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GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-based ST Engineering announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has been awarded a shipbuilding contract worth about $144 million from Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii (Pasha).

16th February 2011

US shipyard secures car truck carrier contract

16th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A significant step forward in reducing carbon emissions in the global maritime supply chain was taken recently when the Freight Transport Association (FTA) joined forces with Heriot-Watt University (HWU) to begin developing…

16th February 2011

Carbon reduction agenda goes global

16th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

FLAGSHIP, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has successfully delivered the first advanced emergency situation management tool for fire and flooding with integrated ship to shore real time reporting.

16th February 2011

On-board fire and flooding risk reduced

16th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built…

15th February 2011

Alewijnse electric drives for OSVs

15th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Jadranska Ulaganja is to buy the Croatian government’s share of the 3 Maj shipyard in the port of Rijeka as part of the country’s efforts to overhaul its shipbuilding industry.

14th February 2011

Croatian yard finds buyer

14th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world largest shipbuilder and marine engine manufacturer, has produced its 5,000th HiMSEN engine ten years after manufacturing its first unit in 2001.

14th February 2011

HHI reaches HiMSEN production milestone

14th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Royal Caribbean reports on its web site that it has signed a letter of intent with German shipyard Meyer Werft to build a 4,100-passenger cruise ship with an expected delivery in autumn…

14th February 2011

Another cruiseship order for Meyer Werft

14th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) will build the 7,000 dwt ‘Beluga Connection’, the first cable-layer for new German company Beluga Offshore Cable.

14th February 2011

Lloyd Werft to build new cable-layer type

14th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore ASA recently placed a newbuilding contract worth over NOK 800 million ($138 million) with Ulstein Verft for the construction of a 165 m offshore IMR/ construction vessel.

12th February 2011

Ulstein secures major newbuild contract

12th February 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Future Pipe Industries Group (FPI) in the Netherlands, a major player in the fibreglass pipe industry, has completed the replacement of 1,200m of corroded steel pipe with glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe…

12th February 2011

GRE pipe retrofit completed on Swedish icebreaker

12th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Dutch heavy-lift company Dockwise BV has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build a 117,000 dwt ‘Type 0’ (T-0) semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for delivery by the end of 2012.

10th February 2011

Hyundai wins order for ‘Type 0’ vessel

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German navigation system supplier Raytheon Anschütz has introduced Nautosteer, described as a new advanced steering control system. Availability is expected by the end of 2011.

10th February 2011

New steering control system introduced

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has won an order worth over $50 million to provide power and propulsion systems for two next-generation cruise ships to be built by Meyer Werft at its shipyard in Papenburg, Germany…

10th February 2011

ABB to power largest German built cruise ships

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM, DSM Venturing, is investing an undisclosed sum in Skysails, a Germany-based manufacturer of wind propulsion systems for the marine industry.

10th February 2011

DSM invests in wind propulsion firm Skysails

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

FLAGSHIP, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has achieved major advances in accurately measuring on-board power requirements and thereby enabling a reduction in fuel consumption through the development of FLAGSHIP-EEM (Energy Efficiency…

10th February 2011

Energy monitoring programme advances

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Drydocks World recently launched the anchor handling offshore support vessel ‘Olympus Crest’ at its shipyard in Nanindah, Indonesia.

10th February 2011

Indonesian yard launches AHTS vessel

10th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tourism operator Mary D Enterprises has selected Austal to design and construct a 35.20m high-speed monohull passenger ferry, the second Austal-built vessel for the Noumea-based company.

9th February 2011

Noumea orders second Austal ferry

9th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Construction of Sea SA’s much anticipated new ferry, the Australian-designed Aurora, has slowed due to difficulties experienced by the Indonesian shipbuilder, a subsidiary of DryDocks World, Dubai.

9th February 2011

Sea SA confirms building delay

9th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Eniram, a Finnish developer of dynamic decision support systems, says that Norwegian ferry operator Color Line will be deploying the first installation of its dynamic trimming assistant (DTA).

9th February 2011

Color Line to use dynamic trimming system

9th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008, the number of operating Turkish shipyards has decreased by 60%, posing a threat to the survival of the nation’s shipbuilding industry.

8th February 2011

Financial crisis threatens Turkish shipyards

8th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Lloyd’s List Intelligence Casualty service shows that there was a large fall in shipping casualties last year, with overall global incidents down by 8% and worldwide ship sinking incidents falling by…

8th February 2011

Has economic gloom created a sea safety boom?

8th February 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first meeting of the ClassNK technical committee was held recently at the Industry Club of Japan in Tokyo.

8th February 2011

First meeting of ClassNK technical committee

8th February 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has appointed Kwok Fook Sing as the new full-time regional manager of its Asia branch in Singapore.

7th February 2011

IBIA team expands in Singapore

7th February 2011