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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A number of Asian carriers have significantly trimmed their owned containership fleet over the last 15 months as they sought to reduce exposure to the fragile liner shipping markets.

30th March 2010

Asian carriers trim boxship stakes

30th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

French product tanker operator Socatra has ordered four 37,000 dwt tankers from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and taken out options on four identical vessels.

30th March 2010

Hyundai Mipo wins tanker order

30th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Greek shipowner Alba Maritime Services will decide in the next two weeks whether to cancel construction of up to 12 ships it ordered from the troubled Pipavav Shipyard in India because of…

30th March 2010

Pipavav faces order cancellations

30th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä reports sales success with its newly introduced Wärtsilä RT-flex82T low-speed engine.

30th March 2010

New low-speed engine a success

30th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS has delivered ENSCO 8502, the third of seven ENSCO 8500 Series semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs it has been contracted to build exclusively for Ensco International.

30th March 2010

Keppel delivers first rig of 2010

30th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven will upgrade the 44,588 gt cruise ship Artemis (ex Royal Princess) for the third time in April prior to her last season for P&O Cruises and handover to Artania…

29th March 2010

Artemis goes back to Lloyd

29th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil, has secured contracts from Noble Corporation to upgrade and repair three of Nobles Brazil-based drillships for $456 million.

29th March 2010

Keppel BrasFELS to upgrade three Noble drillships

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Oslo-based Fred Olsen Windcarrier, which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has entered into agreements with Lamprell Energy for the construction of two transport and installation vessels…

29th March 2010

Dubai to build offshore construction vessels

29th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hydrex Spain recently performed cleaning work with its own developed equipment on two large container vessels at anchorage 2km off the coast of Algeciras.

29th March 2010

Fast underwater ship hull cleaning

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Korea regained its top spot in the global shipbuilding industry beating China in terms of new orders in the January to February period.

29th March 2010

Korea shipbuilding ahead of China

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) officially accepted the proposal to designate waters off the North American coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA), a move that will result in cleaner air for…

29th March 2010

IMO adopts proposal for North American ECA

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

India’s biggest private shipbuilder, Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard, is set to win a $114 million (Rs518.7 crore) order to construct four cement carriers for Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers.

29th March 2010

ABG set to win Singapore order

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval says that it has sold more than 30 PureBallast systems in the past year; a prominent new order involving two PureBallast systems for the Royal Australian Navy, confirming PureBallasts suitability…

29th March 2010

PureBallast selected for Royal Australian Navy

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The merger announced between MAN Diesel SE and MAN Turbo AG to form MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, is now complete, the corresponding entry having been made in the…

29th March 2010

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE merger complete

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Last Friday Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard delivered the 116,000 grt Azura, the new flagship for P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival Group, which is the 27th passenger vessel built at the yard out…

29th March 2010

New flagship for P&O Cruises delivered

29th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders won a major contract to lengthen a cable laying ship for Nexans AS of Norway, a subsidiary of the international French based Nexans Group.

28th March 2010

Cammell Laird lengthens cable layer

28th March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jamaica has been elected to chair a 25-country strong regional task force on control and management of ships ballast water and sediments in the wider Caribbean region.

28th March 2010

Ballast water task force appointed

28th March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new Danish water treatment company, to be known as dma ecosystems, has been created to build on the assets of parent dma Sorption.

28th March 2010

New filtration company set up in Denmark

28th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hydrex has developed a new method enabling permanent repairs of rudders without drydocking the ship.

28th March 2010

Permanent rudder repairs without drydocking

28th March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dutch company Hatenboer-Water of Rotterdam has supplied two containerised potable water-making units to the De Hoop Lobith shipyard.

28th March 2010

Fresh water for river cruiser conversions

28th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has recently been busy.

28th March 2010

Busy Jurong

28th March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The largest Alfa Laval PureBallast system available is to be installed by Stena on one of its drilling ships.

28th March 2010

Largest version of ballast water system is destined for drilling ship

28th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.

28th March 2010

ENVC facing uncertain times

28th March 2010