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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian company Hatteland Display says it has been selected by Transas Marine as a supplier of dedicated hardware for the new generation Transas ECDIS system.

2nd March 2011

Hatteland to provide Transas ECDIS hardware

2nd March 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Last month the new ropax ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ went into service on the P&O Ferries’ English Channel service and more than doubled the freight-carrying capacity of the vessel it replaced.

1st March 2011

New Dover Strait ferry makes big impact

1st March 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Greenwave, a UK registered charity that exists to remind the shipping industry of its environmental obligations and to find practical, meaningful and affordable ways to meet them, has been looking at the…

1st March 2011

Harnessing the wind

1st March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas says that its Navi-Sailor ECDIS is the first to feature compatibility with the UKHO’s AIO (Admiralty information overlay). The overlay includes all temporary and preliminary notices to mariners (T&P NMs) and…

28th February 2011

ECDIS features information overlay

28th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Jotun Marine Coatings has launched Hull Performance Solutions (HPS), described as a new concept which guarantees significant reductions in fuel consumption by combining premium antifouling with monitoring tools.

28th February 2011

Fuel consumption benefits from antifouling system backed by money-back guarantee

28th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian electronic navigation company Maris has launched a new product support service known as ‘Zero downtime ECDIS’, which is intended to ensure that electronic chart display information systems are available at all…

28th February 2011

ECDIS support offers ‘zero downtime’

28th February 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.

28th February 2011

EGCSA wants no green wash in 2010

28th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hamworthy of the UK recently received its first order for wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) waste water management technology from ferry operator DFDS.

27th February 2011

Tighter waste water standards lead to more plant orders

27th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Communications provider Stratos Global has been contracted to deploy Inmarsat FleetBroadband services on up to 16 commercial vessels for Hamburg-based Vega-Reederei.

26th February 2011

FleetBroadband from Stratos on Vega ships

26th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea will spend 300 billion won ($266.1 million) over the next 10 years to develop technology for low carbon ‘green’ ships in a bid to reclaim its status as the world’s…

25th February 2011

Korea targets green ships market

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ship orders for Japanese yards have more than tripled in January year on year and with gains of 218.5% averaged over 14 consecutive months to 1.5 million gross tons according to the…

25th February 2011

Japanese shipyards recovering

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BMT Fleet Technology of Ottawa, Ontario is to start work on a design for the Canadian Forces’ (CF) new joint support ship (JSS).

25th February 2011

BMT to design Canadian JSS

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV has secured a contract to class the world’s largest semi-submersible heavy transportation vessel (SSHTV) of Dockwise in Netherlands from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea.

25th February 2011

DNV classes T-0 heavy transport vessel

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based company Marine Software has supplied its type approved MPM - Marine Planned Maintenance system to John H Whitaker Tankers, to be installed onboard the bunker barge Whithaven.

25th February 2011

Planned maintenance for bunker barge

25th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service says that it is providing a range of support services to the Gorgon project, Australia’s largest ever oil and gas project. Services include importation of dredgers and project cargo…

24th February 2011

Services support for largest Australian oil and gas project

24th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vizada, the independent French satellite communications provider, has launched Pharostar, its proprietary VSAT (very small aperture terminal) fixed satellite communications service and the latest addition to its maritime broadband portfolio.

24th February 2011

Maritime broadband portfolio extended with launch of VSAT service

24th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The London P&I Club says the response to two recent onboard cargo fires has highlighted the value of both fire-fighting training and realistic shipboard drills for ships’ crews.

24th February 2011

P&I Club warns on fire preparedness

24th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce Marine has been awarded a contract by STX OSV Trading to supply anchor handling systems for three new vessels for South America.

24th February 2011

Rolls-Royce wins anchor handling order

24th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Abu Dhabi Ship Building has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt-based DeBirs Yachts, under which ADSB and DeBirs will explore various areas of collaboration.

24th February 2011

ADSB signs MoU for superyacht work

24th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 36m monohull crewboat ‘Siem Piata’ was recently launched by ETP Engenharia Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

23rd February 2011

Incat Crowther crewboat launched

23rd February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK recently announced that at the end of 2010, the combined tonnage of Panamanian flagged vessels on the class society’s register had broken the 100 million gross ton barrier.

23rd February 2011

ClassNK and Panama celebrate milestone

23rd February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The twin platform supply vessels (PSV) ‘Rem Hrist’ and ‘Rem Mist’ have recently been named at a joint ceremony held at the Ulstein shipyard in Ulsteinvik on the west coast of Norway.

23rd February 2011

Twin PSVs named

23rd February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas (QGOG), the largest privately-held provider of drilling and production services in Brazil, recently named its newly-built, ultra-deepwater DP semisubmersible rig ‘Alpha Star’.

23rd February 2011

Singapore built semisub rig named

23rd February 2011