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Aalborg Industries in Denmark has successfully finalized the land-based tests towards obtaining IMO’s ‘Type Approval’ of its AquaTriComb ballast water treatment system with very satisfactory test results.

8th June 2010

Satisfactory tests results for Aalborg’s BWT solution

8th June 2010

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California-based Applied Weather Technology (AWT) announced that the Odfjell Group recently selected AWT’s routing services and onboard voyage optimisation system to help the shipowner enhance safety and efficiency, as well as reduce…

8th June 2010

AWT reduces Odfjell’s fuel consumption

8th June 2010

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China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) subsidiary Yichang Marine Diesel Engine (YMD) has completed its first Mitsubishi-UE low-speed marine diesel engine under a technology licensing arrangement with MHI.

7th June 2010

Chinese engine manufacturer completes first Mitsubishi-UE

7th June 2010

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Fairstar Heavy Transport has entered into a contract with Guangzhou Shipyards International (GSI), part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, to build two 50,000 dwt open stern, semi-submersible vessels at a fixed…

7th June 2010

Fairstar plans to expand fleet

7th June 2010

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The new Italian owners of the Cospicua ship repair facility, formerly know as Malta Drydocks, expect to see ‘tranquillity’ and ‘flexibility’ if the yards international credibility were to be restored.

7th June 2010

New owner to make Malta yard credible

7th June 2010

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The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced the completion of Chinese coastal coverage, another substantial increase in the Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) available in its Admiralty Vector Chart Service.

7th June 2010

UKHO completes ENC coverage of China

7th June 2010

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Guadeloupe-based ferry operator L’Express des Iles has selected Austal to design and construct two 47m high speed catamaran ferries.

4th June 2010

Guadeloupe orders repeat Austal ferries

4th June 2010

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The US Coast Guard’s national security cutter USCGC Waesche was commissioned recently and is powered by one GE LM2500 gas turbine and two diesel engines in a combined diesel and gas turbine…

4th June 2010

GE gas turbine powers new USCG cutter

4th June 2010

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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has formed a joint venture with Russias United Shipbuilding Company to build ships in Russias Far East.

4th June 2010

Daewoo signs JV with Russia

4th June 2010

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With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification society ABS has issued a new notation for these specialized units, Wind IMR.

3rd June 2010

ABS issues notation for wind turbine installation units

3rd June 2010

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

3rd June 2010

Second shuttle and regasification vessel delivered

3rd June 2010

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COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of the COSCO Corporation’s (Singapore) 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co, has secured two contracts totalling over $100 million to convert two large tankers to FPSO…

3rd June 2010

Cosco to convert VLCCs into FPSOs

3rd June 2010

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Extra slow steaming (ESS) has created employment for almost 100 ships with a total capacity of 554,000 TEU as at the end of May according to Alphaliner. It has grown from only…

2nd June 2010

ESS to absorb 580,000 TEU

2nd June 2010

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State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) said it would float global tenders for acquiring 30 ships by 2012 which is likely to entail a Rs 8,000 crore ($1.7 billion) investment.

2nd June 2010

SCI to float newbuilding tenders for fleet expansion

2nd June 2010

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Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group in India, has placed orders for two new Capesize bulk carriers with South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries for about Rs650 crore ($138…

2nd June 2010

Adani orders Caper duo from Hanjin

2nd June 2010

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The controversy over unofficial spare parts from a few years ago looks likely to reignite after the imprisonment of the managing director of a separator spares company.

1st June 2010

Spares company boss imprisoned

1st June 2010

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Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business.

31st May 2010

Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel

31st May 2010

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According to local press reports, Iran has ordered six LNG tankers from China to transport the natural gas it hopes to export from its giant gas reserves.

31st May 2010

China wins Iranian LNG carrier orders

31st May 2010

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The Finnish companies STX Finland, Aker Arctic Technology, Southeast Trading (SET Group), and the Russian companies OAO Sovcomflot and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing and…

30th May 2010

Innovative asymmetrical icebreaker for the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea

30th May 2010

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Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard has delivered the 116,000gt Azura, the new flagship for P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival Group.

27th May 2010

New flagship for P&O Cruises delivered

27th May 2010