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German company KS Kolbenschmidt, a subsidiary of automotive components group KSPG, has established a large-bore piston factory specifically for the Asian markets.

5th November 2013

New large-bore piston plant in China

5th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

This year’s Europort was opened this week by Melanie Schultz van Haegen, minister of infrastructure and the environment of the Netherlands, who called for a sustained innovation and an “international level playing…

5th November 2013

Level playing field at Europort 2013

5th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team has released preliminary findings and safety measures following the loss of the container vessel MOL Comfort.

5th November 2013

MOL Comfort preliminary findings

5th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maersk Tankers has ordered four new MR vessels with South Korea’s Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering as part of its strategy to gradually update its fleet.

4th November 2013

Maersk orders new MR vessels

4th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE Power is to supply its latest generation dynamic positioning (DP) technology for Hornbeck Offshore’s four new multipurpose supply vessels (MPSVs).

4th November 2013

GE Power advanced Hornbeck subsea vessels

4th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven is planning to invest in Poland’s bankrupt Nowa Shipyard in Szczecin, according to reports in the local media, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

4th November 2013

Kleven eyeing investment in Polish shipyard

4th November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipyard De Hoop is to build its newly designed platform supply vessel (PSV) for Trinidad’s Delta Logistics.

1st November 2013

Shipyard De Hoop secures PSV contract

1st November 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has launched a new streamlined dry docking service which aims to integrate ships agency, safety and equipment services into a single source.

1st November 2013

WSS dry docking solution

1st November 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

David Tinsley explains how, In the unerring drive to expand the market reach of its home-grown HiMSEN range of four-stroke engines, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is preparing to launch the H46/60V diesel,…

1st November 2013

Hyundai shows its mettle with powerful new medium-speed

1st November 2013

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The hot topic in the November 1963 issue of The Motor Ship continued to be large bore engines. The fact that these were now firmly established in the ship propulsion universe was…

1st November 2013

287 large bore engines on order

1st November 2013

OPINION

OPINION

Much has changed in maritime publishing in the last few years, and we are now very much part of the digital revolution.

1st November 2013

Keeping the news alive

1st November 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

David Tinsley looks at the MaK dual fuel engine range, the first of which has now been shipped by the Caterpillar corporation for installation in a newbuild cruise vessel.

31st October 2013

Dual-fuel MaK engine hosts advance in control technology

31st October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ new cruise ship, ‘Europa 2’, has become the first in the world to be awarded Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) certification by Germanischer Lloyd.

31st October 2013

EEDI first for Hapag-Lloyd ship

31st October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein has reached a major milestone following its latest contract for Vroon Offshore Services as the total number of offshore ship designs sold by the company passes the 100 mark.

31st October 2013

Ulstein reaches design milestone

31st October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Netherlands propulsion expert Bakker-Sleidrecht is designing and supplying new drive systems for seven new Brazilian ferries being built by Afai Southern Shipyard in China.

31st October 2013

Bakker power for Brazilian ferries

31st October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Two joint ventures of Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) are to build and operate seven new LNG-related vessels for the Port of Ras Laffan Doha.

30th October 2013

LNG vessels for Qatar

30th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein is to supply ship design, power and control equipment and on-site follow-up services for two platform supply vessels as part of an agreement with COSCO (Guang Dong) Shipyard.

30th October 2013

Ulstein PSV agreement

30th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish power expert, The Switch, has launched its next generation energy efficient drive trains for the large merchant shipping sector.

30th October 2013

Game-changing drive trains

30th October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first international service passenger ferry operating on purely-LNG-fuelled engines recently entered service on trans-Skagerrak duty, and is described here by David Tinsley.

29th October 2013

World’s first cruise ferry using pure gas engine propulsion

29th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Media reports say that the Russian state-owned shipbuilder United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has bought out Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

29th October 2013

Arctech Helsinki shipyard buy-out

29th October 2013