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CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The very successful 34th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference, held in Hamburg in 2012, was a hard act to follow. But the Mercator Media conference team believes it has managed to put…

1st April 2013

Propulsion & Emissions Conference offers shipowners and industry viewpoints

1st April 2013

OPINION

OPINION

As this issue closed for press, we learned, via Danish shipowner Norden’s newsletter, that a 47,400dwt product tanker sailed 280 nautical miles with the main engine stopped, using nature’s free forces as…

1st April 2013

Sailing by wind and tide

1st April 2013

REGULATION

REGULATION

US classification society ABS has recently formed an Operational and Environmental Performance department.

1st April 2013

ABS focuses on environmental performance

1st April 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

US company Sherwin-Williams is launching the next generation of its Firetex M90 series of passive fire protection coatings on the European market.

1st April 2013

More coatings added to fire protection range

1st April 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard began 2013 with a series of four cruise ships, and has secured similar work on a further eight vessels, worth a total of around S$60…

30th March 2013

Sembawang bags cruise ship refits

30th March 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Drydocks World reports that it is in the process of completing the FSRU Toscana conversion project.

30th March 2013

FSRU conversion finalised in Dubai

30th March 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Damen Shiprepair says that since it acquired the former Sobrena yard at Brest, Northwestern France, around a year ago, it is continuing to recover its share of the LNG carrier repair business,…

30th March 2013

Brest yard re-establishes itself in LNG carrier market

30th March 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Agent for the Astander shipyard in northern Spain, Simplex-Turbulo, has announced the installation of two pits at the yard which will enable the overhaul or removal of azimuthing propulsion units.

30th March 2013

Spanish repair dock installs new propeller pits

30th March 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Belgian company Hydrex reports that its diver/technician team has recently removed a bow thruster from a 300m container vessel for overhaul.

30th March 2013

Boxship bow thruster overhauled without drydocking

30th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two marine technology suppliers have combined to offer a practical solution for areas of the current ballast water treatment debate that are currently at risk of being overlooked.

30th March 2013

On course for BWTS compliance

30th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Goltens Green Technologies says it offers a laser scanning service to assist owners and yards in determining how best to retrofit ballast water treatment systems.

30th March 2013

Laser scanning aids BWTS installation

30th March 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Swedish company MJP waterjets says that two recent refits of waterjets allowed a direct comparison to be made between waterjet brands.

30th March 2013

Replacement jets improve performance

30th March 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GE Marine has delivered another LM2500+G4 marine gas turbine to Avio of Italy, which will power the French Navy’s eighth FREMM frigate.

30th March 2013

Gas turbines for European frigate programme

30th March 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The European Union, under the BB Green R&D project, is funding a scheme to demonstrate the viability of a fast, zero-emission, commuter ferry using air supported hull technology and relying on batteries…

30th March 2013

All-electric air supported hull vessel comes closer to reality

30th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s Sølvtrans has signed a new contract with the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards for the construction of a new 3,200 m3 wellboat.

28th March 2013

New Zamakona wellboat

28th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As demand for new technologies continues to rise, global classification society, ClassNK, has approved the first application of Nippon Steel and Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation’s (NSSC) new lean duplex stainless steel (NSSC2120),…

27th March 2013

ClassNK approves lean duplex stainless steel

27th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has delivered a high specification Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), ‘Sea Tantalus’, to M/V PSV Holding Inc. of Liberia.

27th March 2013

Cochin PSV delivered to Liberia

27th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd have formed a joint venture called MI LNG Co Ltd to handle the design and marketing of new liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

26th March 2013

LNG carrier joint venture

26th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish bulk carrier designer Grontmij’s recently launched Seahorse 35000 deadweight bulk carrier, has exceeded all contract performance requirements during sea trials.

25th March 2013

Seahorse 35000 exceeds expectation

25th March 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power and automation group, ABB, has won a new technology award from the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) for its Onboard DC Grid – the electric propulsion system that can reduce fuel…

25th March 2013

ABB wins new technology award

25th March 2013