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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

At a ceremony in Beijing, attended by licensees, company officials, business partners and local dignitaries, MAN Diesel & Turbo celebrated three decades of success in one of its most important markets.

3rd November 2010

MAN celebrates 30 years in China

3rd November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia’s leading shipbuilder, have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish joint set-ups in the areas of developing modern ship designs and manufacturing of propulsion systems.

2nd November 2010

Wärtsilä and USC sign MoU

2nd November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the UK P&I Club have produced a pocket guide to help ship operators and their crews remain in compliance with ISPS and ISM regulations between statutory surveys and…

2nd November 2010

Focus on port state control compliance

2nd November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has provided independent verification of Maersk Line’s carbon emissions in support of the container operator’s efforts to measure and manage its emissions.

2nd November 2010

LR verifies Maersk’s carbon emissions data

2nd November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The latest newbuilding from NYK Line, ‘NYK Altair’ highlights the Japanese shipping company’s ongoing commitment to creating an environmentally friendly global transportation.

2nd November 2010

NYK introduces latest green boxship

2nd November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters have helped Swedish shipowner Rederi AB Transatlantic maximise fuel efficiency and reduce fuel costs by two per cent per vessel, with an investment payback time of only two…

1st November 2010

Flowmeters help increase profitability

1st November 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The recently delivered new Cunarder, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, is the third newbuilding to enter service with this Carnival Group subsidiary in the last six years and joins an impressive line-up of passenger ships…

1st November 2010

A new queen joins Cunard

1st November 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MTU is looking forward to the US, EU and IMO future limitations for NOx and particulate matter emissions, as described by Dag Pike.

31st October 2010

Engine builder looks to future emissions limits

31st October 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping carbon dioxide gas.

31st October 2010

Maersk, HHI and DNV cooperate on CO2 ship designs

31st October 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

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

31st October 2010

‘Rem Gambler’ – a safe bet

31st October 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first of two large superferries, built by Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, was recently put into service with Stena Line on the North Sea run between Harwich and the Hook of…

31st October 2010

Worlds largest Superferry put into service

31st October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) recently delivered Floatel International’s second semisubmersible accommodation rig, ‘Floatel Reliance’, 63 days early, within budget and without any lost-time incidents.

29th October 2010

Delivery of Floatel’s second unit

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured an order from Japan’s Daiichi Chuo Kisen to build up to nine handysize bulkers in a deal worth $240m in total.

29th October 2010

Korea clinches Japanese Capesize order

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ Shanghai has celebrated a move to larger premises at an opening ceremony attended by business partners, local dignitaries and members of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s executive board.

29th October 2010

Bigger premises for MAN PrimeServ Shanghai

29th October 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Keith Forget has joined DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) as a senior technical consultant, based in the UK. He brings a wealth of experience in R&D, technical operations and investigations, as well as…

28th October 2010

New technical expert for DNV Petroleum Services panel

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) recently announced the opening of a new surveyor office in Ferrol, Spain. The new office becomes the sixth new office to be opened by the Society in 2010,…

28th October 2010

ClassNK expands in Spain

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has secure contracts for two 78m multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore.

28th October 2010

Greatship orders two PSVs from Sri Lankan yard

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AC drive specialist Stadt of Norway reports that its latest range of drives has been specially developed for the requirements found in full electric ship propulsion systems.

28th October 2010

Electric AC drives go for green

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish company Steerprop has announced a contract with the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group of China, for the delivery of 48 azimuth propulsors for 16 offshore support ships.

28th October 2010

Large Chinese order for azimuth propulsors

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The contracts for implementing the framework agreement signed by the Greek government, ThyssenKrupp and the Abu Dhabi MAR group on 30 September come into effect today, 27 October.

27th October 2010

Future of Greek shipyard secured

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri has announced the setting up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of Etihad Ship Building (ESB), a joint venture with Melara Middle East and Al Fattan Ship Industries.

27th October 2010

Fincantieri sets up UAE jv

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Berg Propulsion’s feathering controlled pitch propeller has been selected by United Faith (Hong Kong) Group subsidiary Celestone Marine Engineering as part of a deal to equip up to four semi-submersible heavylift vessels…

27th October 2010

Heavylift semi-subs get Berg propulsion system

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Five dual-fuel MAN engines comprised the diesel-electric propulsion plant for the LNG vessel ‘Castillo de Santisteban’ recently delivered by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding to the Spanish shipping group Empresa Naviera Elcano.

27th October 2010

Dual fuel plant powers new LNG carrier

27th October 2010