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At the recent Motor Ship Marine Propulsion Conference, Martin Bloem, Managing Director of the Holland Marine Equipment association, emphasised the importance of innovation, the environment and cooperation in the region, and even…

Rolls-Royce?s two new lean, clean and mean marine gas engines provide a power range from 1MW to 8.5MWDesigned and manufactured at Rolls-Royce?s Bergen facility in Norway, the K and B series of…

Since introducing its first azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug, the ASD 3110 Citta Della Spezia back in 1993, the Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has built almost 100 compact ASD tugs in…

In ensuring optimum lifetime reliability of a medium-speed diesel engine the user must be aware of certain key factors, not least the importance of the supplier/user relationship .To achieve an acceptable level…

Using Nimalike in the production and reconditioning of two-stroke components provides outstanding product properties.It is 7:30 in the morning in the assembly shop at the Märkisches Werk in Halver (MWH) and a…

German ship owners like Schiffko?s CV1100 PLUS feeder design.With all the hype about post-Panamax and ultra-large containerships, it is easy to overlook the vital role played by the smaller boxships up to…

New orders for ever-larger containerships look set to elevate Seaspan?s global position.Director of Vancouver-based Seaspan Container Lines (SCL), Graham Porter, says "Among the main limiting factors in building container ships over 10,000…

Propulsion power plant dilemma for ultra large container ships .Container transportation volume has been growing at an average annual rate of 9 % in the past fifteen years, making it the fastest…

Kongsberg Maritime has installed the automation systems for the new roro vessel Ville de Bordeaux, built at Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, China, which is operated by a joint venture company consisting of…

German shipping company Hansa Treuhand has exercised options with the Korean shipbuilder STX for two more 3,500TEU boxships for delivery in September and October 2007. To be named HS Bach and HS…

China?s largest shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), plans to spend $700 million in ordering eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Asian shipyards. Cosco?s president and chief executive, Wei Jiafu,…

The Australian Government has announced the timetable for naval shipbuilding projects in what will prove to be the country?s largest ever naval construction worth $5.7 billion.The idea of selecting a preferred naval…

Italian classification and certification body RINA has recorded a very positive 2003 financial year. Consolidated group revenue was up by 2% compared to 2002, while earnings before interest and tax showed an…

Beijing will be the venue for a top level shipping summit in July bringing together leading maritime industry companies and government and trade bodies to discuss the impact China is having on…

ASL Shipyard in Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASL Marine Holdings, has secured additional contracts worth a total of $58.6 million for the construction of 31 new vessels and floating structures.…

As a result of the recent debate under Item 5 at the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 78), the industry finally has an agreement which removes the mandated requirement for bulk carriers…

The European Commission's plans to put forward another package of maritime safety proposals bringing together all the loose ends from the political debates initiated by the Erika and Prestige accidents have hitherto…

Some 65 representatives from 35 of the world?s leading companies engaged in perishable cargo logistics welcomed the new ?Cool Chain Quality Indicator? (CCQI) standard at its first public presentation in Billund, Denmark…

On 27 May the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will be delivering the Sapphire Princess to Princess Cruises. Built at its Nagasaki facility, the Sapphire Princess follows the sister ship Diamond…

Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), in San Diego, is putting the finishing touches on the first of four double-hull oil tankers for BP Oil Shipping. The newbuildings have a length of 290 metres,…

The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code on 1 July 2004 is more likely to increase rather than reduce the problems caused by stowaways to shipowners, warns North…