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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to supply its generating sets for two new intervention vessels being built for Norway’s Siem Offshore.

30th June 2014

Wärtsilä gensets for offshore vessels

30th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply its further high efficiency cargo handling solutions for Hyundai Heavy Industries, as part of a contract worth US$50m.

27th June 2014

MacGregor secures US$50m of orders

27th June 2014

LNG

LNG

GasLog is expanding its fleet with two new 174,000m³ LNG carriers to be built by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

26th June 2014

GasLog expands with new LNG carriers

26th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Largest world shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has entered the large air compressor market, the first example of the range having been delivered to HHI’s own affiliate Hyundai Mipo shipyard.

26th June 2014

HHI delivers first compressor to own yard

26th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

France-based Bourbon has just seen the 500th vessel, ‘Bourbon Evolution 806’ enter into service, thought to place the group at the head of the world’s largest fleet of vessels operated for the…

25th June 2014

Bourbon moves up the rankings

25th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new Germany-based maritime body promoting LNG propulsion in shipping has set a target of five years for the introduction of at least 50 more ships fitted or retro-fitted for LNG use,…

25th June 2014

New group targets 50 LNG ships by 2019

25th June 2014

REGULATION

REGULATION

Thailand-based James Ashworth of Energy consultancy TRI-ZEN explains to Wendy Laursen how the motivation for Asian emission control areas differs from the situation in Europe.

25th June 2014

Drivers for Asian ECAs differ from Europe

25th June 2014

REGULATION

REGULATION

IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu has expressed his disappointment in the progress made on the ballast water management convention at MEPC 66 in April 2014; he is not alone, writes Wendy Laursen.

25th June 2014

Industry divided on ballast water convention

25th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

LNG’s longstanding ‘chicken and egg’ conundrum may be at an end as the very first US LNG bunkering vessels are in sight.

25th June 2014

LNG bunkering for US coming soon

25th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A lack of consistency in newly trained mariners and the need to return to ‘old fashioned skills’ are factors leading some offshore support companies to think again, writes Stevie Knight.

25th June 2014

Old fashioned skills needed

25th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

After decades of boom on what seemed to be an unlimited North Sea oil and gas bonanza, production levels are beginning to finally beginning to dip.

25th June 2014

North Sea toolbox

25th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The arctic holds huge potential for the oil & gas industry although it looks like modifications will be necessary for hardware, processes and crew work patterns.

25th June 2014

Different work patterns for arctic OSVs

25th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Although Island Offshore want to keep the UT777 design’s ‘competitive advantage’ under wraps for as long as possible, Yrjar Garshol of Rolls-Royce gives Stevie Knight a sneak preview.

25th June 2014

More than intervention for the UT777

25th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has gained service level recognition for its Airguard and Oceanguard propeller shaft sealing systems from Lloyd’s Register and is said to be the first company in the industry to do so.

24th June 2014

Wärtsilä seals ‘industry first’ recognition

24th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Corvus Energy of Canada says that it has received approval from three major classification societies for its energy storage system, as used in several hybrid and all-electric ship propulsion projects.

24th June 2014

Class approval for marine Li-Ion battery banks

24th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Korean engine builder Doosan Engine has delivered the first dual-fuel, low-speed ME-GI engine to the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego for the first of two 3,100teu container ships ordered by US operator…

24th June 2014

First new low speed duel fuel engine delivered

24th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo has supplied a complete propulsion system for an ultra-modern chemicals tanker operated by Germany’s Gesellschaft für Öltransporte (GEFO).

23rd June 2014

MAN propulsion for new GEFO tanker

23rd June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fuel savings of 5% are being claimed for ships being fitted with new bulbous bows under a modernisation programme by north German ship charter and management concern NSB, reports Tom Todd.

20th June 2014

New bulbous bows save fuel on slower ships

20th June 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has launched a maritime emergency fund which aims to provide fast and modest cash grants to seafarers in difficulties.

20th June 2014

Fund launched to help seafarers in difficulties

20th June 2014

LNG

LNG

French engineering and technology company Gaztransport and Technigaz, has signed an agreement for the design and construction of two LNG carriers to be built by Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding.

20th June 2014

GTT signs LNG carrier contract

20th June 2014