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Hamburg shipyard J.J.Sietas, on its knees and near collapse just two years ago, has become the first German yard to design and build an offshore wind energy transport and installation jack-up vessel.

9th December 2010

Sietas books Germany’s first wind farm jack-up

9th December 2010

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Hamworthy has received its first order for its wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) technology from DFDS A/S. the Danish ferry operator.

8th December 2010

Hamworthy wins order for new MBR system

8th December 2010

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The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), speaking at the UN climate change conference in Cancun, has expressed concern about the merchant shipping energy database published by the Carbon War Room’.

8th December 2010

ICS questions Bransons carbon war room database

8th December 2010

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Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), the Tung-family-controlled shipping company, is considering ordering very large container ships that would be almost 50% bigger than any ship in its fleet, a senior executive confirmed.

8th December 2010

OOCL contemplating mega boxships

8th December 2010

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Safe Bulkers in Greece has entered into a shipbuilding contract for the construction of a Chinese-built, drybulk Capesize-class vessel of approximately 180,000 dwt at a contracted price of $53 million, with an…

8th December 2010

Safe Bulkers orders Caper

8th December 2010

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Marine lubricant supplier Total Lubmarine has launched a new product specifically designed to improve the performance and protection of medium-speed engines, while claiming significant savings on maintenance and operational costs.

8th December 2010

Lubmarine launches new lubricant

8th December 2010

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Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard is on track to deliver the ‘Atwood Osprey’, a first of its class ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig to Atwood Oceanics.

6th December 2010

First of class semisub named

6th December 2010

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Class Society DNV has unveiled a new design concept for a VLCC that offers drastic savings in exhaust emissions, and in which the need for ballast water is eliminated and VOC emissions…

6th December 2010

A new environmental concept for tanker shipping

6th December 2010

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Norways Eidesvik Offshore has exercised a NOK 440 million ($71.2 million) option to build a second LNG-fuelled PSV at Kleven’s Ulsteinvik shipyard, for delivery in September 2012.

3rd December 2010

Eidesvik exercises Kleven option

3rd December 2010

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There is concern that shipping and aviation will be used as a cash cow to help raise the $100 billion in funds a year needed by 2020 to help developing countries deal…

3rd December 2010

Will shipping’s voice be heard at the UNFCCC?

3rd December 2010

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MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä Corporation have agreed to pursue a large joint research project, the Hercules-C project, as a continuation of the previous successful Hercules programmes for research and development…

3rd December 2010

Wärtsilä and MAN to continue Hercules project

3rd December 2010

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India’s largest shipping company by fleet, the state-run Shipping Corp. of India (SCI), will later this week place orders for two 300,000 dwt VLCCs with options for two more. It will also…

2nd December 2010

SCI to place newbuilding orders

2nd December 2010

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The US-based Global Marketing Systems (GMS), one of the world’s biggest cash buyers of redundant vessels from ship owners before delivering them to ship recycling facilities, cooperates with Germanischer Lloyd (GL) on…

2nd December 2010

GMS implements Hong Kong Convention

2nd December 2010

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A consortium of British, American and Greek interests have agreed to investigate the practical maritime applications for small modular reactors (SMR) as commercial tanker-owners search for new designs that could deliver safer,…

2nd December 2010

Shipping experts explore nuclear power potential

2nd December 2010

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Incat Crowther has designed a 24m catamaran scientific research vessel for the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment.

2nd December 2010

Lithuania orders scientific research cat

2nd December 2010

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Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration has signed a contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry for the building of Chinas largest and most advanced patrol vessel which is scheduled for completion in July 2012.

2nd December 2010

China building its largest patrol vessel

2nd December 2010

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The 125 million gt ‘A’ rated North P&I club has written a new handbook on collecting and preserving factual evidence to help raise levels of responsibility and professionalism within the international shipping…

2nd December 2010

New evidence handbook boosts shipping’s professionalism

2nd December 2010

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Singapore-based Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra), an integrated support and marine services provider in the offshore oil & gas (O&G) sector, is fast putting in place building blocks within its core businesses to…

2nd December 2010

Ezra acquires US fabrication facility

2nd December 2010

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Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has initiated an equity issue to fund a program to renew and expand the company’s fleet of seismic ships by building two fifth generation Ramform vessels.

2nd December 2010

PGS to invest in fleet expansion

2nd December 2010

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Farstad Shipping ASA in Ålesund, Norway has, through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore, Scotland and Norway reached an agreement with STX OSV to build four platform supply vessels (PSV).

2nd December 2010

Farstad places building contracts for PSVs

2nd December 2010