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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Both the Wärtsilä X72 and X62 two-stroke engines have recently successfully passed important type approval tests that verify various performance criteria.

17th June 2014

Wärtsilä X72 and X62 performance tests

17th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Italian oil and gas company Eni and its Kazakhstan-based counterpart KazMunayGas are planning to jointly build a new shipyard on the Caspian Sea shore, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

17th June 2014

Eni, KazMunayGas to launch new shipyard in Kazakhstan

17th June 2014

LNG

LNG

ABB is to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for the first 16 LNG carriers that will transport LNG from Siberia to Europe and Asia as part of the Yamal project.

17th June 2014

ABB wins LNG carrier order

17th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Netherlands’-based Micanti has won the prestigious ‘SME Innovation Top 100’ award for its environmentally-friendly antifouling foil, Thorn-D.

17th June 2014

Micanti awarded for antifouling foil

17th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinese oil company Sinopec has ordered a third Havyard design for an offshore support ship; an 832L SE platform supply vessel to be built at the Fujien Mawei shipyard.

17th June 2014

Havyard sells another PSV design to Sinopec

17th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BP Marine and Castrol have said that the two brands, both part of the BP group, will now consolidate their marine lubrication product offerings under the Castrol brand.

16th June 2014

BP Marine and Castrol combine product ranges

16th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Paris MoU Committee as recently approved the 2013 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations, which will take effect from 1 July 2014.

16th June 2014

Paris MoU announces new target lists

16th June 2014

LNG

LNG

Germany’s Linde Group is to build an LNG fuel gas system for a new icebreaker being built by Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

16th June 2014

Linde LNG system for Finnish icebreaker

16th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Scanjet Marine and Scanvent ApS are combining product rangers to create what they say will be the most comprehensive in-tank equipment package available for tankers and FPSOs.

13th June 2014

Scanjet expands offering

13th June 2014

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Such is today’s focus on alternative fuels that it seemed slightly odd to see that the same subject was a hot topic back in 1964.

13th June 2014

Nuclear and fuel cell alternatives foreseen

13th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce is to supply deck machinery for four anchor handler tug supply (AHTS) vessels for US-based Edison Chouest Offshore, as part of a £50m contract.

12th June 2014

Rolls-Royce machinery for US vessels

12th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced two new service agreements – one a three-year contract with DOF group, and the other, in conjunction with ABB Turbochargers, a 10-year maintenance and support deal with Royal Caribbean…

12th June 2014

Two significant service contracts for Wärtsilä

12th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dometic Marine introduced its two new products at Mercator Media Ltd’s Seawork International exhibition this week.

11th June 2014

Dometic unveils new products

11th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Holdings Limited has confirmed that the contract for the design and construction of a large Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Solstad Offshore has been inked.

10th June 2014

Offshore contract for Vard confirmed

10th June 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

May 2014 saw some 160 shipping and marine engineering professionals gather in Hamburg for the 36th Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference. ‘The Motorship’s’ Bill Thomson and Stevie Knight joined the delegates for…

10th June 2014

Energy efficiency for today’s ships as well as tomorrow’s

10th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä reports that a new icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both LNG and low sulphur diesel fuel.

10th June 2014

Dual-fuel Wärtsilä power for icebreaker

10th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce is to supply integrated design and equipment packages for a total of eight PSVs being built by COSCO Shipyard Group.

9th June 2014

Rolls-Royce systems for COSCO

9th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB Turbocharging is opening a new service centre in Fredericia, Denmark, which will group the company’s service facilities in Norway, Denmark and Sweden into a single business unit, to be known as…

9th June 2014

New Scandinavia service centre for ABB

9th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SKF Blohm + Voss Industries has introduced an environmental monitoring system that is said to record all relevant emissions and link the values to the ship’s GPS position.

9th June 2014

Onboard emission monitoring system linked to GPS

9th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dag Pike looks at a new tanker concept design from Japan, developed in response to an expected demand for transportation of liquid hydrogen.

9th June 2014

First liquid hydrogen carrier

9th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new generation of Deltamarin-designed bulk carriers optimised for trade on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway which has been phased into service by Canadian operator Algoma Central Corporation is described…

7th June 2014

New stage in revitalisation of Canada’s great lakes/seaway fleet

7th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sanctions currently imposed on Russia by the Western countries will mean a step-up in domestic production of engines and shipboard equipment in order to ensure the survival of Russian shipbuilding, writes Eugene…

6th June 2014

Russia needs to develop marine machinery industry

6th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has opened a new facility in Bergen, Norway, to service the North Sea fleet, giving access to on-shore power and a shorter sailing time to service.

6th June 2014

Rolls-Royce opens new service centre

6th June 2014