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Indonesian state shipyard and engineering company PT Dok dan Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (DKB) will focus on ship repair business and plans to relocate its Jakarta shipyard to Batam Island in order to…

11th November 2010

DKB to focus on ship repair

11th November 2010

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The Tyneside ship repair yard A&P Tyne has won a significant contract to repair a coal carrying bulk carrier.

11th November 2010

Tyneside yard wins collier job

11th November 2010

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Rolls-Royce recently signed a collaboration agreement with Chinese marine design and research company Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Company (Bestway).

11th November 2010

Anglo-Chinese ship design collaboration

11th November 2010

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Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group AS Halsnøy, signed a letter of intent to rebuild the seismic vessel ‘Geowave Master’ owned by Master and Commander AS.

11th November 2010

LOI to rebuild seismic vessel

11th November 2010

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Noreq, a Norwegian manufacturer of davits, lifeboats and rescue craft, has announced the acquisition of Danish offshore crane and deck equipment company Acta.

10th November 2010

Davit company moves into cranes through acquisition

10th November 2010

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The Copenhagen-based Uni-Safe Electronics has obtained a DNV type approval for their BNWAS BW-800 system.

9th November 2010

DNV approves BW-800 BNWAS

9th November 2010

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Open-up inspections can now be avoided if an Amot XTS-W+ bearing condition monitor is installed.

9th November 2010

Bearing condition monitor gains approval

9th November 2010

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) recently adopted the low-friction ship bottom paint named ‘LF-Sea’ developed by Nippon Paint Marine Coatings on a new building PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier).

9th November 2010

Low-friction coating on new MOL PCTC

9th November 2010

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PrimeServ’s workshop in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, was officially opened at the beginning of October 2010 although it has de facto been open for business since the beginning of 2010.

9th November 2010

PrimeServ Las Palmas opens for business

9th November 2010

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Chinese shipyards continue to dominate the newbuilding market, with a price differential favouring Chinese yards over Koreans, according to a Clarksons report.

9th November 2010

China undercutting Korean shipyards

9th November 2010

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In a strongly worded statement, Coldharbour Marine CEO Andrew Marshall has called on the ballast water treatment industry to adopt a more responsible and professional approach to the marketing of its products…

8th November 2010

CEO calls for a responsible approach to BWT marketing

8th November 2010

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The ABS-classed fleet has broken through the 170 million gross tons threshold with the latest statistics showing the fleet as standing at 11,055 vessels aggregating 170.29 million gt representing an increase of…

8th November 2010

ABS breaks 170 million gt barrier

8th November 2010

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Scana Industrier ASA has, through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, entered into a contract with STX Norway Offshore for delivery of remote controlled propulsion system for an anchor handling vessel which will…

8th November 2010

New orders for Scana

8th November 2010

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BMT Group Ltd, the UK-based international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced that two of its senior executives have been invited to become members of Lloyd’s Register’s technical committee.

8th November 2010

BMT experience for LR committee

8th November 2010

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Jurong Shipyard has achieved a key milestone with the construction of ‘SeaDragon I’, the largest ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig to be completed in Singapore.

8th November 2010

Largest Singapore built semi-sub delivered

8th November 2010

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Drydocks World (DW) recently launched a highly versatile, self-contained jack-up construction vessel at its Graha shipyard, formerly known as Labroy Shipyard Batam, in Indonesia.

8th November 2010

Indonesia launches construction vessel

8th November 2010

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Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) has developed a 66,000 dwt geared bulk carrier design, known as ‘neo Supramax 66BC’ claimed to be the first type of ship developed to reduce carbon emissions…

8th November 2010

30% carbon reduction for new bulker design

8th November 2010

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Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has received orders to supply a further four NACOS 65-5 integrated navigation command systems for new cruise ships currently under construction in European yards for Carnival,…

5th November 2010

More cruiseship orders for SAM Electronics

5th November 2010

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Two years after Teekay entered into a contract with Blue Water to provide cargo heating management services onboard its vessels, its fleet has registered fuel savings in excess of 25% on an…

5th November 2010

Cargo heating management fuel savings

5th November 2010

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The shipbuilder, shipowner and shipping industry technical experts that comprise Lloyd’s Register’s technical committee recently concluded their two-day annual meeting and backed a change in the regulations to help the industry manage…

5th November 2010

LR agrees changes to safety and environmental protection

5th November 2010

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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), has recently won a $510 million order to build an offshore platform for Chevron Corp.

4th November 2010

DSME wins offshore platform

4th November 2010

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Helsinki-based Eniram, provider of dynamic decision support systems, announced that Hapag-Lloyd AG will be deploying the first installation of the dynamic trimming assistant (DTA) on one of their container vessels.

3rd November 2010

Hapag–Lloyd to install dynamic trim technology

3rd November 2010

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Learning from operations and casualties is of great importance for state of the art rules and regulations, according to Rasmus Stute, GL’s head of department service vessels in a presentation at the…

3rd November 2010

GL launches new rules for OSVs

3rd November 2010