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Singapore based offshore shipbuilder, Jaya Holdings, has delivered a new advanced anchor handling tug supply vessel, the ‘Jaya Supreme’, to Canadian transportation solutions company, Atlantic Towing Limited.

Spanish vessel support companies, Navantia, Reganosa and Gas Natural Comercializadora, have signed a frame agreement to offer a vital regasification repair service to gas carrier vessels.

Napa of Finland says that it is providing its loading computers to 55 OSVs operated by French group Bourbon. Napa’s latest software will help improve safe loading and unloading with maximum cargo…

Finlands Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply an integrated solution comprising ship design services and the power and propulsion system for a newbuild LNG powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV).

MAN Diesel & Turbo says it has received “a healthy interest” in its ultra-long-stroke G-type engine with several new orders, bringing the current number of G-type orders up to 70 just one…

Norwegian designer Havyard reports that the first AHTS to its 843 CD design has been delivered. The ‘Kan Tan 225’ was built in China by the Yuexin shipyard, and was handed over…

Berthold Brinkmann, administrator of the insolvent German P+S Werften shipyard group, says he is “unperturbed” by news that ferry company Scandlines is cancelling its construction contract for two new ships.

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed an independent liquefied natural gas storage tank model, the Lobe-Bundle Tank.

Korean engine maker Hyundai has introduced a heavy duty high-speed diesel engine with a 500bhp continuous rating, which is aimed primarily at the smaller commercial vessel markets, writes Dag Pike.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will be representing global shipowners at the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Doha on 27 November.

STX Finland Oy’s Rauma Shipyard has recently celebrated the naming of the double ended ferry built for Suomen Lauttaliikenne Oy (FinFerries).

Rolls-Royce has announced a teaming agreement with Italian company Lauro Shipping to design innovative new gas powered ferries based on Rolls-Royce’s Environship concept, the first such application for a passenger vessel.

Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has delivered the oil and chemical tanker, the ‘King Gregory’, to Greek operational service provider, Consolidated Marine Management (CMM).

Castrol Marine has spoken on the latest recommendations to ship-owners from MAN Diesel & Turbo, supporting Castrol’s advice that misapplication of mid-range base number (BN) cylinder oils can cause corrosion.

Despite some indications to the contrary, Germanischer Lloyd believes that compliance with the incoming requirement for a ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) is a high priority for many ship operators.