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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

NYK Line and Tokyo LNG Tanker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, recently held a naming ceremony for a jointly owned LNG carrier built at the Sakaide Shipyard of the Kawasaki…

30th September 2011

Energy-efficient LNG carrier delivered

30th September 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

A new conceptual design of Aframax tanker launched recently by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) shows the extent of efficiency improvements that are possible, writes Paul Bartlett.

30th September 2011

New Aframax design concept from GL

30th September 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

Faced with rising fuel costs and increasing controls on exhaust emissions, against a backcloth of intensified competition, the shipping industry’s quest for new operational efficiencies permeates every sphere of design and practice,…

30th September 2011

BV holistic approach to energy efficiency

30th September 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The final two 13,100TEU container vessels in an eight-ship series being built for the Hamburg shipowner Rickmers Group were delivered in June and July at the Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries.

30th September 2011

Final two mega-boxships delivered to Rickmers

30th September 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

A new milestone in collaboration between classification societies was signalled earlier this year by the release of jointly-developed software for use by ship designers, shipyards and shipowners in complying with the IACS…

29th September 2011

ABS, LR pool technical strengths in new venture

29th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian company Ulmatec Pyro is launching the Pyro central heating system which uses waste heat from engine cooling and exhaust systems to provide ship heat, promising substantial fuel and cost savings.

29th September 2011

Ballast water treatment at zero cost?

29th September 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The French port of Marseilles has announced plans to bring back into service its giant No10 drydock, the biggest in the Mediterranean at 465m long and 85m wide.

29th September 2011

Marseilles reopens bidding for giant drydock

29th September 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

This year’s unfolding of the record-breaking programme of ore carrier construction instigated by Brazilian mining group Vale pushes back the bounds as regards bulk cargo transport economics and scale efficiencies, writes David…

29th September 2011

Easy loading for world’s largest ore carriers

29th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-based Hyde Marine, a Calgon company, says that its Hyde Guardian ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has received type approval from ABS, adding to approvals from Lloyd’s Register.

28th September 2011

ABS type approval for BWTS

28th September 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is interested in establishing a shipyard next to Richards Bay Coal Terminal to service cargo ships that operate in southern African waters.

27th September 2011

Daewoo plans ship repair yard in SA

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has taken delivery of its second Mark V ro-ro vessel, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Japan.

27th September 2011

Second ro-ro giant delivered

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Finland and TUI Cruises have signed a contract for the design and construction of a 97,000gt energy-efficient cruise vessel, scheduled for delivery in spring 2014. The order includes a contract for…

27th September 2011

Cruise Order for STX Turku yard

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Three DFDS Seaways ferries are to be upgraded with Rolls-Royce Promas Lite systems to maximise their propulsive efficiency, reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

27th September 2011

Ferry efficiency improved with rudder

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first ship in Bourbon’s latest-generation series of four sister ships is now on its way from the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang shipyard, in China, to take up duties in the North…

27th September 2011

Chinese-built PSV delivered to Bourbon

27th September 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

In 2010, one of the oldest Polish steel construction companies, Energomontaz-Polnoc of Gdynia, acquired the drydock SD I from the bankrupt Gdynia Shipyard to provide ship conversion and repair services under the…

27th September 2011

New Polish repair yard gets off the ground

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service says it has recently opened a new fire, rescue and safety (FRS) service station in Gdansk, Poland, to serve vessels in the Baltic Sea, including the Gdansk and Gdynia…

27th September 2011

New safety service station in Poland

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has appointed Hydraulink NT as its service partner in Australia.

27th September 2011

Davit service agreement in Australia

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IHC Merwerde reports that self-elevating heavy lift vessel ‘Neptune’, being built for offshore construction company GeoSea of Belgium, has been successfully launched at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel.

27th September 2011

Dutch heavy lift ship launched

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Germanischer Lloyd says that it has handed over the safety management certificate and international ship security certificate to the ‘Kota Berkat’, owned by Pacific International Lines.

27th September 2011

5,000 ISM/ISPS certificates from GL

27th September 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based Marine Software Ltd has supplied its MPM (marine planned maintenance), MSK (marine storekeeper) and MPS (marine purchasing system) to Brooklyn Shipping, for the OSV ‘Loch Erisort’.

27th September 2011

Newbuild to get software package

27th September 2011