News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiaries Keppel Singmarine and Keppel Verolme have announced newbuilding and upgrade contracts worth a total of S$150 million.

29th December 2011

Keppel announces new contracts to wrap up a good 2011

29th December 2011

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Recent retrospective looks at The Motor Ship of 50 years ago have tended to concentrate on the development of large-bore diesel engines, and the December 1961 issue is no exception.

28th December 2011

Novel approach to vehicle transport

28th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed with L&T Shipbuilding Limited (LTSB), the shipbuilding arm of Indias Larsen & Toubro Ltd to provide a range of technological support for construction of commercial vessels.

28th December 2011

Indian yard benefits from Japanese support

28th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese companies Sumitomo Electric Industries and NYK Cruises have agreed to install a Sumitomo ‘Ecomarine’ ultraviolet ballast water management (BWM) system on one of NYK’s cruise ships.

28th December 2011

Cruise demo for new BWM system

28th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Evergreen Line has announced today that it will be cooperating with CKYH-the Green Alliance in 2012 to provide more sailings between Asia, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean each week.

28th December 2011

Evergreen to strengthen Asia-European offering

28th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Volvo Penta´s Inboard Performace System (IPS) drives, claimed to increase performance and reduce fuel consumption, have been chosen to power six 14m pilot vessels ordered by Russian state owned company Rosmorport.

23rd December 2011

IPS power for Russian pilot boats

23rd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of a series of 14 new Chinese multi-purpose heavy-lifters for Emden shipping group Bockstiegel has gone into local charter service, demonstrating the cost advantage for Asian builders over German yards.

23rd December 2011

Big new Chinese-built series for Germans

23rd December 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Volvo Penta has a new President - Björn Ingemanson will assume the position on 1 April 2012 succeeding Göran Gummeson, who will retire next year.

22nd December 2011

New President for Volvo Penta

22nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä says it has been contracted to supply ship design and propulsors/positioning system for a series of two new flexible pipe laying vessels to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…

22nd December 2011

DSME’s Brazilian PLVs to Wärtsilä design

22nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Imtech Marine has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid propulsion system, based on a diesel electric plant in combination with battery technology, to the first diesel electric, hybrid seagoing ferries.

22nd December 2011

Imtech gets CalMac ferry hybrid contract

22nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Fernvale has secured a contract worth about $809 million from Urca Drilling, a subsidiary of Sete Brasil, for the design and construction of a semisubmersible drilling rig…

22nd December 2011

Another deepwater semi-submersible rig order for Keppel

22nd December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the result of its investigations into a failure of a capacitor, part of the diesel-electric propulsion system of the cruise ship ‘Queen Mary…

21st December 2011

MAIB reports on QM2 explosion

21st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based digital documentation company Regs4ships says that its digital maritime regulations service has been officially recognised as an electronic equivalent to the Antigua & Barbuda Carriage of Nautical Publications requirements.

21st December 2011

Flag state accepts digital documentation

21st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society Bureau Veritas reports that it has completed the first certification audit of any shipping company to the new standard ISO 50001- 2011 - Energy Management Systems.

21st December 2011

BV completes first energy management systems audit for Stena’s shipmanager

21st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bureau Veritas has completed the worlds first shipping company certification audit to the new standard ISO 50001 – 2011 Energy Management Systems.

21st December 2011

World’s first ISO 50001 certification for shipping

21st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Digital ship documentation company Regs4ships has announced that its senior surveyor Mark Robinson and surveyor Robert Aldous have been appointed as government ship surveyors for Transport Malta (Maritime).

21st December 2011

Regs4ships surveyors approved to represent Flag State of Malta

21st December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, construction and installation of 16 concrete foundations for an E.ON offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

20th December 2011

Jan De Nul moves into renewables

20th December 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

Further than just making the process of keeping crews safe with well maintained equipment easier, companies like Schat-Harding are promising to help owners navigate the turbulent waters of legislation and IMO rules.

20th December 2011

Navigating the safety rulebook

20th December 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

There’s a couple of companies that keep coming up time and again in connection with good, innovative safety devices that not only save lives, but money.

20th December 2011

Innovation answers the call

20th December 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

Dag Pike was aboard an 80ft catamaran in the wide open Atlantic when it started to crack. Here he explains how a container ship’s answer to the distress call underscores a very…

20th December 2011

Going to the rescue

20th December 2011