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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US company NEI Treatment Systems has announced that in September 2010 its Korean licensee Samgong received an initial order from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for four VOS (venturi oxygen stripping) ballast water…

13th January 2011

Major order for BWTS in Korea

13th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has established a ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) and started its use with the MOL tanker fleet.

13th January 2011

MOL introduces SEEMP for tanker fleet

13th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea lost its status as the world’s leading shipbuilding nation to China in 2010 for the second year running as it lagged far behind in key indicators according to London-based market…

13th January 2011

China is world’s top shipbuilder

13th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has completed construction of the world’s largest floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO).

13th January 2011

Daewoo completes world’s largest FPSO

13th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Norwegian shipbuilder Bergen Group BMV has been awarded contracts from Sartor Offshore AS for the construction of three multi-purpose offshore vessels with a total value of about NOK 1 billion ($169…

13th January 2011

Sartor orders OSV trio from local yard

13th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The chemical free EnwaMatic Maritime technology developed by ENWA Water Treatment in Norway has obtained approval from engine manufacturer Wärtsilä.

13th January 2011

Chemical free water treatment approved by Wärtsilä

13th January 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fast ships and green credentials do not go hand in hand in most peoples’ eyes, writes Dag Pike. The faster you go the more fuel you burn and so the harmful emissions…

12th January 2011

Ships can be fast, efficient – and ‘green’

12th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society Germanischer Lloyd says that in a joint venture undertaken with Chinese design office Maric, significant improvements were made to the lines of a 9,000 TEU container ship series.

12th January 2011

Container ship optimisation yields significant fuel savings

12th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch-based Imtech Marine has received a major order from the German shipyard Meyer Werft in for the energy efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) technology on board of two new Norwegian…

12th January 2011

New cruise ships get energy efficient HVAC systems

12th January 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

From 1 January 2011 Bas Buchner has been president of the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN).

11th January 2011

New president for MARIN

11th January 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Norwegian company Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC), supplier of compressed air systems for marine and offshore use, has appointed Per Kjellin as managing director.

11th January 2011

New appointments at TMC

11th January 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

UK maritime services promotional body Maritime London has appointed David Moorhouse CBE as its chairman. The former Lloyd’s Register chairman replaces Robert Woods CBE who has served a three year term of…

11th January 2011

Former LR top man becomes chairman of Maritime London

11th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Leading accountant and shipping industry adviser Moore Stephens says the shipping sector faces a challenging year in 2011, with freight rates under pressure, crew costs continuing to rise and the banks closely…

11th January 2011

Shipping facing a challenging year

11th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) certificate of compliance ‘pre-convention’, ahead of entry into force, has been awarded to a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ‘Kraslava’ operated by the Riga-based LSC Shipmanagement…

11th January 2011

LR issues first MLC certificate

11th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has developed a DVD to help describing the process of the key points involved in a job before it begins which can bring huge benefits.

11th January 2011

IMCA issues toolbox talk DVD

11th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has been awarded a drill ship order by a South Korean consortium led by the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation.

11th January 2011

Caspian Sea drill ship ordered

11th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A concept design for an 80m trimaran powered by a gas turbine engine has been produced by a UK company, with the aim of crossing the Atlantic in less than two days,…

10th January 2011

UK trimaran design for Atlantic record

10th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BAE Systems in the UK has successfully demonstrated a prototype device that will serve as an effective non-lethal deterrent against pirate attacks on commercial vessels.

10th January 2011

BAE systems develops anti-pirate device

10th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Converteam has recently announced a significant order from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding to supply an integrated vessel energy plant (IVEP) for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new joint support ship (JSS).

10th January 2011

Dutch naval contract for Converteam

10th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maritime law firm Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli reports that it has obtained a $24 million dollar verdict for Carnival Cruise Lines against Rolls-Royce. According to the law firm’s statement, Rolls Royce was found…

10th January 2011

Carnival wins US court action against Rolls-Royce

10th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BW Ventures and Investinor AS have made an agreement to acquire OceanSaver, one of the largest ballast water management (BWM) system providers in the world.

7th January 2011

Oceansaver gets new owners

7th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA’s subsidiary, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalfleet for $41 million.

7th January 2011

WSS acquires Nalfleet

7th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Shanghai-based Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, China’s largest private shipbuilder, expects containership orders to rise this year as world trade hopefully rebounds from the global recession.

7th January 2011

Rongsheng pinning hopes on boxships

7th January 2011