th April 2014

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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply bulk versions of its cargo handling cranes for five Chinese shipyards.

10th April 2014

MacGregor cranes prove popular

10th April 2014

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German company Avat Automation has launched a marine version of its combustion signal processor for gas-fuelled engines.

10th April 2014

Cylinder pressure processing for marine gas engines

10th April 2014

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DNV GL has announced a new position paper, dealing with what it describes as a new approach to ship energy efficiency methodology, based on ‘exergy’ rather than just energy management.

9th April 2014

Next-generation energy efficiency methodology from DNV GL

9th April 2014

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The global shipping industry is concerned about “serious” implementation problems associated with the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, which governments chose to gloss over at the recent MEPC meeting.

9th April 2014

BWM Convention problems go unsolved

9th April 2014

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries says that its L30KG engine has become the first Japanese-designed gas engine to obtain type approval from DNV.

8th April 2014

Japanese engine joins the marine LNG market

8th April 2014

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Ålesund-based offshore operator Golden Energy Offshore has ordered two Ulstein PX121H PSVs to be built at Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments (ROC) in China.

8th April 2014

Two Ulstein PSVs to be built in China for Golden Energy

8th April 2014

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The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued a statement welcoming the recent MEPC 66 agreement to start analysing appropriate data collection methods for measures to enhance the energy efficiency of ships.

8th April 2014

Forum welcomes IMO progress on MRV

8th April 2014

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Rolls-Royce says it has been contracted to deliver an engine and deck machinery package worth over £17 million for an Arctic AHTS vessel to be built by Vard for Bourbon Offshore Norway.

8th April 2014

Rolls-Royce engines and anchor handling for Bourbon newbuild

8th April 2014