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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce’s design and integrated ship equipment is proving popular as the company secures two separate orders worth a total of £25.5m.

6th May 2014

Rolls-Royce wins £25.5m worth of orders

6th May 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maritime technology company, DK Group, has changed its corporate name, rebranding as Silverstream Technologies.

2nd May 2014

DK Group rebrands

2nd May 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Blohm + Voss Repair in Hamburg has signed a letter of intent with Scandlines to convert and complete the two controversial ferry newbuildings Berlin and Copenhagen, writes Tom Todd.

2nd May 2014

Blohm + Voss bags ferry conversions

2nd May 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ExxonMobil Marine Fuels and Lubricants is doubling its fleet of chartered bunker tankers that feature Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)-approved mass flow metering systems – a result of demand from Singapore marine…

1st May 2014

ExxonMobil expands offering

1st May 2014

OPINION

OPINION

Shipowners all want to be environmentally responsible, but few involved in the charter markets can afford the cost of low-carbon, fuel saving measures.

1st May 2014

Rewards for being green

1st May 2014

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Such is the dominance of the internal combustion engine in today’s ships that it is easy to forget that the prime purpose of ‘The Motor Ship’ when launched in 1920 was to…

1st May 2014

Diesel benefits underlined

1st May 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dag Pike describes a UK-designed, Turkish-built patrol vessel for the Middle East whose propulsion system is loosely based on offshore crew boat practice.

1st May 2014

Patrol boat for Arabian Gulf features novel propulsion

1st May 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The intention may not be that container ships carry their own tugs onboard, but Dutch companies BEN3D Naval Architecture and OSO Shipbuilding Werkendam see a strong future for their ContainerTug600S concept.

1st May 2014

Tug-in-a-box concept from Dutch designers

1st May 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

More than 160 ships are expected to be built at Russian Far East shipyards by 2025, according to recent statements by Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the…

30th April 2014

Russia’s Far East shipbuilding cluster to receive US$22.2 billion orders by 2025

30th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German Dry Docks says that it is expecting the ‘Ramform Challenger’, a seismic ship owned by Norwegian company PGS, at its Bremerhaven yard for repair and upgrade work.

30th April 2014

Ramform ship stems at GDD

30th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL is supporting business growth in South China with the opening of a new office in Guangzhou.

30th April 2014

New DNV GL office to support Chinese growth

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

In April, underwater repair company Hydrex carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 270m container ship in Barcelona.

30th April 2014

Underwater blade replacement keeps ship out of drydock

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Drydocks World of Dubai reports that earlier this year it finished the major repair and refurbishment of National Drilling Company’s (NDC) self-elevated crane vessel ‘Al Ghweifat’.

30th April 2014

Crane ship upgrade in Dubai

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Earlier this year Turku Repair Yard, part of BLRT Grupp and Finland’s largest repair yard, completed a six-week-long conversion project on a Tallink Silja passenger ferry.

30th April 2014

Finnish yard completes cruise ferry conversion

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Damen Shiprepair’s French yard in Brest was booked for the dry-docking and repairs of two shuttle tankers managed by Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers.

30th April 2014

Two tankers at Damen Brest

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Damen Shiprepair and Conversion reports that its Damen ARNO Dunkerque yard has recently completed an interesting upgrade to the world’s first purpose-built offshore wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel.

30th April 2014

Damen fits new feet to wind farm vessel

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The wind turbine installation vessel ‘MPI Resolution’, while drydocked at Damen Shipyards’ Arno Dunkerque yard, saw a significant overhaul to the electrical systems carried out by system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems.

30th April 2014

Electrical upgrades for wind ship

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-Kom) of Qatar reports that it has recently drydocked and repaired the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) dual fuel diesel electric LNG carrier Aseem.

30th April 2014

Gas tanker work and new floating docks for Qatar yard

30th April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK-based marine metal fabrication specialist IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of contracts for three ship operators.

30th April 2014

Varied work on tanker and ferries

30th April 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

According to Patrice Flot and Alain Meslati of diesel control and instrumentation company CMR Group, various challenges in the marine industry are leading to the greater use of bio-fuels in the form…

30th April 2014

Monitoring for safety with bio-fuels

30th April 2014