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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German ro-ro builder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has won an order from Canada for a 19,500dwt ferry newbuilding which it describes as “the world’s most eco-friendly con-ro ship”

15th December 2011

FSG bags “most eco-friendly con-ro ferry”

15th December 2011

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The Motorship’s second Gas Fuelled Ships conference took place in Rotterdam on 26/27 October in Rotterdam and was judged, like its predecessor in Hamburg, a great success.

15th December 2011

LNG – here to stay, but not the only solution

15th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS says it is on course to deliver the sixth of seven Ensco 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs to Ensco, on time and within budget.

14th December 2011

Keppel to deliver sixth ultra-deepwater semi-submersible

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to P&I Club The American Club, it is anticipated that in excess of 25 million dwt for scrapping will have wound up on the beaches of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan by…

14th December 2011

P&I club surveys ship recycling

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede has announced orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million, including a pipelayer and two dredgers.

14th December 2011

€200million orders for Dutch group

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (WDR) has announced that the double-ended ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ is about to enter service, just 18 months after ordering. Neptun Werft in Rostock took ten months for the construction.

14th December 2011

Double-ender enters WDR fleet

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register says that it has classed what is described as “the worlds first new LNG-fuelled tanker” which has recently been delivered in Rotterdam, heralding a new era of cleaner European inland…

14th December 2011

First LNG-fuelled tanker newbuilding delivered

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germanischer Lloyd has awarded shipping company Ernst Russ the ‘GL Excellence - 5 Stars’ certificate in recognition of the operator’s quest for the highest quality, safety and environmental standards in shipping.

14th December 2011

Five GL stars for German operator

14th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 2012 Motorship Propulsions & Emissions Conference, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has opened its call for papers today.

13th December 2011

Propulsions & Emissions Conference 2012 – Call for papers

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germanischer Lloyd and IHI Marine United have signed an agreement for a joint development project to investigate and develop solutions for large LNG fuelled container vessels.

13th December 2011

GL and IHI focus on LNG fuel for boxships

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Optimarin, a Norwegian provider of ballast water treatment systems, has announced the signing of a framework agreement with offshore support vessel operator DOF for the delivery of BWT systems.

13th December 2011

Norwegian companies sign ballast water agreement

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Finlands Rauma Shipyard has started production of a 65m double-ended ferry,newbuilding 1380, for delivery at the end of 2012 to Finferries.

13th December 2011

Ferry begins build at STX Rauma

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian seafarer training developer, Seagull, has donated software to Mercy Ships, the operator of the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the ‘Africa Mercy’.

13th December 2011

Seafarer training donated to Mercy Ships

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Trade body Interferry reports that the inaugural Regional Forum on Domestic Ferry Safety - organised by the IMO and Interferry – has drawn up a blueprint for safer ferry operations in developing…

13th December 2011

Interferry looks at ferry safety in developing nations

13th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with offshore ship owning company Ugland Offshore on the delivery of an advanced platform supply vessel. The vessel is to be delivered from Myklebust yard in…

12th December 2011

Kleven Maritime to build PSV for Ugland

12th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cargotec has signed its first contract for MacRack, an electric-drive ifor MacGregor side-rolling hatch covers which combines the operations of raising the cover, and moving it sideways to open or close the…

12th December 2011

First side-rolling hatch cover ordered

12th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime has released a version of its engine room simulator (ERS) based on a dual fuel diesel electric (DFDE) configuration from a modern LNG carrier, with a view to providing training…

12th December 2011

Simulator for dual-fuel d-e LNG ships

12th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fathom, a provider of market intelligence products and services for the marine and energy industries, has launched ‘Ballast Water: The Guide’ - covering the ballast water management market, said to be worth…

12th December 2011

New guide to ballast water management

12th December 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Lloyds Register has appointed John Wishart to take charge of its ambitious global energy team. Wishart, who has assumed the role of energy director, claims 30 years in the industry, and joins…

12th December 2011

Lloyd’s Register appoints energy director

12th December 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

USCG has entered into an agreement to delegate official certification to ClassNK in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships and the International Convention on Load Lines.

12th December 2011

ClassNK gains US authorisation for tonnage and load line measurement

12th December 2011