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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jon Tipton, president of Triskelion Alliance, warns ship operators that focusing on the newest, latest anti-piracy technology can be a trap, as he explains to Wendy Laursen.

31st January 2013

Machines do not discriminate

31st January 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Offshore vessel conversions top the news at Germany’s two biggest repair yards at the start of the year while some other facilities also went into 2013 with useful conversion and overhaul work…

31st January 2013

Germans stay afloat with offshore repair

31st January 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Volvo Penta of Sweden reports that its propulsion and genset engines are used onboard the ‘MTS Duandra’, described as the first semi-hybrid inland waterway tanker.

31st January 2013

Inland waterway tanker produces ‘up to 90% less NOx’

31st January 2013

OPINION

OPINION

Shipbuilding did not enjoy the best of years in 2012. Although on the surface things seem satisfactory, with many yards reporting that production is still high and order books are full, the…

31st January 2013

Shipbuilding in 2012

31st January 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

All sectors of the maritime market are concentrating on cutting costs and regulatory compliance, and even markets such as naval vessels, largely coming outside MARPOL jurisdiction, are showing a desire to be…

31st January 2013

Fuel saving and low emissions are priorities across the board

31st January 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A composite propeller for smaller ships has been launched by UK-based Axiom Propellers. The Axiom propeller’s composite construction is design primarily to save fuel and increase efficiency, through its light weight and…

31st January 2013

Composites make for propeller efficiency

31st January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian shipyard, Fjellstrand, shipping company, Norled, and engineering giant, Siemens, have developed what they call the ‘World’s First’ completely electric car ferry.

31st January 2013

‘World’s First’ electric car ferry

31st January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IHC Merwede has extended its product range with the introduction of a new series of IHC Packhorse offshore support vessels at an official launch event in Singapore, organised by IHC Asia Pacific,…

30th January 2013

New IHC Merwede ‘Packhorse’

30th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Union is supporting a new study aimed at rectifying potential barriers to the construction and operation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled vessels with €1.2 million from the TEN-T Programme.

30th January 2013

EU funded study for LNG vessels

30th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo says that its customer, Chinese shipowner Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping, has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000dwt bulkcarrier newbuildings, each powered by a single 6S70MC-C8.2 main engine.

30th January 2013

First Capesize bulker EEDI for Chinese MAN B&W powered ship

30th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Shipping Federation (ISF) has relaunched its onboard training record book for engine cadets, in line with the latest STCW 2010 requirements.

30th January 2013

Onboard engine training book updated by ISF

30th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein of Norway, and joint owners Subsea 7 and Eidesvik Offshore, unveiled and named the inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) ship ‘Seven Viking’ on 30 January.

30th January 2013

Latest North Sea IMR ship is named

30th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the ‘World Diamond’, the first of a series of six fully equipped Platform Supply Vessels for Norwegian offshore company, World Wide Supply (WWS).

29th January 2013

Damen launches new PSV for Norway

29th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power and automation technology group, ABB, has won a long term service contract from Hong Kong based cruise company, Star Cruises, to supply preventive maintenance of all ABB equipment onboard the…

29th January 2013

ABB wins Star Cruises service contract

29th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power solutions company, Wärtsilä, has reported a stable end to 2012 in its recently published ‘financial statements bulletin for December 2012’.

28th January 2013

Wärtsilä reports stable 2012

28th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fincantieri Oil & Gas, reports that it has completed its acquisition of a 50.75% stake in offshore support vessel specialist STX OSV.

25th January 2013

Fincantieri completes STX OSV acquisition

25th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says that it has received an order to provide a further hybrid exhaust gas cleaning and SCR system, from an unspecified repeat customer.

25th January 2013

Repeat orders validate scrubber technology

25th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norways Ulstein Verft, ship design and build specialists, has delivered a state of the art Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel of SX148 design to Norways Eidesvik Offshore this week.

24th January 2013

New Ulstein IMR for Eidesvik

24th January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japans Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (MES) has completed a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier at its Tamano Works and this week it was delivered to New Blossom Maritime S.A., Panama.

23rd January 2013

New Mitsui tanker delivery

23rd January 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have jointly developed technology which they say will allow a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to be contained in a standard-size freight container,…

23rd January 2013

Japanese launch ‘BWTS in a box’

23rd January 2013