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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Government of Québec and the Société des traversiers have been working together towards a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% on local ferry routes.

23rd November 2011

Canada introduces LNG-powered ferries

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Havyard Group in Norway will deliver another PSV vessel to the Faroese shipping company Supply Service Pf.

23rd November 2011

Faroe orders another Havyard vessel

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IMO secretary general, Efthimios E. Mitropoulos told delegates at the 27th IMO assembly this week that piracy and ships emissions have been central themes for the organisation this year.

23rd November 2011

IMO piracy and emission focus

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced that an agreement for the acquisition of UK engineering firm Hamworthy plc has been reached.

22nd November 2011

Wärtsilä acquires Hamworthy plc

22nd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US Navy reports that its self defense test ship (SDTS) has successfully concluded a trial voyage using a fuel comprising a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum…

21st November 2011

US Navy undertakes alternative fuels test

21st November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy reports that it has won contracts to install its technology on 21 LNG carriers, under construction in South Korea, for Norwegian owners Golar, AWILCO and Höegh LNG, and Greek owners MaranGas…

21st November 2011

21-ship LNG carrier order for Hamworthy

21st November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that the first example of its new electronically controlled X35 low-speed engine series has been successfully started at the Chinese premises of Yuchai Marine Power (YCMP).

21st November 2011

New low-speed engine design started up

21st November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following reports in the UK press last week from Hamworthy that it was in advanced talks with Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation regarding a takeover, Wärtsilä has issued a statement which confirms the news.

20th November 2011

Wärtsilä confirms Hamworthy bid talks

20th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bergen Group’s Hanøytangen repair yard has been awarded a contract to carry out mobilisation work on the accommodation rig ‘Safe Scandinavia’ involving a dock stay of about one week. The contract value…

20th November 2011

Offshore repairs for Norwegian yard

20th November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The right hull coating can, claim several paint suppliers, make a real difference to a ship’s fuel consumption and environmental performance, through lowering hull resistance, and maintaining smoothness throughout the life of…

20th November 2011

Quantifiable results from hull coatings

20th November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

German filter supplier Armaturen-Wolff says that it has developed, with a partner company, a superior method of protecting seawater filters against corrosion.

20th November 2011

Corrosion protection for seawater filters

20th November 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Naval architect M. Rajeev of Axsys Technologies in India has contacted The Motorship with his ideas about nanotechnology in shipbuilding, a subject he says has fascinated him throughout his career.

20th November 2011

Introducing nanotechnology to shipbuilding

20th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Portuguese shiprepair yard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) repaired 31 vessels up to September, a number slightly inferior to that achieved in 2010 in the same period.

20th November 2011

Mixed fortunes for Spanish and Portuguese repair yards

20th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Drydocks World in Dubai reports activity in all its core business areas in 2011 with the repair business picking up momentum during the course of the year.

20th November 2011

Busy year for Dubai yards

20th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Fincantieri has been awarded an extensive refit and refurbishment project for the newly acquired Saga cruiseship, the 37,301gt ‘Bleu de France’, built in 1981 by Bremer Vulkan in Germany for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises…

20th November 2011

Cruise makeovers benefit Italian yards

20th November 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Korean-owned Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) shipyard, located 40 km south of Constanta harbour in Romania, is returning to the shiprepair and conversion business after a four-year break during which it…

20th November 2011

Another builder returns to repair

20th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Deltamarin has contracted with Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, part of CSIC Group, for designs for four ‘green’ Handysize Bulk Carriers to be built for M.T. Maritime Management and Strategic Shipping.

20th November 2011

Contract signed for B.Delta 37 bulkers

20th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An order to supply fuel-fired heaters for 20 platform supply vessels being built by Zhejiang Shipbuilding ranks as the largest single delivery won by Norway’s Ulmatec Pyro.

19th November 2011

Heater company picks up its largest-ever order

19th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hornbeck Offshore Services, of the USA, has contracted to construct eight 97.2m long offshore supply vessels with VT Halter Marine, and a further eight with Eastern Shipbuilding Group.

19th November 2011

Large PSV orders from US shipyards

19th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Safebridge, a German e-learning company specialising in internet-based training solutions for the maritime industry, has unveiled the first release of its new online courseware for type-specific ECDIS training.

19th November 2011

New online ECDIS courses launched

19th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

It has come to the notice of Mercator Media, publisher of ‘The Motorship’, that bogus organisations are continuing to contact subscribers, advertisers and exhibitors, supposedly on behalf of Mercator Media.

18th November 2011

Important warning to our clients and readers

18th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IMR/subsea construction vessel ’Neptune Larissa’, has been delivered from Zhejiang Shipbuilding in China to shipowner Neptune Offshore, the 50th ship to a design from the Norwegian Ulstein Group.

18th November 2011

Ulstein delivers 50th vessel

18th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germany’s two leading ship repair yards – Blohm + Voss Repair and Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) – are tackling work on a string of big cruise ships in welcome end-of-year employment for…

18th November 2011

Cruise ships dock at German repair yards

18th November 2011