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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL), a subsidiary of International Nuclear Services (INS) in the UK, took delivery of its newest ship, the Pacific Egret.

1st February 2011

New nuclear fuel carrier

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Norwegian shipyard of Simek A/S followed up earlier diesel electric offshore support vessels when they delivered ‘Stril Mariner’ to Simon Møkster Rederi AS in Stavanger, Norway.

1st February 2011

Diesel electric trend growing for offshore vessels

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The new Cunarder, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, is the third newbuilding to enter service with this Carnival Group subsidiary in the last six years and joins the transatlantic ocean liner ‘Queen Mary 2’ and…

1st February 2011

A new Queen joins Cunard

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

When the Fosnavåg-based offshore fleet operator Rem Maritime ordered its first anchor handling tug supply vessel back in May 2007, the owner, Åge Remøy, took a gamble that the market would need…

1st February 2011

‘Rem Gambler’ – a safe bet

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) witnessed a quadruple naming ceremony at its Ulsan shipyard when the German Rickmers Group christened four New Panamax (NPX) ultra-large container ships (ULCS) of 13,100 TEU each.

1st February 2011

Rickmers christens four containerships

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The construction support vessel ‘Normand Pacific’, a custom built ship for diving and ROV-operations, entered into service with the Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore.

1st February 2011

New construction support vessel joins Solstad fleet

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard delivered the 116,000gt ‘Azura’, the new flagship of P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival Group, which is the twenty seventh passenger vessel built at the yard out of a…

1st February 2011

New flagship for P&O Cruises

1st February 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The ‘Beluga Houston’ is the lead-ship in the 10-ship P2 series of the new generation Beluga multipurpose project carriers ordered by the Bremen-based Beluga Shipping GmbH for the so-called super heavy lift…

1st February 2011

New force arrives in the super heavy-lift sector

1st February 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

One of the goals in the marine industry today is to reduce the impact of carbon dioxide emissions and thereby to reduce fuel consumption across the load range.

31st January 2011

SFOC optimisation for IMO Tier II engines

31st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Germanischer Lloyd has announced that the fist bearing wear monitoring system type approval according to its ‘Guidelines for Machinery Condition Monitoring’ has been granted to Amot Controls.

31st January 2011

GL approval for bearing wear monitor

31st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Finnish company Vaisala reports that its MMT330 moisture and temperature transmitter has been approved by MAN Diesel & Turbo for use in the lubricating oil system of the company’s two-stroke marine Diesel…

31st January 2011

Lube oil monitor approved by engine company

31st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

UK company Kittiwake Developments has recently launched ThrusterSCAN, a new addition to the company’s line of asset protection technology, aimed at the offshore market.

31st January 2011

Condition monitoring improves offshore vessel thruster reliability

31st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

UK-based Ultra Dynamics says its latest jet, the Ultrajet UJ525, received orders even before the design was finalised.

31st January 2011

Windfarm and dive support expansion provides orders for waterjets

31st January 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German shipbuilding saw its fortunes improve in 2010, but experts caution, as the New Year dawns, that the crisis is far from over and that despite some new work, more orders are…

31st January 2011

New orders raise German hopes, but crisis far from over

31st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

There are strong moves to make progress in reducing global warming, also reducing harmful engine emissions on smaller vessels, writes Dag Pike.

31st January 2011

Alternative fuels drive eco-craft developments

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-based Videotel Marine International says that it is helping to spread the ‘green’ message with its new training course ‘The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan’ which guides seafarers through the practical and…

31st January 2011

Onboard video training helps crews plan for energy-efficient voyages

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK training provider Warsash Maritime Academy’s manned model fleet has left its Marchwood base and journeyed inland to its new location at one of the UK’s oldest existing reservoirs.

31st January 2011

Manned training models move to new lake

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

According to Dutch company Cargo Care Solutions, there is a growing move by ship owners and managers to effect essential and non-essential repairs to their hatch covers as they start to react…

31st January 2011

Hatch cover service grows in importance

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New products under development by UK company Sartech are claimed to offer shipowners a significant potential saving in servicing and replacement costs.

31st January 2011

Do not scrap VHF radios

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

P+S Werften in eastern Germany has announced a big order for five ice-strengthened container/supply ships - just a week after bagging another for a unique offshore construction vessel.

31st January 2011

German yard bags second major order in a week

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Electronic navigation specialist MARIS and the training company Seagull have reached an agreement to develop a comprehensive product-specific computer-based training ECDIS module.

31st January 2011

Product-specific onboard ECDIS training launched

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The keel was recently laid for the Antarctic research and supply vessel ordered by the South African department of environmental affairs at STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard.

31st January 2011

Keel laid for Antarctic research vessel

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have selected Hamworthy Krystallon exhaust gas cleaning as the preferred technology to take forward trials aiming to cut sulphur emissions and particulate matter from…

31st January 2011

Key US ports back Krystallon system

31st January 2011