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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

It has been an eventful time in newbuilding since ‘The Motorship’ last looked at Germany; the situation remains dire, but much is happening and the sector is still very much alive, versatile…

1st June 2013

German newbuilding shows its mettle

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

If there’s an illogicality to the relationship between support vessel owners and charterers that’s preventing cost saving and environmental mitigation investment, its because the charterers stand to gain while the owners are…

1st June 2013

Healing an artificial divide

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A very novel looking support and emergency oil spill response boat is soon to come out of Arctech’s Helsinki facility. The ARC100, is a peculiar looking beast but it has some very…

1st June 2013

Making progress, crabwise

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) ‘Dina Star’ is the first vessel to take up an innovative DC (direct current) electrical system rather than the more traditional AC (alternating current) type.

1st June 2013

Direct current connections

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

There’s been a recent steep rise in the number of LNG powered vessels, mainly for North Sea use, and some predict that the chicken and egg ‘invest or wait for bunkering’ issue…

1st June 2013

An industry ‘sleeping at the wheel’?

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

When Frank de Lange of Damen says the company’s latest PSV 3300 CD “has been designed to stand out,” he means it: the first in the series, the ‘World Diamond’ – due…

1st June 2013

A bright future

1st June 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The MO1, Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, is the first of a pair of support craft being built at the Buckie Shipyard; Bob Mainprize says it has benefited from “a lot of hard…

1st June 2013

Broad shoulders and thoughtful design

1st June 2013

OPINION

OPINION

In spite of concerted support and increased funding by the state, the Russian shipbuilding industry is plunging into serious crisis, writes Eugene Gerden.

1st June 2013

Russian commercial shipbuilding faces serious crisis

1st June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

IMO seems reticent to legislate on biofouling and its influence on hull performance, explains Wendy Laursen.

1st June 2013

Biofouling regulations on the table

1st June 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Slow steaming, fuel sulphur limits and desires to cut fuel costs and ship weight all provide challenges for two-stroke designers, builders and lubricant suppliers.

1st June 2013

Efficiency drives two-stroke developments

1st June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Martek Marine has released a MED-certified portable gas detector that can be recalibrated onboard, providing tamperproof certification to meet the relevant regulations.

1st June 2013

Gas detector can be calibrated onboard

1st June 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Inland shipping companies, VEKA Group and DEEN Shipping, have joined forces and combined experiences in a bid to develop the small scale LNG market under the name VEKA DEEN LNG.

31st May 2013

VEKA and DEEN Shipping LNG venture

31st May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

After being fitted with a MAN B&W 6S70ME-C type prime mover and three MAN 7L23/30H auxiliary engines, Suezmax tanker, ‘Zumbi dos Palmares’, has been delivered to Brazilian hydrocarbon transportation company, Transpetro.

30th May 2013

MAN power for Brazil

30th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International advanced motor, drive and control technologies supplier, GE Power Conversion, has been chosen by China’s Dalian Shipyard to supply the complete drive and automation system for its Goliath crane.

29th May 2013

GE Power systems for Dalian Shipyard

29th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power expert, Cummins Marine, has supplied three Cummins KTA38-M3 HD engines to power the first of two crewboats newly built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard in China.

29th May 2013

Cummins power for new crewboat

29th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power and automation group, ABB, has won a US$12m contract to power a new deepwater pipe laying vessel being built in Singapore.

29th May 2013

ABB wins US$12m propulsion contract

29th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has bagged a contract to build a 33,000gt construction and pipe-laying vessel for delivery to London-based CEONA, reports Tom Todd.

28th May 2013

Lloyd Werft bags offshore newbuild

28th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A fire broke out onboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Grandeur of the Seas, yesterday, which put paid to over 2,000 holidaymakers’ holidays.

28th May 2013

Cruiser fire in Bahamas

28th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The joint venture owned by Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co Ltd, Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co Ltd, has begun construction of its new production facilities in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province of China.

28th May 2013

New Wärtsilä Yuchai production facilities

28th May 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A joint three-year research and development project has been inaugurated between Hamburg University of Technology, Mareval AG Hamburg and HeavyLift@Sea.

24th May 2013

Offshore crane R&D programme launched

24th May 2013