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Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a set of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and software to the School of Stimulation & Senior Marine at…

The UNs 10-yearly UN Sustainable Development Conference, called Rio+20, is taking place this week (15-22 June) in Rio de Janeiro.

The Clean Shipping Index has certified the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) as a verification body, making it the first Asian organisation to be accredited.

Germanischer Lloyd has undertaken a clean shipping index (CSI) verification for the product tanker ‘Bit Viking’, issuing a Statement of Compliance for the LNG-fuelled ship based on data submitted by owner Tarbit…

STX OSV has announced new contracts for the design and construction of two platform supply vessels for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to around NOK 700 million.

Marine solutions services company, Drew Marine, has agreed to acquire the leading marine distress signal company, Chemring Marine.

There is plenty of news from ClassNK this week including new amendments to rules, revised guidelines, updated software and news of an agreement to conduct statutory certifications on behalf of the Lithuanian…

In late 2011, MAN Diesel & Turbo undertook a survey of its customers in the container, bulk and tanker industries, to determine their attitudes towards, and their experience of, slow steaming.

At a recent event during the United Nations Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, ICS revealed that industry can learn a great deal from shipping as its the greenest…

Ulsan, Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed test runs and started shipping its eco-friendly gas-fuelled Himsen H35/40GV engine. The first example is destined for a power plant in the Middle East.

Maritime Progress has produced multi language marine posters for crew members whose first language is not English.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been awarded the ‘Ship of the Year 2011’ award by Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE) for its ro-ro ship, ‘Tønsberg’.

Plymouth University recently received the keys to a new £19m marine building constructed by UK firm, Leadbitter.

Japanese operator Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced plans for scrapping or cold lay-up of 10 to 20 Capesize bulkers, of 15 years or older, in consideration of this fiscal year’s worsening…

German ro-ro specialist Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has topped recent successes by taking its first orders for offshore vessels and says it expects further orders soon in the ro-ro and ro-pax sector.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the gensets for a series of eight diesel-electric offshore newbuildings recently ordered by Swire Pacific Offshore Operations, to be built at Japanese…

The Paris MoU Committee has approved its 2011 inspection port state control results and its new performance lists for flag states and recognised organisations will take effect from 1 July 2012.