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LR starts 250th anniversary celebrations with HHI delivery

4th January 2010

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Keppel FELS has delivered West Vencedor, the sixth of seven KFELS semisubmersible drilling tenders (SSDT) to Seadrill.

31st December 2009

13 rig deliveries in 2009

31st December 2009

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The Indian government is reported to have given the nod to a new Hindustan shipyard.

31st December 2009

New Indian yard gets go-ahead

31st December 2009

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The Brazilan state-run oil company uses its transport needs to help the domestic shipbuilding industry.

31st December 2009

Petrobras signs charter contracts for tanker newbuildings

31st December 2009

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The Korean shipbuilder plans to start laying off staff in February.

31st December 2009

Hanjin to cut workforce

31st December 2009

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The shipbuilder fell short of target, despite increased yearly sales

31st December 2009

Hyundai misses 2009 target

31st December 2009

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The Viking Lady was in Copenhagen to demonstrate low-emissions shipping to world leaders – and The Motorship

31st December 2009

First fuel cell-equipped commercial vessel on show

31st December 2009

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The government of Bangladesh proposes to set up a specific zone for ship-breaking.

30th December 2009

Bangladesh cleaning up its shipbreaking act

30th December 2009

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The American Club expands its PEME Seafarer Programme

30th December 2009

American Club expands seafarer programme

30th December 2009

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Tanker order from Greek shipowner

30th December 2009

Greek shipowner orders ten Suezmaxes

30th December 2009

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THE MOTORSHIP WISHES ALL ITS READERS A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

30th December 2009

North Pole customer for trimaran newbuilding

30th December 2009

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The idle containership fleet has fallen, as employment of larger vessels has received a boost

30th December 2009

Idle fleet falls due to slow steaming

30th December 2009

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MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will transfer part of its business involving high-speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel

30th December 2009

MAN Diesel adds high speed

30th December 2009

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Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured contracts worth S$160 million ($115 million) for a FPSO…

10th December 2009

Keppel clinches three more contracts

10th December 2009

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Cars and trucks, coal-fired power stations, and belching cows. The usual suspects when it comes to discussions of carbon footprints and climate change. But, Greek researchers discuss, in the International Journal of…

10th December 2009

Emissions targets all at sea

10th December 2009

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Green development at Odense Steel Shipyard has now been secured with the establishment of a fund consisting of a few powerful Danish businessmen. OSS, better known as Lind? Shipyard, is being shut…

10th December 2009

Lindo shipyard ready to go green

10th December 2009

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has entered an agreement with German company DS-Schiffahrt / Quadrant Bereederung to supply liferafts to their entire fleet of 39 vessels. In an agreement worth $200,000 per annum,…

10th December 2009

Liferaft contract for WSS

10th December 2009

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The first shuttle and regasification vessel (SRV) co-owned by Höegh LNG and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) was completed at Samsung Heavy Industries and delivered to the GDF Suez group on 30…

10th December 2009

Shuttle and regasification vessel delivered

10th December 2009

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Early in 2007, Lloyd?s Register began research into the implications of nuclear propulsion for merchant ships. This initiative was built on Lloyd?s Register?s extensive experience in the traditional nuclear industries and from…

10th December 2009

LR explores reintroduction of nuclear ships

10th December 2009

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LNG carrier Dapeng Star' has just been delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO., Ltd to its owner China LNG Shipping. This is the fifth LNG carrier built within the framework of an…

10th December 2009

Chinese LNG carrier an example of technology cooperation.

10th December 2009

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At the 4th Maritime Awards Gala held in Rotterdam, the KVNR Shipping Award 2009 was granted to the sustainable tugboat project known as E3 Tug. The E3 tug is being developed by…

9th December 2009

E3 tug receives award

9th December 2009

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The Japanese engine manufacturer, Niigata Powers Systems, has received an order for 22 sets of high-speed diesel engine to power new patrol vessels for the Japanese Coast Guard. The compact and lightweight…

8th December 2009

Niigata engines power Japanese Coast Guard vessels

8th December 2009

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The design work for the optimisation of oil tankers in terms of efficiency and safety carried out jointly by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) won the…

8th December 2009

GL and NTU Athens win Greek Shipping Award

8th December 2009