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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SSI of Canada has announced the latest release of its ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software package, ShipConstructor 2015, for the ship design and shipbuilding industry.

4th September 2014

New 2015 release for ShipConstructor software

4th September 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS, the Houston, US-based classification society, reports that it has become the first foreign class society to include a Japanese-flagged ship in its fleet.

4th September 2014

ABS bags its first Japanese-flagged ship

4th September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Damen’s Shipdock Amsterdam yard describes a recent repair and conversion job on two offshore supply ships a ‘retro-upgrade’ – combining a general upgrade with retrofitting of anti-roll stabilising tanks.

3rd September 2014

Yard coins ‘retro-upgrade’ term for offshore job

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has recently appointed Resolute Maritime Services as its Greek agent. This has resulted in increased activity from the Greek market at ASRY including leading Greek…

3rd September 2014

ASRY continues to attract new clients

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Birkenhead, UK based SeaKing Electrical, which focuses on marine electrical engineering, says that it has invested in new engineering software, as used in the nuclear and military markets .

3rd September 2014

SeaKing Electrical invests in “high impact” electrical engineering software

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK shipyard McTays says that it has invested more than £1million at its Birkenhead yard, including upgrading a slipway to accommodate vessels up to 2,000dwt and 90m in length.

3rd September 2014

UK yard invests in upgrades

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Dubai-based GAC EnvironHull says that Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the network of bases offering using its HullWiper ROV-operated hull cleaning service.

3rd September 2014

ROV hull cleaning service comes to Europe

3rd September 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Eco efficiency software is gaining new traction, thanks to a welcome move to open new communication channels between shipowners and charterers: Esa Henttinen, executive vice president of NAPA for operations, reports.

3rd September 2014

Software to boost charter competitiveness

3rd September 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Corvus Energy and Scandlines have cooperated on the conversion of four ro-pax ferries to hybrid propulsion.

3rd September 2014

Proven feasibility for battery power

3rd September 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine has begun taking orders for the US EPA Tier 4 compliant 3516C large high speed engine series.

3rd September 2014

High speed unit meets EPA Tier 4

3rd September 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Transporting natural gas has become big business for the shipping industry, says Dag Pike, who looks at the opportunities in compressing, rather than liquefying, gas for transport and fuel.

3rd September 2014

CNG in shipping as an LNG alternative

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The biggest surprise at Blohm + Voss Repair so far this year has been the decision by Scandlines not to convert its two unfinished ro-pax ferries Berlin and Copenhagen at the Hamburg…

3rd September 2014

Germans lose Scandlines conversions

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Yard personnel co-operation has come in for praise at Germany’s Privinvest group of companies after a ship repair job at Lindenau Schiffswerft proved more difficult than originally thought, writes Tom Todd.

3rd September 2014

German yard co-operation praised

3rd September 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Routine dockings in quite a few German yards of late have been complemented by complex scrubber, ballast water plant and LNG retrofits as owners move to meet new environmental regulations, reports Tom…

3rd September 2014

Retrofits spice up German yard work

3rd September 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Meyer Werft talks with the Finnish Government about the possible acquisition of STX Oy and its cruise ship building facilities in Turku were still going on when The Motorship went to press,…

3rd September 2014

Meyer/Finland talks: a refreshing change

3rd September 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the finishing touches to the building of Germany’s biggest and most expensive research ship to date by naming and launching the €124.4 million ‘Sonne’.

3rd September 2014

‘Sonne’ kicks off German research fleet revamp

3rd September 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Meyer Werft’s delivery of its biggest-ever cruise ship and its mind-boggling €1.6 billion order for two more 164,600gt Breakaway Plus newbuilds highlight German newbuilding this autumn: but they are not the only…

3rd September 2014

Variety marks flexible German newbuilding

3rd September 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Optimarin is to supply its ballast water treatment (BWT) system for the Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) new NOK 450m (US$72.3m) flagship, ‘Dr Fridtjof Nansen’.

3rd September 2014

Optimarin BWT system for IMR vessel

3rd September 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A UK company, SulNOx Fuel Fusions, says that application of nanotechnology to emulsified fuel could cut emissions of NOx by 50% to 60% and particulates by up to 90%, as well as…

3rd September 2014

Nanotechnology applied to fuel emulsion to cut NOx and PM

3rd September 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine fuel distributor, OW Bunker, says that quantifiable financial benefits have been shown as a result of the use of a Coriolis Flow Meter on board the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore…

3rd September 2014

Flow meter benefits for shippers

3rd September 2014