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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

After having been declared the preferred bidder in the tender process to acquire Malta Superyacht Services in December 2010, Palumbo says that it has finally taken over the new shipyard.

22nd March 2011

Palumbo acquires superyacht yard

22nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) has announced that its Bay Shipbuilding Company will build two 92.4m platform supply vessels of the MMC 887 LH PSV design for US operator Tidewater.

22nd March 2011

US PSV contract for Fincantieri

22nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wind farm operator RWE Innogy has launched the first of two offshore installation vessels.

22nd March 2011

Short timescale for wind farm ship

22nd March 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Brian Philip to drive what is expected to be significant growth in Canada as the new general manager.

22nd March 2011

Wilhelmsen appoints general manager for Canada

22nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a contract worth about KRW 800 billion, to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for German shipping line Hamburg Süd.

21st March 2011

German boxship order for HHI

21st March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced an extension contract from STX Finland for the supply of equipment for the worlds biggest LNG fuelled passenger ferry, added to the order received at the beginning of March.

21st March 2011

LNG and silencer equipment ordered for new ferry

21st March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Decision-making needs to go back to the hands of crew and away from shore-based managers, says InterManager president Alastair Evitt.

21st March 2011

InterManager backs on-board decision-making

21st March 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Container and other specialist merchant ships have dominated what has been a busy year so far for versatile Blohm + Voss Repair.

20th March 2011

German yards show pallet versatility

20th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chemring Marine has appointed Ghasham Marine Services as its distributor for Pains Wessex and Comet marine distress signals in State of Qatar.

20th March 2011

New safety equipment distributor for Qatar

20th March 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Nor-Shipping 2011 will take place between May 24 and May 27, 2011. The organisers expect the event to be at least as well supported as the last Nor-Shipping, in 2009, which attracted…

20th March 2011

Nor-Shipping 2011: next generation shipping

20th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hochiki Europe, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial fire detection products, recently launched a range of analogue addressable marine approved fire detection sensors, call points and ancillary products.

19th March 2011

New marine approved intelligent fire safety products

19th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Engine and generator specialist WaterMota of the UK has signed an agreement with Denmark-based Bukh enabling it to sell SOLAS approved engines.

18th March 2011

Distribution deal for SOLAS engines

18th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Yangzhou Dayang Shipyard, an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has started building two new vessels – a bulk carrier and an LPG tanker.

17th March 2011

Sinopacific begins two newbuild projects

17th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch company Alewijnse says that it is playing a major role in the conversion of the 8,250 dwt construction vessel ‘Agile’ into a deep-water pipe-laying ship.

17th March 2011

Pipe-layer conversion for Brazil contract

17th March 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Propulsion and power specialist Tognum decided at its recent meeting of the supervisory board that Dieter Royal will join the executive board as the new member responsible for the finance and corporate…

16th March 2011

New CFO at Tognum

16th March 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Kittiwake Developments has announced the appointment of Dr Steve Dye as its first dedicated business development manager.

16th March 2011

Business development manager for Kittiwake

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

OceanSaver of Norway has announced plans for an updated version of its ballast water management technology, promising to save both energy and money for shipowners and yards.

16th March 2011

Second generation BWT launched

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first steel plate has been cut at by Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard for Princess Cruises next ship, which will be known as ‘Royal Princess’.

16th March 2011

First plate cut for new cruise ship

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

National Chemical Carriers of Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of the first of two chemical carriers ordered from SLS Shipbuilding of Korea.

16th March 2011

Chemical tanker delivered to Saudi owner

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ’s Service Center Denmark in Frederikshavn has launched a new online business portal offering what the company says are large savings on a surplus stock of original parts.

16th March 2011

Genuine spares at a discount

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hatteland Display has announced that it has signed a three-year extension of its cooperation agreement with Furuno Norway.

16th March 2011

Furuno extends display supply agreement

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime says that it has achieved 3,000 deliveries for its AutoChief C20 machinery control system, following the latest factory acceptance test (FAT).

16th March 2011

More success for propulsion control system

16th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo says that its Mk9 80-cm bore super-long-stroke engine recently completed its type approval test (TAT) at engine builder HHI-EMD, a division of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea

16th March 2011

Boxship engine completes type approval

16th March 2011