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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK marine electronics company Ocean Signal has announced that its SafeSea V100 GMDSS hand-held VHF radio has been awarded MED product certification from BABT, as a portable survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone.

9th August 2011

GMDSS hand portable gains MED wheelmark

9th August 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Survitec Group, manufacturer and distributor for the survival technology industries, has appointmented Paul Lester CBE, as chairman.

8th August 2011

New chairman for safety group

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that it supports the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the architect of change when it comes to regulating shipping’s CO2 emissions.

8th August 2011

ICS supports IMO’s emissions stance

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BMT Nigel Gee says that it has won an order from China for the design of a 25m battery-powered, all electric, 150 passenger, ferry for use in estuary and coastal waters.

8th August 2011

Battery ferry design contract awarded

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced that its RT-flex60C main engines have been selected for the first series of eight 1,700TEU Bangkok-max container ships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China.

8th August 2011

Boxship engine order for Wärtsilä

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A 276-page reference book ‘Measuring Torque Correctly’ has been produced by Rainer Schicker and Dr Georg Wegener of HBM, covering essential aspects of using torque transducers.

8th August 2011

Reference source produced for torque measurement

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

National Chemical Carriers (NCC), an 80% owned subsidiary of the National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has taken delivery of a new chemical tanker named NCC Safa from SHINAsb of South…

8th August 2011

New chemical tanker for NCC

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Interferry says it is opening an office in Brussels with a full-time specialist for European Union and IMO activities in a bid to strengthen the ferry industry’s voice on maritime policy and…

8th August 2011

Ferry industry wants a stronger voice

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed an agreement with the UK-based Harris Pye group to carry out after-sales service on MHI marine boilers on a world wide non-exclusive basis.

5th August 2011

Boiler after-sales agreement signed

5th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of a new 180,000dwt 292m bulk carrier, Shin Koho, at the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s Tsu Shipyard.

5th August 2011

First hybrid turbocharged bulk carrier

5th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Pole Star has announced its intention to merge with Absolute Software/Maritime Tracking Services. The company says that at this stage of negotiations, it is not possible to provide detailed information on the…

5th August 2011

Tracking system suppliers to merge

5th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crane supplier Palfinger Wind reports that an order for 48 platform cranes, to be used for servicing large offshore wind turbines, by turbine producer Repower Systems, has recently been completed.

5th August 2011

Large order for wind farm service cranes

5th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Ocean Safety has been awarded a contract by Svitzer UK to supply and service ISO and SOLAS lifejackets, pyrotechnics, survival suits and other safety equipment to the company’s UK fleet…

4th August 2011

Safety deal with tug operator

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ocean Signal has appointed CMC Electronics as exclusive Canadian distributor for all marine markets. CMC Electronics is said to be Canada’s largest distributor of marine electronics, handling many major manufacturers.

4th August 2011

New Canadian marine electronics distribution deal

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has won a £50 million contract to design and equip two UT 731 CD anchor handling vessels for Farstad Shipping of Norway. They will work in extreme environmental conditions at water…

4th August 2011

Dual AHTS order for Rolls-Royce

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has announced the start of a marine energy appraisal initiative, intended to help vessel operators lower fuel consumption by reducing their energy use and improving the environment by cutting CO2 emissions.

4th August 2011

Marine energy appraisal launched by ABB

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Shipyard has won two contracts worth a total of S$146 million to convert a FPSO unit as well as to fabricate and integrate an external turret mooring system for an existing…

4th August 2011

New FPSO contracts for Keppel

4th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Wismar facility of Germany’s Nordic Yards has completed the unusual modernisation of an ice-breaking container ship – the Norilskiy Nickel – prompted by increased transport demands on Russia’s northern route.

3rd August 2011

Ice-breaking boxship revamp completed

3rd August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Carnival Corporation has announced it has reached agreement for the construction of three new cruise ships - one 132,500gt vessel for its Costa Cruises brand and two 125,000gt ships for Aida Cruises.

3rd August 2011

Carnival orders new Aida and Costa ships

3rd August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seaspan Corporation says that it has accepted delivery of its latest 4,500TEU containership, the Budapest Bridge, which was constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries.

3rd August 2011

Last of series boxship for Seaspan

3rd August 2011

OPINION

OPINION

According to logistics organisation Shippers Voice, shipper groups believe that ‘green fuel taxes’ will not reduce emissions from ships; instead they will simply add a surcharge to the rates they charge customers.

3rd August 2011

Shippers sceptical about EEDI measures

3rd August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK marine sign maker Maritime Progress has announced that it is now able to apply the same photo-luminescent technology used for its safety-related signs but at lower cost, allowing it to extend…

2nd August 2011

Applications of photo-luminescent signage expanded

2nd August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a new contract, valued at around £20 million, to design and supply power and propulsion systems for two UT 776 CD supply vessels for Island Offshore.

2nd August 2011

Large propulsion order for Rolls-Royce

2nd August 2011