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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Yara Marine Technologies, formerly Green Tech Marine, has won an order to supply six scrubber systems to LPG Carriers being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries at Hyundai Mipo.

12th January 2015

Yara Marine wins Hyundai scrubber contract

12th January 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The 196.63m Saga Sapphire has been repaired and refurbished at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, with works including the replacement of two sewage plants and a scheduled DNV GL class survey.

12th January 2015

Damen Shiprepair completes Saga Sapphire refurb

12th January 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Veteran German research ship Polarstern is cutting short an Antarctic expedition and returning home for repairs after a breakdown in one of her two Escher Wyss propeller systems, writes Tom Todd.

9th January 2015

Polarstern limps home after Polar breakdown

9th January 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Offshore contractor Van Oord has taken delivery of The Nexus, a new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel from Damen.

9th January 2015

Damen delivers Van Oord cable laying vessel

9th January 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

An end-of-year study says German shipyards enjoyed more positive business overall in 2014 with orders and deliveries up on previous years. reports Tom Todd.

9th January 2015

German yards do better in 2014, study says

9th January 2015

LNG

LNG

Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), the world’s largest LNG importer, has received extended design approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the KC-1 LNG cargo containment system.

9th January 2015

Korea Gas LNG containment system approved

9th January 2015

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) has appointed Michael McNamara as managing director for the Americas, effective 12 January.

9th January 2015

Veritas Petroleum Services appoints Americas managing director

9th January 2015

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

The International Association of Classification Societies has appointed Robert Ashdown as secretary general, effective 5 May.

8th January 2015

IACS appoints new secretary general

8th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A leading Handysize bulk carrier operator has opted to install DNV Gl’s ShipManager fleet management system within the next two years in order to make its fleet more operationally efficient.

8th January 2015

Pacific Basin opts for ShipManager

8th January 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The latest of Wärtsilä’s X-generation engines, the X62, has passed design validation and type approval tests and is now fully available.

8th January 2015

Wärtsilä X62 engine approved and available

8th January 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GE Transportation has appointed Turner Engine Powered Services as the UK distributor for its marine diesel engine parts and servicing.

8th January 2015

Turner EPS to distribute GE in the UK

8th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev has announced a renewed focus on the commercial shipbuilding industry as a key aim regarding the development of the sector in 2015.

7th January 2015

Russia renews focus on commercial shipbuilding

7th January 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Exhaust gas cleaning system provider Green Tech Marine has been renamed Yara Marine Technologies after its acquisition by Yara International last year.

7th January 2015

Green Tech renamed Yara Marine Technologies

7th January 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) will design and supply two open-loop scrubbing systems for the main engines on the Stena RoRo vessel Forerunner.

7th January 2015

CROE wins Stena scrubber contract

7th January 2015

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Mercator Media has appointed Gavin Lipsith as Editor of The Motorship, succeeding Bill Thomson who has retired after nearly eight years at the title.

7th January 2015

New editor at The Motorship

7th January 2015

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Specialist fleet and vessel performance company BMT SMART has appointed Martin Penney as sales and marketing director.

7th January 2015

BMT SMART appoints Sales and Marketing Director

7th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Shipyard has secured the contract from Golar Gimi Corporation to perform the US$705m conversion of a second Moss Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, the ‘GIMI’, into a Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNGV).

7th January 2015

Second FLNG vessel conversion order

7th January 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

One of the worlds largest non self-propelled cutter dredger vessels currently being built in China will be equipped with Wärtsilä engines, both to generate power and to drive the dredging pump.

6th January 2015

Wärtsilä power for super dredger

6th January 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract for design and delivery of a large multipurpose diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) for Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) in Singapore.

6th January 2015

Marin Teknikk wins diving vessel contract

6th January 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

David Tinsley describes the first of a new class of double ended vessels for Washington State Ferries, strongly conventional and traditional in concept, but designed with conversion to gas fuel in mind.

31st December 2014

Revitalisation of Pacific Northwest ferry fleet

31st December 2014