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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to increase its focus on commercial vessels at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works Koyagi Plant, establishing two new companies for ship construction and the manufacture of hull…

4th February 2015

Mitsubishi reorganises at Nagasaki

4th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A new air lubrication system from Silverstream Technologies has registered energy efficiency savings of 4.3% (ballast) and 3.8% (laden) in sea trials on the 4,000dwt tanker ‘MT Amalienborg’.

4th February 2015

Trial success for Silverstream air lubrication

4th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch marine technology expert Alewijnse Marine Systems has completed a full electrical installation on board the ‘Nexus’, the innovative new cable layer built by Damen Shipyards Group for offshore contractor Van Oord.

3rd February 2015

Cable layer electrical system installation

3rd February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) is to deliver electrical propulsion solutions to four state-of-the-art car ferries designed by LMG Marin for the Port of Tallinn.

3rd February 2015

Norwegian Electric Systems strikes Estonian deal

3rd February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cathelco is to supply equipment for five ice-classed containerships being built at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding.

3rd February 2015

Cathelco equipment for Poland

3rd February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has signed one of its biggest block repair deals with Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), taking exclusive maintenance rights for 19 vessels over the next…

3rd February 2015

ASRY wins repair deal for Kuwaiti vessels

3rd February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ultraviolet and electrochlorination treatments - the two mainstream BWT options - confront shipowners with some difficult choices, writes Stevie Knight, in the February issue of The Motorship.

3rd February 2015

BWT basics: Evaluating the options

3rd February 2015

LNG

LNG

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has taken delivery of the first in a series of four LNG carriers that will be used to transport LNG from the Papua New Guinea and Gorgon…

2nd February 2015

LNG carrier delivered to Papua New Guinea

2nd February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, ClassNK, has granted full type approval for the new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine built by Niigata Power Systems Co Ltd.

2nd February 2015

Japan’s first LNG gas fuelled tugs

2nd February 2015

LNG

LNG

Power and automation technology group ABB is to deliver electrical propulsion systems for four LNG carriers under construction by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for a joint venture between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC),…

2nd February 2015

ABB propulsion for Chinese LNG carriers

2nd February 2015

LNG

LNG

Belgium-based EXMAR is to develop and operate the floating liquefaction (FLNG) facility as part of the Douglas Channel LNG project in British Columbia, Canada.

30th January 2015

EXMAR to develop Canadian FLNG facility

30th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Liberian Registry is to offer tonnage tax discounts to ships participating in its recently launched environmental initiative, which includes retrofitting green technology paid for from fuel savings.

30th January 2015

Liberian Registry offers green retrofit incentive

30th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK registered 833 new vessels, a combined 21,466,272gt, in 2014 as it beat a global downturn in newbuild deliveries and secured record numbers of transfers from other class societies.

30th January 2015

Record registrations for ClassNK

30th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Ukrainian shipbuilding industry is bearing huge losses due to an economic crisis in the country and the ongoing military conflict in the Eastern part of the country, writes Eugene Gerden.

30th January 2015

Ukrainian shipbuilding on verge of crisis

30th January 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

DNV GL has launched a verification service offering ship operators a review of procedures and documentation for US Vessel General Permits (VGP).

30th January 2015

DNV GL launches VGP verification service

30th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE has unveiled a new organisation, GE Marine, bringing together its broad technological offerings to the marine sector under vice president Tim Schweikert

30th January 2015

GE Marine unveiled

30th January 2015

LNG

LNG

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two next-generation LNG carriers for Mitsui & Co Ltd that will feature hybrid propulsion systems.

29th January 2015

MHI next-generation LNG carriers on order

29th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Evergreen Group has signed time charter agreements with Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd to charter a total of eleven newbuild 18,000 teu vessels, to be delivered from 2018 through 2019.

29th January 2015

Evergreen fleet gets even bigger

29th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 37th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference will give operators the lowdown on new fuels available together with the latest in engine design, ways to reduce running costs and improve fuel efficiency.

29th January 2015

Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference

29th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Book your place now to join ship owners, managers and operators at the 2015 Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference. The early bird rate ends soon, act now to save 20%.

28th January 2015

Propulsion & Emissions Conference Early Bird Discount closes 30 January

28th January 2015