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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the Russian shipbuilding monopoly, may be faced with serious difficulties in the implementation of its ambitious projects, writes Eugene Gerden.

29th July 2014

Difficult times ahead for Russia’s USC

29th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS is to class what is said to be the world’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier ordered by Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of an Indonesian state-owned power company.

29th July 2014

ABS to class “world’s first” CNG ship

29th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control are to launch a new joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC).

29th July 2014

Paris and Tokyo MoUs to launch PSC campaign on watchkeeping hours

29th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a contract with Shenzhen Huawei Offshore Shipping Transport, a subsidiary of Shanghai Salvage Company, for the construction of five offshore vessels.

29th July 2014

First domestic offshore order for Chinese shipbuilding group

29th July 2014

LNG

LNG

Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), designer of membrane containment systems for LNG transport and storage, has secured an order for nine LNG carriers being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

28th July 2014

GTT secures another LNG carrier order

28th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Denmarks Danelec Marine has received orders to supply Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs) and Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) for 18 offshore support vessels in China.

28th July 2014

Danelec wins more Chinese orders

28th July 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The German container ship MSC Flaminia, heavily damaged in an accident in 2012 , is now back in liner service as an ‘eco ship’ after repair and modifications, reports Tom Todd.

28th July 2014

Flaminia back in service as eco ship

28th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote maritime research and development (R&D) and innovation.

25th July 2014

ABS and MPA collaborate on R&D

25th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that it intends to divest its shares in the Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel Co (QMD), a joint venture company for manufacturing large low-speed marine diesel engines.

24th July 2014

Wärtsilä sells its share of Chinese two-stroke joint venture

24th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has secured multiple inert gas system orders for LNG carriers from Japan Marine United’s Tsu shipyard.

24th July 2014

Inert gas system orders

24th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify potential gas turbine-powered commercial ship projects.

24th July 2014

GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register join forces

24th July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

High revenue-earning ships need a fresh approach to systems integration to take full advantage of available efficiency gains, according to technical service provider Imtech Marine.

23rd July 2014

Fresh approach to integration from Imtech

23rd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US based Hyde Marine Inc, a subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation, has established two partnership agreements for installation of the Hyde Guardian Gold Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for international markets.

23rd July 2014

BWTS installation partnership

23rd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Netherlands-based Alewijnse Marine Services has won its eighth offshore contact in Asia, just three months after opening its new branches in Singapore and Malaysia.

23rd July 2014

Alewijnse secures another Asian order

23rd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US based Belco Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of DuPont, has partnered with the Maersk Group to successfully demonstrate Belco marine scrubber technology onboard the container ship ‘Maersk Tukang’.

22nd July 2014

Belco marine scrubber demo

22nd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has announced a contract to construct a PSV for Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer, scheduled for delivery in September 2015.

22nd July 2014

Kleven moves into SE Asian offshore market

22nd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that it wants the Paris MoU on Port State Control to ensure that a harmonised approach to PSC inspections has been developed with respect to…

22nd July 2014

ICS wants harmony from PSC on SECA implementation

22nd July 2014

LNG

LNG

Classification society Bureau Veritas has published a new set of guidelines on LNG bunkering, with it says should help to speed adoption of LNG as a ship’s fuel by kick-starting the LNG…

22nd July 2014

BV’s LNG kickstart

22nd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian owner Ocean Yield has placed orders for three liquefied ethylene gas carriers, each of which will be powered by a single MAN B&W ME-GI low-speed, dual-fuel engine running on ethane.

22nd July 2014

Ethane-fuelled ME-GI order for MAN

22nd July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime is to supply Chinese and Korean shipbuilders with its ‘Full Picture’ solution for 13 advanced newbuild offshore vessels worth a total of NOK 330m (US$53.1m).

21st July 2014

Kongsberg technology chosen by Asia

21st July 2014