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Polish cargo ship operator Polska Zegluga Morska (PZM) has awarded an order for eight new bulk carriers to an unnamed Chinese shipyard, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

2nd January 2014

Poland’s PZM orders eight bulk carriers from China

2nd January 2014

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Polands Remontowa shipyard is to build four more dual-fuelled PSVs to the Wärtsilä Ship Design VS 4411 DF design for Siem Offshore.

31st December 2013

Four more gas-fuelled PSVs for Siem

31st December 2013

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Epic Gas Ltd’s recent order of two 11,000m³ vessels from Japan’s Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has increased its fleet size to better target the LPG and petrochemical markets.

30th December 2013

Epic Gas expands its services

30th December 2013

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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is to build what is thought will be the world’s largest LNG floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) for Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).

30th December 2013

DSME ends year on a high

30th December 2013

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Japanese company NYK has revealed plans to build a tug featuring a dual fuel engine that can run on either LNG or HFO.

27th December 2013

Japan’s first LNG-fuelled vessel to be built by NYK

27th December 2013

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Dutch company Royal Boskalis has announced that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell…

27th December 2013

Rotterdam tug is first to use synthetic diesel

27th December 2013

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Mikhail Gutseriev, Russian billionaire owner of the Russneft company, one of the country’s leading oil producers, is reported to be considering purchasing the Red Sormovo shipyard and the Proletarian factory in St.…

24th December 2013

Russian billionaire may acquire troubled shipbuilding assets

24th December 2013

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Damen Shipyards has been awarded a second contract from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government for an 80m ice-class ro-pax ferry.

24th December 2013

Second Damen ice-class ro-pax for Canada

24th December 2013

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The World Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) has announced the coming year’s international student competition for designing a safe ferry.

23rd December 2013

Ferry design competition 2014

23rd December 2013

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ClassNK has set up a special Casualty Investigation Team in order to look in to and determine the cause of casualties, following the loss of the container vessels, ‘MOL Comfort’.

23rd December 2013

‘MOL Comfort’ investigation

23rd December 2013