News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.

18th December 2013

Alfa Laval wins PureDry order

18th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move…

18th December 2013

Rescuing southern UK shipbuilding

18th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a contract for ship design and equipment supply for a new platform supply vessel for Island Offshore, to be completed by the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on a…

18th December 2013

Island Offshore orders another UT PSV

18th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.

18th December 2013

Damen refit for seismic vessel

18th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Transas Marine’s simulators are proving popular with eastern training centres following orders for Egypt and Jordan.

17th December 2013

Transas simulators for eastern training centres

17th December 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The US EPA has set out the criteria for what is required to classified and considered an approved Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant, or EAL, but not all hydraulic oil products on the market…

17th December 2013

Are PAGs the perfect environmental hydraulic oils?

17th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Every second is critical if things turn out badly enough to require abandoning ship, but as Benny Carlsen of Viking tells Stevie Knight, there is the ‘last man’ issue.

16th December 2013

Getting out alive

16th December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The US EPA is bringing in a revised Vessel General Permit this month, mandating the use of environmentally acceptable lubricants for certain shipboard applications while in US waters; David Tinsley explains.

16th December 2013

US calls time on low-level pollution, mandates enviro-lubricants

16th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

There are media reports that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has won a US$400m order to build five new tankers.

16th December 2013

Multi-million tanker order for DSME

16th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply four 7G70 ME-GI engines for two new Norwegian LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS Shipping.

16th December 2013

MAN ME-GI engines for LNG carriers

16th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Offshore support sector vessels are more likely to find themselves working in difficult conditions, close up and personal with very expensive bits of kit which can endanger life and limb, says Stevie…

15th December 2013

Rough waters for contracts

15th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-based Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings is making it easier for port engineers and fleet managers to assess protective coating for vessels with a new interactive app.

13th December 2013

Marine coating app launched

13th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has placed an order for three newbuild Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers with the Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, China.

12th December 2013

GE Shipping newbuilds

12th December 2013

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

ClassNK tanker expert, Hayato Suga, has been appointed as the chairman of the Tanker Structure Co-operative Forum (TSCF).

12th December 2013

ClassNK expert appointed TSCG chairman

12th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society ClassNK has released its second version of the ‘Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships’ based on the requirements for the design of natural gas fuelled ships.

12th December 2013

ClassNK updates guidance for gas fuelled ships

12th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced an order to provide a full propulsion package for a new North Sea passenger ferry being built for German company Reederei Cassen Eils.

12th December 2013

Dual-fuel propulsion system contract for German ferry

12th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine Exhaust Technologies’ (MET) MX-scrubber is successfully running at its test facility in Denmark, which the company says makes it the first supplier in the country.

11th December 2013

MX-scrubber success

11th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Cathelco has announced an order for ICCP hull corrosion protection systems for two FPSOs which are being converted for SBM Offshore for use in the Petrobras Lula field in Brazil.

11th December 2013

ICCP systems for two FPSO conversions

11th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Four big industry players have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a highly efficient power generating facility installed onto a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) being called an industry first.

11th December 2013

MoU signed for mobile powership

11th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Transport Council has agreed to take a general approach on a proposal aimed at building up minimum infrastructure for alternative fuels across EU ports – a directive that is part…

10th December 2013

A general approach to alternative fuels

10th December 2013