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Norwegian specialist in lifeboats, rescue craft and davits Noreq says that increasing demand has led to the formation of a new subsidiary, based in Dubai, to serve the UAE and Middle East…

Belgian company Hydrex reports that it recently mobilised a diver/technician team to a 300m container ship in Hong Kong to reinstall a bow thruster which exhibited problems after being overhauled.

Ecospeed vinylester glassflake coatings are said to have successfully ended a rudder cavitation damage problem on a class of five ro-ro vessels operated in Finland and managed by Hamburg-based Ernst Russ.

Rolls-Royce reports that it has won a contract from India’s Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 Kamewa water jets for a new fleet of 20 50m long fast patrol vessels, currently under construction…

Elcometer has released what it says is the first in a series of software enhancements for its 456 thickness gauge, which was launched six months ago.

Swedish company MJP Waterjets claims to have succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic…

DNV has publicly unveiled its view of technology solutions for the next decade, pointing at mega-trends analysed on the basis of population, economy, governance, natural resources production and consumption.

Kelvin Hughes has launched its fourth generation ECDIS, which is a part of the company’s MantaDigital multifunction workstation range, in which a single display can function as ECDIS, radar or conning display.

Wärtsilä and the Shell Oil Company have announced the signing of a joint co-operation agreement aimed at promoting and accelerating the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

Marlink says that it has signed an agreement with short-sea ship operator Wilson Ship Management to provide 80 of its ships with SCAP FleetBroadband on a 36 month contract.

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) is exercising its option for building two new self-unloading dry cargo vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal program.

Braemar Seascope says that it has noticed a marked increase in ship scrapping, and that this should represent good news for the dry cargo sector and maybe the whole shipping and shipbuilding…

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has extended its classification rules to include the items of drilling equipment which are essential for the safety of offshore drilling operations.

One of Germany’s most unusual ships, the 12,800dwt E-Ship 1, has sailed through the Kiel Canal for the first time adding the Baltic to her areas of operation, writes Tom Todd.