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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Cork-based Ardmore Shipping has taken delivery of a second product and chemical tanker designed to meet IMO Tier III emissions requirements, from South Korean SPP Shipbuilding Co.

3rd July 2015

Second SPP tanker joins Ardmore fleet

3rd July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A consortium of 27 companies have signed an agreement to investigate the viability of 3D-printed maritime spare parts under a project initiated by the Zuid-Holland regional development agency InnovationQuarter.

3rd July 2015

Dutch consortium in 3D printing project

3rd July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has added the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) validation to its service offerings.

2nd July 2015

Indian Register offers EEDI validation

2nd July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Scandlines’ hybrid ferry Prinsesse Benedikte goes back on stream this week and its two long-delayed hybrid newbuilds Berlin and Copenhagen are also finally expected into service soon, writes Tom Todd.

1st July 2015

Scandlines hybrids head into service

1st July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

NAPA is releasing new tools and interfaces with class society software to streamline ship design compliance with the new Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (CSR BC&OT).

1st July 2015

NAPA streamlines ship design compliance

1st July 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

DNV GL has distributed its new merged and amended class rules to more than 800 stakeholders as part of an extensive consultation ahead of their publication in October.

1st July 2015

DNV GL launches class rules consultation

1st July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has reported that the first low-speed engine running on methanol, built by MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co, has met expectations during testing at…

1st July 2015

MOL tests low-speed methanol engine

1st July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lim Ki-tack has been elected the new secretary-general of United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO).

1st July 2015

IMO elects new secretary-general

1st July 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

US motor and repair company Louis Allis has assisted Sealion Shipping after an azimuth thruster failure left it unable to use dynamic positioning during a project off the coast of Mexico.

1st July 2015

Louis Allis solves Sealion Shipping emergency

1st July 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rocol has developed a new wire rope umbilical lubricant to meet tougher global marine ecology regulations.

30th June 2015

Rocol releases VGP-compliant rope lubricant

30th June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Evergreen Group is to refit 15 of its L-type container vessels after a bow design modification introduced by ship builder CSBC to vessels delivered this year led to fuel efficiencies.

30th June 2015

Bow efficiencies spur Evergreen refit programme

30th June 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has received type approval from Lloyd’s Register for its WTT11 tunnel thruster. The approval means thrusters will not be subject to a design review for each vessel or hull number, with…

30th June 2015

Type approval for Wärtsilä tunnel thruster

30th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK ship repair and conversion group A&P and ballast water management system (BWMS) retrofit specialists Goltens Green Technologies have completed BWMS installation on the SD ‘Northern River’, a 93m multipurpose vessel operated…

29th June 2015

A&P and Goltens fit ‘Northern River’ BWMS

29th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navigation system manufacturer, Raytheon Anschütz, has secured new contracts for the delivery of Synapsis Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) to five 14,500 teu container vessels being built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co Ltd in…

29th June 2015

COSCO opts for Synapsis INS

29th June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bergen Tankers chemical and product tanker ‘Bergen Viking’ has been converted from diesel-electric to LNG-electric propulsion.

29th June 2015

‘Bergen Viking’ LNG retrofit completed

29th June 2015

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Jens Groth has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of KrisMa group, including Chris-Marine and IOP Marine.

29th June 2015

New CEO for Chris-Marine

29th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Parker Procal has received DNV GL approval for its Procal 2000 emissions analyser, which was certified as meeting industry requirements on testing for CO2, SOx and NOx.

29th June 2015

Class approval for Procal emissions analyser

29th June 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

Legislation under development by the US on the export of LNG – and crude oil if a historical export ban is lifted – could result in foreign ship operators being excluded from…

29th June 2015

Industry concerns over US energy proposals

29th June 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Harvey Gulf International Maritime is acquiring Gulf Coast Shipyard and Trinity Yachts in a move that it says makes it the only builder, owner and operator of dual-fuel OSVs in the US.

29th June 2015

Harvey acquires US shipyards

29th June 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Building is underway at General Dynamics NASSCO, where the second of three 50,000 tonne, 330,000 barrel cargo capacity product tankers are being constructed for SEA-Vista Newbuild III LLC, a subsidiary of SEACOR…

26th June 2015

NASSCO begins ‘eco’ tanker construction

26th June 2015