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REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Big ships and engine swaps have been in the news in the German repair sector of late while research ships have made their periodic yard rounds and scrubber installations continue to keep…

30th November 2014

Varied work stamps German repair sector

30th November 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Tom Todd reports that Nobiskrug Werft in Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal was completing a full engine exchange on the veteran multi-purpose German research ship Poseidon in December.

29th November 2014

Nobiskrug tackles Poseidon engine swap

29th November 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Scrubber installation work on five 17,400dwt Transfennica con-ro ships has become a lucrative new sector for German Dry Docks during the second half of this year, writes Tom Todd.

28th November 2014

Scrubber installations keep GDD busy

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to supply fully integrated solutions for a new series of six Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels being built in Norway for Maersk Supply Service AS.

28th November 2014

Wärtsilä solutions for Maersk AHTS vessels

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mexican state-run salt producer Exportadora de Sal SA de CV (ESSA), is reported to have signed a contract for a 15,000dwt specialist eco-friendly salt transport ship to be built at a Chinese…

28th November 2014

Mexican salt exporter orders eco-friendly ship

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has named what is said to be the first ever LNG-ready ultra large container vessel. The ‘Sajir’ is the first ship in UASC’s current newbuilding programme, comprising…

28th November 2014

UASC names first gas-ready ULCV at HHI

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a contract valued at £12 million to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an advanced multipurpose service vessel for Norwegian owner Myklebusthaug Management to be…

28th November 2014

Multi-purpose UT OSV is first to be built in Turkey

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to the International Chamber of Shipping, sea transport has managed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10% in the five years from 2007 to 2012.

28th November 2014

ICS gives its view on carbon emissions

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

France’s LNG membrane containment system expert, Gaztransport & Techigaz (GTT), has signed a technical service agreement with the Palumbo Malta Shipyard which has five repair yards in the Mediterranean basin.

27th November 2014

Demand for LNG membrane containment

27th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Community Shipowners Association has given a guarded welcome to the recent informal agreement by EU legislators on the Commission proposal for a regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)…

27th November 2014

ECSA gives cautious welcome to 2018 MRV in EU

27th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Day two of the Gas Fuelled Ships conference was introduced by chairman-for-the-day Martin Shaw of MOAMS. Mr Shaw thanked the delegates for attending the very well-received GE Marine-sponsored conference dinner on the…

26th November 2014

Gas Fuelled Ships Conference features round table talks

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has published a guide to the upcoming strict sulphur regulations for ships operating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in a bid to help shipowners avoid potential difficulties with the fuel…

26th November 2014

DNV GL helps industry prepare for sulphur switch

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has been awarded a major upgrade on the ‘MSV Seawell’, a light well intervention and dive support vessel operated by Helix UK.

26th November 2014

Damen secures major ship upgrade

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK has granted design approval to the 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems.

26th November 2014

ClassNK approves Niigata dual-fuel engine design

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cargotec’s MacGregor and Hatlapa divisions have been contracted to supply deck equipment and steering gear for three new eco-friendly bulk carriers being built in China.

26th November 2014

Deck equipment order for ‘green’ bulk carriers

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Baltic Shipbuilding, one of Russia’s largest shipyards, has signed a contract with the Krylov State Research Centre for the design and supply of electric propulsion systems for nuclear icebreakers, writes Eugene Gerden.

26th November 2014

Krylov to supply electric propulsion for icebreakers

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

CMR Group has launched what it describes as “a new and innovative approach to engine fuel usage measurement.”

26th November 2014

Improved fuel consumption measurement launched by CMR

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply an MAN 9L32/44CR engine to power a new trawler for independent US fishing company, Fishermen’s Finest.

25th November 2014

MAN power for US fishing trawler

25th November 2014

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Interferry has hailed the agreement made at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting on rules for locating fuel tanks on LNG powered ships as what is needed to safeguard further development…

25th November 2014

LNG fuel tank location agreement

25th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

At the 2014 Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Stavanger, the actual existing and future technology of LNG fuelled ship propulsion was the theme of the first actual conference session following the…

25th November 2014

Conference looks at LNG experience

25th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

W&O Europe has become the exclusive distributor for Hyde Guardian Gold ballast water management systems in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

25th November 2014

New European distributor for Hyde

25th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Mercator Media’s 2014 Gas Fuelled Ships conference, under the banner of The Motorship, got under way this morning in Stavanger, Norway, with the keynote addresses from a wide variety of important industry…

25th November 2014

130 gas fuelled ships confirmed, GFS conference is told

25th November 2014

LNG

LNG

US-based RSC Bio Solutions’ EnviroLogic environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) and SAFECARE cleaners have been certified as small vessel general permit (SVGP) compliant.

24th November 2014

RSC fluids meet US EPA requirements

24th November 2014