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GENERAL NEWS

IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu says that IMO is the right international body to deal with safety of passenger ships and, in particular, a safety review after the ‘Costa Concordia’ accident.

31st January 2012

IMO is right body to deal with safety after Costa Concordia, says Sekimizu

31st January 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Robert Sniffen, International Transport Intermediaries Club, considers the risks and responsibilities faced with ship designers and naval architects.

30th January 2012

Designers must limit potential exposure to liability

30th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The UK Chamber of Shipping has rebuffed the idea that the shipping industry is trying employ “delaying tactics” around the introduction of further emissions regulation.

30th January 2012

Industry refutes delaying allegation

30th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German companies Nippon Diesel Service and Gall & Seitz Systems have joined forces with Singapore partner CLLS (Singapore) to form a new company, to be known as Laser Cladding Singapore (LCS) Pte.

30th January 2012

Laser repair starts in Singapore

30th January 2012

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

STX France’s board of directors has nominated Laurent Castaing as its new general manager in replacement of Jacques Hardelay.

30th January 2012

New general manager at STX France

30th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has announced that it had issued generic training course approval to an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) course offered by K Line Maritime Academy (Philippine), a group company of…

30th January 2012

‘K’ Line’s ECDIS training course gets approval from ClassNK

30th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) of Norway says that it has received orders for a total of 40 TMC SA 30 ‘Smart Air’ compressors for the 20 Triple-E ships ordered by Maersk Line…

30th January 2012

TMC compressors chosen for Triple-E

30th January 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Denzil Stuart looks at the impact of the growing size of container vessels on the marine insurance community.

29th January 2012

Bigger boxships herald bigger problems for insurers and salvors

29th January 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

A mood of anxiety may well characterise the movement in the coming year as clubs face up to some very testing challenges. Denzil Stuart reports.

29th January 2012

Whither 2012 and beyond? as uncertainty builds up

29th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Venteville, part of Imtech Marine, has been appointed as agent for a new ballast water management system developed by Siemens Water Technologies, and known as SiCure.

27th January 2012

Siemens BWMS to be supplied through Imtech company

27th January 2012

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MSPFFC

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27th January 2012

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27th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International Paint has announced the introduction of two new antifouling hull coatings, known as Intersmooth 7465Si SPC and Interswift 6900Si silyl acrylate.

26th January 2012

Antifoulings offer ‘best of both worlds’

26th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has been contracted to provide an energy management system for the new environmentally-friendly cruise ferry for Viking Line, which is being built at STX Finland in Turku.

26th January 2012

ABB energy management for cruise ferry

26th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The P&O Ferries cross-Channel newbuilding ‘Spirit of France’ was handed over on 24 January by the builder, STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard. She is a sister to ‘Spirit of Britain’, delivered from Rauma…

24th January 2012

Second P&O ro-pax finally delivered

24th January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has announced its final register statistics for 2011, revealing that almost 23 million gross tons were added to the class society’s register this past year.

24th January 2012

A good 2011 for Japanese class society

24th January 2012

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

UK company Simplex Turbulo has appointed a new sales director, Peter Stevenson.

23rd January 2012

New sales director for marine diesel company

23rd January 2012

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

International law firm Wikborg Rein has recruited Joe McGladdery as a partner in its London office.

23rd January 2012

LNG specialist is new London law partner

23rd January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The power and positioning system for two new drilling rigs ordered by the Norwegian arm of the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company Songa Offshore are to be supplied by Wärtsilä.

23rd January 2012

Power and positioning system for drilling rigs from Wärtsilä

23rd January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services and Vessel Protection Solutions have jointly launched an anti-piracy partnership intended to protect for ships and crews operating in known piracy regions.

23rd January 2012

New anti-piracy solutions revealed

23rd January 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ocean Signal has announced full availability and the start of worldwide shipment of its V100 hand-held GMDSS VHF, following MED certification from the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT).

23rd January 2012

Approval granted for hand-portable GMDSS-compliant VHF radio

23rd January 2012