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Ålesund-based offshore operator Golden Energy Offshore has ordered two Ulstein PX121H PSVs to be built at Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments (ROC) in China.

8th April 2014

Two Ulstein PSVs to be built in China for Golden Energy

8th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce says it has been contracted to deliver an engine and deck machinery package worth over £17 million for an Arctic AHTS vessel to be built by Vard for Bourbon Offshore Norway.

8th April 2014

Rolls-Royce engines and anchor handling for Bourbon newbuild

8th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea-based satcoms company Intellian has announced a contract to supply Hanjin Shipping, also of South Korea, with FleetBroadband FB500 terminals for its fleet of 38 container ships.

8th April 2014

Broadband comms for Korean boxships

8th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian group Yara International is expanding its emissions control business by acquiring a majority 63% stake in marine exhaust gas scrubber supplier Green Tech Marine (GTM).

8th April 2014

Yara acquires Green Tech Marine

8th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä’s Propulsion Condition Monitoring Service (PCMS) has received service level recognition by DNV-GL, making it the first company to attain this type of recognition from three major classification societies.

8th April 2014

Wärtsilä PCMS gains recognition

8th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval has agreed the acquisition of submerged pumping system manufacturer Frank Mohn, which is based in Bergen, Norway, for a cash consideration of about NOK 13 billion.

7th April 2014

Alfa Laval acquires pumping system manufacturer

7th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germany’s newest and most advanced ocean research ship, the €124 million Sonne has been floated out at Meyer Werft in Papenburg for fitting and transfer in May to Emden for North Sea…

7th April 2014

Sonne floats out

7th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has signed a deal to build two 49,500dwt tankers for local shipping company Trogir Maritime, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

7th April 2014

Croatia’s Uljanik shipbuilder receives two-tanker contract

7th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register has published an analysis of ports, looking into the current LNG bunkering infrastructure situation.

7th April 2014

LNG bunkering on its way, says Lloyd’s Register survey

7th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce is to supply another wave piercing offshore vessel to Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping as part of a £11m contract with Spanish shipyard, Gondon.

4th April 2014

Rolls-Royce secures wave piercing contract

4th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society Korean Register (KR) has announced the availability of what it claims to be the first mobile app containing all up-to-date IMO conventions.

4th April 2014

IMO Conventions mobile app from KR

4th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced a contract for design and power for a new platform supply vessel for operating in arctic conditions.

3rd April 2014

Wärtsilä power and ship design for harsh conditions

3rd April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Caterpillar Marine has shipped its first Cat 3500 series marine gas engines, destined for and LNG hybrid barge – the world’s first LNG-powered barge in the Port of Hamburg.

3rd April 2014

Caterpillar ships first of 3500 series

3rd April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dubai’s Drydocks World is to have global power expert’s ABB first ever Middle Eastern turbocharging service point.

2nd April 2014

Drydocks World gets ABB turbocharged

2nd April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Netherlands-based Eekels Technology BV has been awarded the TBI Innovation Prize 2013 for its slow steaming entry, which helps vessels reduce fuel by 50% at a 25% lower speed.

2nd April 2014

Eekels awarded for slow steaming solution

2nd April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Russia’s Okskaya shipyard has obtained an order to build five 5,589dwt tankers. The vessels are intended for both sea and river traffic, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

2nd April 2014

Russia’s Okskaya shipyard to build five tankers

2nd April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Ulstein Group has entered a new market and achieved its highest value contract yet by securing design and equipment packages for four ocean going tugs with Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair.

1st April 2014

Ulstein wins largest contract yet

1st April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that following new contracts it now has orders for exhaust gas cleaning systems for 10 ships to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea.

1st April 2014

More scrubber orders from HHI for Wärtsilä

1st April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There is debate about how much more lifesaving equipment next generation shipping will need, writes Wendy Laursen.

1st April 2014

Accidents and the compelling need for more technology

1st April 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mitsubishi is sometimes overlooked in the area of large two-stroke engine design and development, but the Japanese company is keeping up with current trends by introducing a super-long-stroke family in keeping with…

1st April 2014

Mitsubishi raises its game with new two-stroke generation

1st April 2014

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Automation was the hot topic in 1964. The April issue of The Motor Ship devoted several articles to the subject.

1st April 2014

Automation enters the fray

1st April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new breed of offshore support ship - the seismic support vessel - is entering service, with three such ships, headed by the Bourbon Petrel, designed by OSD-IMT and now in operation…

1st April 2014

Keeping it all moving

1st April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co. Ltd. (MHI-MME) is to station additional marine machinery resident engineers in London (UK), Singapore, and Los Angeles (USA) to expand its global service network.

31st March 2014

More resident engineers for MHI-MME

31st March 2014