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REGULATION

REGULATION

As political unrest spreads across the Middle East from one country to another, there is growing concern over the security of oil supplies and the impact of soaring oil prices on the…

29th April 2011

DNV – foot on the gas

29th April 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Dag Pike looks at the need to maintain timetables, which can expose the disadvantages of operating slower ships, besides the well-known environmental benefits.

29th April 2011

Keeping to schedule

29th April 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants has introduced Mobilgear SHC MT 68, which the company says is a fully synthetic extreme pressure (EP) marine gear oil formulated to optimise the performance of equipment operating under…

29th April 2011

Marine gear oil designed for thrusters operating in extreme conditions

29th April 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mechanical power transmissions company Centa Transmissions, which designs, manufactures and supplies flexible couplings, gears and gearboxes, says that it can now offer larger marine drive solutions.

29th April 2011

Transmission partnership offers bigger drive products

29th April 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Ulstein’s popular PX105 design received further endorsement when yard number 288, the platform supply vessel ‘Rem Hrist’, was delivered to a Norwegian offshore operator at the beginning of March 2011.

28th April 2011

Ulstein delivers another X-bow PSV

28th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The €50 million conversion of Mein Schiff 2 – the second big cruise ship for the new TUI Kreuzfahrten venture in Germany - was completed in Bremerhaven on schedule just before the…

28th April 2011

Germans complete second big conversion

28th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas’ US office says that, following an extension of DNV’s authorisation from the US Coast Guard, it is now the only class society that can issue the full suite of…

28th April 2011

DNV offers full ship certification in USA

28th April 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

Bureau Veritas reports that it is currently working on solutions for LNG use as fuel for passenger vessels.

28th April 2011

Clean air, clean ships

28th April 2011

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

There are now just 12 days to the Motorship conference in Copenhagen. Don’t miss the pre-event reception hosted by MAN, then on 11/12 May are two days of presentations, with the DNV-sponsored…

27th April 2011

Two weeks to go to Propulsion Conference

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German company Vulkan Couplings has introduced a new version of its Rato DS coupling which is directly connected to a composite shaft.

27th April 2011

Combined coupling and composite shaft

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK says that it has issued the first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.

27th April 2011

First approval issued for corrosion resistant steel for crude oil cargo tanks

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SAM Electronics reports that its L-3 subsidiary Lyngsø Marine is completing upgrades of existing integrated navigation facilities aboard three Star Cruises’ vessels, Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Libra.

26th April 2011

Navigation upgrades for Star cruise ships

26th April 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Henry Ng as customer services manager for SE Asia. He will be based at the company’s Singapore office, where he was previously sales manager for Wilhelmsen Ships…

26th April 2011

New customer services manager for Wilhelmsen in SE Asia

26th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Thordon Bearings of Canada reports that the seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings fitted to the cruise ship Grand Princess have now achieved 13 years of pollution-free performance with no shaft withdrawals.

26th April 2011

Long service from water-lubricated bearings

26th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Australian-owned ship builder Strategic Marine has been awarded a contract with Malaysian company JCB Oil and Gas Services to supply two 40m crew boats to service Malaysia’s expanding oil and gas sector.

21st April 2011

Malaysian contract for Australian company

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK digital maritime regulations company Regs4ships has added a Panama product to its range, which, says the company, gives it potential coverage of some 80% of the global SOLAS fleet.

21st April 2011

Digital regulations adds Panama product

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) with diesel-electric propulsion.

21st April 2011

Design and diesel electric system package ordered for Malaysian PSV

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy says it has signed a contract for LNG storage tanks and fuel systems on four gas-powered ferries to be built at the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for delivery in the…

20th April 2011

Gas systems ordered for LNG ferries

20th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine fuel oil supplier OW Bunker has highlighted the impact that mass flow meters can have in solving the ‘quantity issue’ and demonstrated the steps that it is taking to ensure product…

19th April 2011

Bunker supplier backs mass flow meters

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In the run up to a forthcoming change to the SOLAS Convention, Martek Marine is introducing a new range of portable gas detection instruments.

19th April 2011

Portable gas detectors look forward to SOLAS amendments

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK has begun offering a new consulting service for the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.

19th April 2011

Class society adds MLC to maritime consulting services

19th April 2011

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The May 1961 issue of The Motor Ship, on its comment page, questioned whether, with the growing popularity of the Diesel engine, the world’s oil reserves would be sufficient to meet demand.

19th April 2011

Oil reserves running out – 1961 shock?

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has finalised what it says is its single largest maintenance agreement with a marine customer, under which the company will provide full maintenance support for five years for Royal Caribbean Cruises…

19th April 2011

Wärtsilä and RCCL sign service agreement

19th April 2011