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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Evoqua Water Technologies has become the first company to complete low salinity (brackish) water testing for ballast water management solutions (BWMS), carried out by an independent laboratory under US Coast Guard (USCG)…

18th August 2015

Evoqua completes low salinity BWMS test

18th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Imtech Marine is set acquired by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital – a move that Imtech says will enable it to realise its growth ambition.

17th August 2015

Maritime investors take over Imtech

17th August 2015

LNG

LNG

Construction of Tallink Group’s new generation LNG-powered fast ferry has begun at Meyer Turku shipyard.

14th August 2015

Construction begins for Tallink LNG fast ferry

14th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GEA’s chemical-free UV ballast water treatment has been installed onboard Hapag-Lloyd’s Panamax container ship, ‘London Express’.

13th August 2015

GEA ballast water treatment for Hapag-Lloyd

13th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN PrimeServ’s turbocharger unit has signed a Premium Turbocharger Maintenance Contract with Associated Maritime Company (HKG) Ltd (AMCL).

13th August 2015

MAN Turbocharger maintenance agreement

13th August 2015

LNG

LNG

Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract with Totem Ocean for what it calls the worlds first conversion of a large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system.

12th August 2015

LNG cargo vessel conversion

12th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-based Kinder Morgan Inc is expanding its fleet of Jones Act product tankers after signing an agreement worth US$568m with Philly Tankers LLC to acquire four new 50,000 tonne Tier II tankers.

12th August 2015

Kinder Morgan acquires four LNG tankers

12th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Evergreen Group has signed an agreement with CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, to build ten newbuild 2,800 teu class B-type vessels.

11th August 2015

Newbuild boxship order

11th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GE Marine has signed a 10-year customised service agreement with Argentina-based Buquebus’s fast ferry ‘Francisco’, covering the vessels two LM2500 gas turbines. .

11th August 2015

GE service agreement for worlds fastest ferry

11th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A new generation Antigoon class dredger, called Scheldt River, being built by Royal IHC (IHC) in the Netherlands on behalf of the Belgium based DEME Group, is to be powered by Wärtsilä…

10th August 2015

Wärtsilä to power worlds first dual-fuelled dredger

10th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The second of two 80m ice class Ro-Pax ferries – the ‘MV Legionnaire’ - has been launched at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania.

6th August 2015

Damen ferry launch

6th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas Marine has become one of the few companies to hold ECDIS type approval from the Korean Registry.

6th August 2015

Transas gains ECDIS type approval

6th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine is conducting its second retrofit of a dual-fuel MaK diesel engine, onboard Furetank Rederi’s 143.9m tanker ‘Fure West’.

5th August 2015

Dual-fuel retrofit for Furetank vessel

5th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Zamakona Yards has delivered the next-generation tuna freezer vessel, ‘Euskadi Alai’ to the Bermeo Group Echebastar, completing the three-ship order.

5th August 2015

Zamakona Yards completes Echebastar order

5th August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Oceanographic research vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ has completed a major refit in its twentieth anniversary year, with work – including an electrical conversion by Alewijnse Marine Systems – set to extend the…

5th August 2015

Alewijnse completes ‘Marion Dufresne II’ refit

5th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has been enhancing its remote service offering and asset performance optimisation solutions to keep up with how digitalisation is changing the way marine and power plant maintenance services are conducted.

5th August 2015

Wärtsilä enhances virtual engineering offering

5th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is investing in the development of next-generation combustion engines at its MTU R&D site in Friedrichshafen, which has now officially gone into service.

5th August 2015

Rolls-Royce invests in R&D site

5th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has released its ‘Guidelines for Compressed Natural Gas Carriers’, which provide safety requirements for the design and construction of CNG carriers.

4th August 2015

ClassNK released CNG Guidelines

4th August 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

Energy and emissions monitoring expert, IMAREM, has introduced a new MRV programme offering a complete solution to the new EU requirements regarding monitoring, reporting and verification of vessels’ carbon emissions.

3rd August 2015

IMAREM to launch MRV shipping programme

3rd August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Sener has completed the refit of the ‘Almirante Irizar’ icebreaker following a fire onboard back in 2007.

3rd August 2015

Sener completes Almirante Izmar refit

3rd August 2015