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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Services, part of Damen Shipyards Group, announces that its Damen Asset Management Operating System (DAMOS) has been independently approved by classification society Bureau Veritas (BV).

29th November 2011

BV certifies Damen services system

29th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Offshore Ship Designers has been contracted to develop the design of a low emission diesel electric harbour tug for IJmuiden based Iskes Towage & Salvage.

29th November 2011

OSD to design low emission tug for Iskes

29th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A powerful new online version of Castrol marine’s comprehensive directory of marine services (DMS) will be going live in December

29th November 2011

Castrol go online with new directory

29th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of a new series of versatile Slovak coastal vessels for German interests has been delivered by Danube shipyard Slovenské Lodenice Komarno (SLK).

29th November 2011

New Slovak coaster series for Germans

29th November 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

‘Bourbon Front’ is the latest addition to join the Bourbon offshore support fleet and represents the first of a four-ship series based on the Ulstein design PX105 MACS.

29th November 2011

Bourbon gets Chinese X-bow PSV

29th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Trelleborg Industrial AVS (TIAVS) designs and manufactures mountings and isolation solutions for marine machinery on vessels of every type, and describes some particular products here.

28th November 2011

Good vibrations with cushioned mountings

28th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Solar Solve Marine has returned from a visit to the Kor-Marine Exhibition in Busan with a contract worth in excess of $500,000 over the next 12 months.

28th November 2011

Continued success for Solar Solve in Korea

28th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AVEVA Group UK has announced that German shipbuilder Nobiskrug has invested in the AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management product family (AVEVA ERM).

28th November 2011

Nobiskrug invests in AVEVA software

28th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With fleet management becoming more and more essential in todays world, and information being key, Transas Marine has introduced a new version of its fleet SSAS and tracking service FleetViewOnline 3.11.

28th November 2011

New Transas SSAS and tracking service

28th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) has finally settled restructuring negotiations through labour-management agreement and accelerated the normalisation of its operations.

28th November 2011

Hanjin Yeongdo Dockyard advances

28th November 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Dutch company Machine Support, part of the SKF group, says that during the period 1998-2006, one third of ship problems were machinery-related, and a significant proportion of these equipment failures resulted from…

27th November 2011

Design software aids calculation of shaft vibrations

27th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish air conditioning system supplier Koja Oy recently signed a contract with Meyer Werft GmbH for the delivery of the entire air conditioning systems for two 4,200 passenger ‘Sunshine-project’ cruise ships for…

26th November 2011

Koja Group gets its biggest order

26th November 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Helena Athoussaki, CEO, Carbon Positive Services, believes that the EEDI and future measures offer opportunities for responsible ship operators.

25th November 2011

Shipping’s efficiency opportunity

25th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Recent modifications to ABBs Azipod propulsion unit frame design has seen hydrodynamic efficiency improved by more than 2%.

25th November 2011

Azipod efficiency improved again

25th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IHC Merwede has appointed Denis Welch as its CEO for South East Asia.

24th November 2011

New CEO for IHC Merwede SE Asia

24th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The ‘Bit Viking’ is the world’s first vessel in service whose main machinery has been converted to burn LNG as fuel.

24th November 2011

First LNG fuelled product tanker in service

24th November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipowners in China and Hong Kong are increasingly adopting international standards for safety systems, as they develop their global operations.

23rd November 2011

Closing safety gap is priority say WSS

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new design of rotary lip seal, Walkersele D8, has been developed by James Walker, based in Crewe, UK.

23rd November 2011

New rotary lip seal for marine propulsion applications

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The new 30-tonne harbour tugs of the Damen ASD Tug 2009 series are to be equipped with Schottel propulsion systems.

23rd November 2011

Damen opts for Schottel

23rd November 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Government of Québec and the Société des traversiers have been working together towards a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% on local ferry routes.

23rd November 2011

Canada introduces LNG-powered ferries

23rd November 2011