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GENERAL NEWS

According to Rivertrace Engineering (RTE), the rising number of ships having to switch between HFO and distillate fuel has prompted the launch of a viscosity system to address key maintenance and operational…

21st July 2011

Smart sense for oil viscosity

21st July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Polar supply and research vessel ordered by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs has been named S.A. Agulhas II and launched at STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard.

21st July 2011

South African Polar vessel is launched

21st July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB marine and crane services has introduced a four-phase life-cycle management model, comprising ‘active’, ‘classic’, ‘limited’ and ‘obsolete’.

21st July 2011

Life cycle management for marine market

21st July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Blue Water Trade Winds, an Indian marine consulting firm, has recently signed a three year contract with ST Shipping & Transport to implement its cargo heating management service as a fuel-saving measure…

20th July 2011

Indian system saves fuel and preserves cargoes

20th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Class society Bureau Veritas reports that it has managed to slash the reporting time for a condition assessment programme (CAP) report from three months to one month, while improving its accessibility and…

20th July 2011

BV cuts condition assessment report time

20th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has announced an order, worth more than $40 million, to provide complete power and propulsion systems for two new energy-efficient icebreaking vessels to be built by the Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in…

19th July 2011

Finnish marine electrical order is worth over $40 million

19th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a licence agreement with CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel (GMD), part of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä two-stroke engines in China.

19th July 2011

New two-stroke licensee in China

19th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new name could be joining the important high speed marine diesel market if Chinese plans reach fruition, and given the growth of the Chinese economy there seems a fair chance of…

18th July 2011

China to produce own high-speed marine engines

18th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipowner Campbell Shipping has signed an order with Tsuji Heavy Industries (Jiangsu) of Changjiagang, Jiang Su, China, for two 37,500dwt double-hull log fitted bulk carriers, with an option for two more.

18th July 2011

Two bulkers ordered by Campbell

18th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced a new contract to supply main engines for a series of 25 tankers being built for Volga Shipping of Russia; each will be equipped with two 6L20 main engines.

18th July 2011

50-engine order for Russian tankers

18th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch heavy lift ship operator Jumbo Shipping has concluded an agreement with the Brodosplit shipyard Croatia, for the construction of a new heavy lift vessel.

14th July 2011

New heavy lift ordered in Croatia

14th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shell Lubricants has announced an improved Gadus grease range, designed to meet the challenges of current marine equipment operating in the wettest, coldest, hottest and most extreme conditions.

14th July 2011

Grease for extreme conditions at sea

14th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bakker Sliedrecht, of The Netherlands, says that after many years of successful cooperation with Chinese shipyards in Tianjin and Dalian, the company continues to receive new orders from Chinese clients.

14th July 2011

Electrical developments in China

14th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish dynamic positioning systems manufacturer Navis Engineering has launched a Chinese language version of its NavDP4000 dynamic positioning system graphic user interface (GUI).

14th July 2011

First Chinese language DP system

14th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced an order for engines and FP propellers from Van Oord for installation in the second of two large self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, as well as orders from China for…

13th July 2011

Wärtsilä supplies more dredger propulsion

13th July 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

ZF Services UK has announced the appointment of Jim Peebles to its marine business unit, as technical sales engineer for commercial craft, part of its strategy to increase its focus on commercial…

13th July 2011

Transmission company strengthens commercial focus

13th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The UK-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient new generation container feeders, to a Wärtsilä design, which will be built at the Jin Hai shipyard complex in…

12th July 2011

Order for fleet of ‘green’ feeders

12th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Aveva says that its Aveva Mars system has been selected by Guangxin Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry. The system, described as an “enterprise resource management system” will be used to optimise GSHI’s shipbuilding…

12th July 2011

Software ordered by Chinese yard

12th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Drydocks World of Dubai has announced the delivery an anchor handling offshore support vessel built at the company’s yard in Nanindah, Indonesia, for Singapore-based Pacific Crest.

12th July 2011

Dubai company delivers OSV from Indonesia

12th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish developer Navis Engineering has won a contract from STX Finland to supply a NavDP4000 DP technology to Aura II, currently under construction in Turku, Finland and due for delivery in 2012.

11th July 2011

DP system ordered for bio-fuel ship

11th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sener of Spain has set up a new office in Busan to provide improved sales and technical support to its Foran customer base in South Korea and neighbouring countries.

11th July 2011

CAD/CAM company opens in Korea

11th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has released version 5.0 of its structural assessment software programs PrimeShip-HULL(Rules) and PrimeShip-HULL(DSA), which are in use by shipyards globally.

8th July 2011

New structure software version issued

8th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Retiring IACS chairman Noboru Ueda of ClassNK says the association must play an expanded role in the future, to better meet the changing needs of the industry, and bring classification into the…

8th July 2011

Bring Class into the 21st Century

8th July 2011