News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following the announcement that British merchant ships will be able to arm themselves against the piracy threat – new guidance has been released by the UK Government.

7th December 2011

New UK anti-piracy armed guard guidance

7th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A multi-purpose tug and offshore support vessel, Seaways 20, designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, and built by Keppel Singmarine, has been delivered to owner Seaways International of Singapore.

6th December 2011

Offshore tug from Canadian designer

6th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hatlapa Marine Equipment, the German company best known for deck machinery, steering gear, compressors and fleet support, has added a range of filter products to its spare parts business.

6th December 2011

Filters added to equipment portfolio

6th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crowley Maritime of the USA has recently launched the ‘Ocean Wave’, first of four Ocean Class tugs under construction at Bollinger Shipyards.

6th December 2011

First of four US tugs launched

6th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based company Cathelco Seafresh has announced orders for its reverse osmosis desalinators for two projects in Singapore, a FRSU conversion and an AHTS newbuild.

5th December 2011

Desalinators for Singapore projects

5th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 12,499gt British cruise ship ‘Minerva’ is now at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) for a multi-million pound conversion lasting more than two months - one of the longest jobs for some time…

5th December 2011

Minerva conversion coup as LWB work booms

5th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of two 169.5m long ro-pax ferries for German-Danish operator Scandlines, designed to counter the competition from the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link, has been floated out at P+S Shipyards in…

5th December 2011

First Scandlines newbuild floated out

5th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations of Singapore has announced a new order for four platform supply vessels. The vessels, of 5,000dwt capacity, will be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan.

2nd December 2011

Four Japanese PSVs for Swire Pacific

2nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germanischer Lloyd recently held a forum at its Hamburg head office to discuss exhaust gas scrubbers, which GL agrees provide one solution to tightening regulations governing sulphur emissions from ship engines.

2nd December 2011

GL examines scrubber technology

2nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), managed by Thomas Miller, has highlighted the level of exposure to liability which naval architects can face, especially in today’s financially troubled shipping industry.

1st December 2011

Settlement agreed for ship designer in hull cracking case

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced two significant maintenance contracts, worth over €4 million, awarded to its PrimeServ Shanghai subsidiary by COSCO, the state-owned Chinese shipping group.

1st December 2011

Contracts for MAN PrimeServ in Shanghai

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä reports that its latest six-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex48T engine has been successfully started up at the facilities of licensee QMD (Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel) in China.

1st December 2011

RT-flex48T added to two-stroke portfolio

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Total Lubmarine has announced that uptake of its Talusia Universal marine cylinder lubricant has increased 22% year-on-year, a figure bolstered by a 6% rise in overall lubricant sales in Asia during the…

1st December 2011

Total reports increased lube oil sales

1st December 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Cummins of the USA has named Jenny Bush as general manager for its commercial marine business unit.

1st December 2011

New head for Cummins commercial marine business

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The parent company of The MotorShip, Mercator Media, has today launched new and improved ‘search’ functionality for its websites that will provide users with more relevant results, faster.

1st December 2011

Better website search for The MotorShip

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Siemens Industry Inc. has improved on its Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue Drive Plus C system - a new diesel electric propulsion system available now in the USA.

1st December 2011

Improved diesel electric drive launched

1st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bremen-based RWO GmbH - Marine Water Technology, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has secured an order to supply ballast water treatment systems to Hamburg shipping company Peter Döhle.

1st December 2011

RWO CleanBallast for Peter Döhle container ships

1st December 2011

OPINION

OPINION

The overwhelming message from our recent Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam was that LNG fuel is a viable option for ships under IMO Tier III and other strict emissions controls, but…

1st December 2011

Log-on – Gas fuel, the unanswered questions

1st December 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

In a relentless drive to extend the market reach and brand power of its home-grown HiMSEN four-stroke range, Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) has introduced more powerful variants of…

30th November 2011

Hyundai expands home-grown engine range

30th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

At the Augsburg fountainhead of its medium-speed engine technology, MAN Diesel & Turbo has this year opened a new emissions test facility.

30th November 2011

MAN sets up dedicated emissions test centre

30th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Representing a further major stage in the evolution of its 320mm-bore medium-speed engine, Wartsila’s popular W32 series has been augmented by new models offering a 16% power advance over the earlier engine…

30th November 2011

Wärtsilä strengthens hand in hotly-contested sector

30th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Independent producer of medium-speed engines Anglo Belgian Corporation(ABC) has provided the propulsive power for a new generation of shortsea cargo vessels commissioned by the UK-based company Union Transport.

30th November 2011

Belgium’s independent maker shows resilience

30th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

As a pointer to Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ plans to make its Green Gas Engine series available to the marine market, two 12-cylinder versions of the spark-ignited, medium-speed design have been written into…

30th November 2011

Japanese provide new options in gas engines

30th November 2011