News

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Acording to Wendy Laursen, the number of system manufacturers is growing to meet demand.

28th February 2014

BWT manufacturing market is big enough

28th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Makers of ballast, fresh and waste water systems are upgrading their technologies to meet increasingly stringent regulations and with a keen eye for improving energy efficiency, writes Wendy Laursen

28th February 2014

Tougher standards driving change in water treatment

28th February 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

German repair yards went into the New Year with a varied and interesting spread of work, but, as Tom Todd writes, it is the smaller facilities which are again drawing most of…

28th February 2014

German yards stay active on a wide front

28th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered a new 165,000m3 LNG carrier which will be built by Japan Marine United of Tokyo.

28th February 2014

MOL enters into LNG newbuild and charter contract

28th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has officially opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore to meet growing demand for its services in the region.

28th February 2014

DNV GL opens new Asia Pacific headquarters

28th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tokyo-based classification society, ClassNK, has released an updated edition of its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships.

27th February 2014

ClassNK releases amendments to Class Rules

27th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Engine room fires continue to be a problem for the Industry, which hasn’t learned from old lessons, says Braemar Salvage Association (SA).

27th February 2014

Engine room fires continue to be a problem

27th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cargotec’s MacGregor has won three subsea crane orders from two far east giants in February – Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI) and China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry.

26th February 2014

MacGregor subsea crane orders

26th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore’s Jaya Holdings Limited is proposing to sell its entire share capital of all its subsidiaries to Mermaid Marine Australia Limited for a cash consideration of around S$625m.

25th February 2014

Jaya subsidiary sale on the cards

25th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

One of the largest dry docks in the Baltic Sea region, Finland’s Turku Repair Yard, has completed all modernisation and repair works on Silja Serenade within six weeks.

25th February 2014

Turku Repair completes Silja conversion

25th February 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards’ ‘series production’ philosophy, which has proved so successful in the workboat, tug and patrol craft markets, is successfully transferring to coastal and short sea shipping as demand grows for high-quality…

25th February 2014

Product tanker built to high specification for European coastal trade

25th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein Verft has announced new contracts for two PSVs for Blue Ship Invest, to the PX121 design, and with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.

24th February 2014

Two more PSVs to be built at Ulstein

24th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.

24th February 2014

Zeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation

24th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce Power Systems’ MTU Series 4000 engines have been awarded Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) certification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

24th February 2014

Rolls-Royce engines ABS-certified

24th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) has signed a contract with Miko Marine AS to become the first national agency to purchase the ShipArrestor system.

21st February 2014

Norway commits to the ShipArrestor

21st February 2014

LNG

LNG

Qatargas-chartered LNG vessels carried out the ‘first’ ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operations of LNG between two Q-Flex type ships.

21st February 2014

Qatargas LNG STS transfer

21st February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Russia and Ukraine are considering implementing a number of major joint investment projects in shipbuilding during the next few years, as part of recently signed agreements between the two countries’ governments, writes…

21st February 2014

Russia to provide $4 billion shipbuilding cash to Ukraine

21st February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European marine genset market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.13% between 2013 and 2018, according to a new report.

20th February 2014

Marine gensets market boost

20th February 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register emergency response experts assessing the hull of the ‘Maritime Maisie’ chemical tanker have said its strength is severely impaired and it needs to get to a port of refuge as…

20th February 2014

Maritime Maisie hull strength compromised

20th February 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Eco Marine Power (EMP) of Japan says that its rigid sail technology for ships, known as EnergySail, has successfully concluded function testing at the Aquarius Innovation Lab in Osaka, supported by JSMEA…

19th February 2014

A step closer to hybrid power for large ships

19th February 2014