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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society Bureau Veritas is to class three Ultra-Large Container Ships (ULCSs) to be built for China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and chartered to French operator CMA CGM. The ships are due…

10th October 2013

BV class for Chinese ultra-large boxships

10th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An initial two-year framework agreement has been signed by Alu Design and Oceaneering to supply a newly developed operator chair.

10th October 2013

Operator chair agreement

10th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has launched a stern tube seal ring specifically designed for use with environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs).

9th October 2013

Long life seal ring for use with EALs

9th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US company WR Systems is promoting its Emsys emissions monitor as a means of compliance with the EU’s MRV proposal.

9th October 2013

Measuring mass emissions rates pre- EU MRV initiative

9th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German instrumentation company Kistler has introduced a new version of its Electronic Indicator, HLV4.0, claimed to be more durable, faster and more accurate.

9th October 2013

New version of Electronic Indicator

9th October 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optimarin says its has signed a “landmark framework agreement” with major ship management company V.Ships.

8th October 2013

Large potential order from V.Ships for Norwegian BWTS

8th October 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Four new 38,000dwt general cargo ships ordered by Nanjing King Ship Management will each be equipped with MacGregor cranes.

8th October 2013

Chinese crane order for Cargotec

8th October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Malaysian cruise operator Star Cruises has placed a contract for a 150,000gt cruise vessel with German yard Meyer Werft of Papenburg.

8th October 2013

Asian cruise company orders from Meyer Werft

8th October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Royal Arctic Line has signed a contract for the construction of five new cargo ships to be built at Polish shipyard Remontowa in Gdansk.

8th October 2013

Five newbuilds for Royal Arctic Line to replace P&S order

8th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lukoil Marine Lubricants says that both Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo have approved Lukoil’s Navigo 100 MCL cylinder lubricant for two stroke main engines.

8th October 2013

Engine designers opt for 100BN cylinder oils

8th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen is to build the first of its newly designed Offshore Carrier 7500 for Van Oord at its Galati shipyard in Romania.

8th October 2013

New Damen carrier for Van Oord

8th October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A delegation from Chinese ship and crane builder ZPMC will visit German shipyard Sietas next week prior to deciding whether to make an offer for the bankrupt facility, writes Tom Todd

8th October 2013

Chinese eye insolvent Sietas yard

8th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced an order from Turkish tug specialist Sanmar shipyard of Istanbul for 12 shipsets of azimuth thrusters for various customers.

8th October 2013

12-tug thruster contract for Rolls-Royce

8th October 2013

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The fourth ‘Motorship’ Gas Fuelled Ships Conference took place onboard the ‘Viking Grace’ cruise ferry sailing out of Stockholm en route for Mariehamn and Turku.

8th October 2013

First-hand experience of LNG underlines conference success

8th October 2013

LNG

LNG

Two LNG-fuelled tug newbuildings were named at Sanmar Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 October.

7th October 2013

Rolls-Royce power for first pure LNG-fuelled tugs

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Plans have been announced to form a new bank, specialising in lending to the marine and offshore industries, to be based in Oslo.

7th October 2013

New maritime bank to be set up in Norway

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dalian Marine Propeller Co Ltd (DMMP) is to produce and sell MAN Diesel and Turbo Alpha Kappel design propellers in China.

7th October 2013

MAN propeller agreement

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding has delivered the latest in the ‘Corona’ series of coal carriers to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line).

4th October 2013

‘Corona Royal’ delivery

4th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Two winners have been announced for the Ocean Exchange 2013 Awards, each winning a US$100,000 prize from sponsors Gulfstream Aerospace and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL)

3rd October 2013

Ocean Exchange winners

3rd October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two more orders for luxury inland cruise ships have been won by Meyer subsidiary Neptun Werft in Warnemuende, bringing the number ordered since 2000 to an incredible 45, writes Tom Todd.

3rd October 2013

German yards do well with very different ships

3rd October 2013