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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Italian classification society RINA says that it has been authorised by the US Coast Guard to conduct plan review and approval and initial and subsequent surveys for US-flagged cargo and passenger vessels.

8th July 2011

USCG approval for RINA

8th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Supplier of marine products and services Consilium Marine Group has signed a global cooperation agreement with communications solutions integrator Orange Business Services.

6th July 2011

Consilium moves into VSAT

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Production has begun at STX Europe’s Vyborg shipyard of two multi-purpose icebreaking service vessels, ordered from Arctech Helsinki Shipyard by Sovcomflot in December 2010. Both are scheduled for April 2013 delivery.

6th July 2011

Russian icebreakers begin build

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas has acquired Norwegian risk management software company Synergi Solutions, which extends DNV’s portfolio to include risk based software for operational risk management.

6th July 2011

DNV acquires software company

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch company Alewijnse Marine Systems says it is playing a significant role in the conversion of the jack-up drill rig Atlantic Labrador to offshore hotel accommodation.

6th July 2011

Jack-up conversion gets underway

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maersk Drilling has declared its option to build two ultra deepwater drillships at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, at a cost of about $1.3 billion, for delivery in the second and…

6th July 2011

Maersk exercises drillship option

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is calling on governments to support next week’s vote at the IMO, which it says will help shipping deliver meaningful CO2 emissions reductions on a global…

6th July 2011

ICS backs MBMs for carbon reduction

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has completed the modernisation of its Enoura shipbuilding facility at the Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

6th July 2011

Japanese yard completes upgrade

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Zodiac reports that Swedish ferry operator Stirsöbolage has become the first Scandinavian company to benefit from its new MES ESS automatic escape slide, with three 3.4m slides installed onboard the Älvsnabben 4.

6th July 2011

First Scandinavian MES installation

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service says it has opened eight new liferaft servicing stations so far in 2011 to provide ready-serviced liferafts to vessels that have signed up to its LRE scheme.

6th July 2011

Liferaft exchange goes global

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

OW Bunker, the supplier and trader of marine fuel, is opening a new support operation in Mumbai, India, which it says will enable further strengthening of the group in the fast-growing BRIC…

6th July 2011

Bunker supplier expands to India

6th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German company Becker Marine Systems has introduced BIMS (Becker intelligent monitoring system) which it says overcomes delays and improves dynamic positioning (DP) and autopilot (AP) systems.

5th July 2011

Measurement reduces rudder hysteresis

5th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Warsash Maritime Academy’s new manned model Ship Handling Centre has recently been officially opened by Admiral The Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead, Chancellor of Southampton Solent University and former First Sea…

5th July 2011

Ship handling facility reopens

5th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Talks between ThyssenKrupp and Abu Dhabi Mar on the sale of Blohm + Voss have collapsed, but reports say new discussions are now being held with other interested parties, writes Tom Todd.

4th July 2011

Planned Blohm + Voss sale falls through

4th July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK consultant BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, says that it is celebrating 25 years of innovative vessel design this year.

2nd July 2011

Consultant reaches 25 years in design

2nd July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced a technical management contract, based on its dynamic maintenance planning concept, covering six LNG carriers operated by Greek ship manager and LNG shipping specialist Ceres LNG Services.

1st July 2011

Wärtsilä concludes new LNG ship maintenance contract

1st July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal Ships reports that the US Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of the sixth and seventh Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), as part of a 10-ship $1.6 billion programme.

1st July 2011

JHSV 6 and 7 contract goes to Austal

1st July 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo says that it signed a contract in April, 2011 with STX of South Korea, for four 12V28/33D STC medium speed engines, for a Republic of Korea Navy ship…

1st July 2011

MAN Diesel gains Korean Navy engine order

1st July 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

The GL Group has announced a number of changes in the management structure of its Maritime Services organisation, effective from today (1 July 2011).

1st July 2011

GL’s new structure focuses on clients

1st July 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

David Tinsley looks at current developments in machinery control and monitoring, starting with monitoring condition.

1st July 2011

Bid for trouble-free availability

1st July 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Following successful sea trials in Gdansk, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) recently took delivery of the ‘Finlaggan’, a brand new ro-pax ferry which will serve the Kennacraig to Islay route.

1st July 2011

New Polish built ro-pax ferry joins Calmac fleet

1st July 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A small Norwegian company, backed by some influential collaborators, has developed and trialled a novel approach to offshore loading and unloading.

1st July 2011

Is it a ship? Is it a thruster? Is it a mooring? No, it’s Remora…

1st July 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) recently completed the 110,000dwt bulk carrier ‘Nord Hercules’ (yard number 1817), which had been under construction at its Chiba works, and delivered to Southern Route…

1st July 2011

‘Nord Hercules’ kicks off new Mitsui bulker series

1st July 2011