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ClassNK announced its final register statistics for 2010, revealing that nearly 20 million gross tons were added to the class society’s register this past year.

27th January 2011

ClassNK sets new record

27th January 2011

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Caterpillar Marine Power Systems was recently selected to provide combined propulsion systems for two Scandlines car ferry newbuilds.

26th January 2011

Caterpillar powers new car ferries

26th January 2011

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Pride International recently announced that the company has dedicated and accepted delivery of the ‘Deep Ocean Mendocino’, the third new deepwater drillship to be added to the Pride International fleet.

26th January 2011

New deepwater drillship for Pride

26th January 2011

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Jo Tankers in Norway recently ordered two 30.000 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers of IMOI/II/III notation from Mingde Heavy Industry in China with delivery from mid-year 2013.

26th January 2011

Chinese yard clinches tanker pair

26th January 2011

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FLAGSHIP, the pan-European maritime transport project part-funded by the EU, has developed a monitoring system that applies the Technical Condition Indexing scheme (TCI) to help a ship’s crew monitor and improve the…

26th January 2011

FLAGSHIP TCI improves engine performance monitoring

26th January 2011

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Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding says IMO and the shipping industry need to move more quickly to a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues which have important consequences for the safety of seafarers.

26th January 2011

Schat-Harding calls for consensus

26th January 2011

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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany have experimented with an aluminium powder that could replace steel plates in vessels and reduce their weight by…

26th January 2011

Aluminium foam plates to cut weight of ships

26th January 2011

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Maersk’s rumoured order for 18,000 TEU containerships could change the competitive landscape for the container carriers, with the new designs expected to breach existing vessel dimensions in a significant way.

25th January 2011

Maersk ULCSs may trigger capacity race

25th January 2011

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Incat Crowther has recently won two separate design contracts with the Chinese shipbuilder AFAI Shipyard.

25th January 2011

China orders Incat Crowther cats

25th January 2011

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Eniram Ltd, the Finnish provider of advanced decision support systems for the shipping industry, will be integrating its pod optimization technology into the ABB’s Azipod propulsion system for newbuild vessels as well…

25th January 2011

Eniram to increase Azipod efficiency

25th January 2011

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Two of Germany’s most prominent shipyard groups - P&S Yards and Meyer Werft - have announced new orders for ship types seen as crucial for the future survival of specialist European shipbuilding,…

24th January 2011

Germans reveal more newbuild orders

24th January 2011

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Rolls-Royce recently received an order from Singapore-based offshore company PaxOcean to provide the ship design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for two platform supply vessels.

24th January 2011

Paxocean orders PSV pair

24th January 2011

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Olympic Shipping in Norway has entered into a contract for delivery of one multi-purpose offshore support vessel at Myklebust Verft, a yard in the Kleven Maritime group in Norway, for delivery in…

24th January 2011

Kleven gets Olympic MPSV order

24th January 2011

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The launch ceremony for the 30,000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Congo River’ took place recently at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.

24th January 2011

Dutch launch Belgian dredger

24th January 2011

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Anglo-Dutch naval architect company Offshore Ship Designers has launched a new offshore wind farm maintenance (WFM) vessel concept.

21st January 2011

Wind-farm mother ship concept launched

21st January 2011

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‘K’ Line Offshore AS (KOAS), a subsidiary of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K Line), recently took delivery of two new offshore support vessels.

20th January 2011

KOAS takes delivery of offshore vessels

20th January 2011

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Noble Corporation recently announced that a subsidiary has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of two ultra-deepwater drillships.

20th January 2011

HHI inks drillship pair

20th January 2011

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InterManager, the international trade association for the ship management industry, is pleased to welcome Docmap as a new associate member.

19th January 2011

Quality management company joins InterManager

19th January 2011

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Totem Plus, an Israeli marine electronics developer and supplier, has launched a new type approved bridge navigation watch alarm system (BNWAS).

19th January 2011

New BNWAS from Israel

19th January 2011

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Preliminary results from the Paris MoU concentrated inspection campaign on tanker damage stability, carried out between 1 September 2010 and 30 November 2010 show that 16% of ships inspected were potentially dangerous.

19th January 2011

‘Unstable tankers’ give PSC cause for concern

19th January 2011