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Solar Solve Marine, the UK manufacturer of Solasolv anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for wheelhouse windows, says it was recently able to offer a rapid response to an urgent enquiry from Smit.

11th August 2011

Fast response for marine sunscreens

11th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seaspan Corporation has accepted delivery of a 13,100 TEU containership, the Cosco Development. The new ship was constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries.

11th August 2011

Seaspan takes third 13,100TEU container ship

11th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine scientific and technical consultants and surveyors, Brookes Bell LLP, and naval architects and marine engineers, Safety at Sea Ltd, have announced that the two UK-headquartered companies have merged.

11th August 2011

UK-based consultants announce merger

11th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK repair yard A&P Tyne has completed a 14-day drydocking, involving major refurbishment, on ABS-flagged, 45,000dwt, 183m product tanker Sinbad, managed by Admanthos Shipping Agency of USA.

11th August 2011

Much achieved during two-week tanker refurbishment

11th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A&P Tyne says that it is building on its success in a new business sector with the completion of another subsea structure for an offshore oil and gas field.

10th August 2011

Repair yard reports offshore construction success

10th August 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein of Norway has established a new company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions. This company will take over the activities of former IDEA Heavy Equipment, a Dutch company with which Ulstein has cooperated…

10th August 2011

Ulstein sets up new offshore company

10th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Supplier and trader of marine fuel OW Bunker Copenhagen has moved offices to a new location in Hellerup, at the heart of Copenhagen’s shipping community.

10th August 2011

New head office for bunker supplier

10th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Satellite communications provider Marlink has extended its contract with Simon Møkster Shipping for an additional five years, continuing the provision of Sealink VSAT services on 18 existing ships, and five newbuildngs.

10th August 2011

Further five-year satcoms deal

10th August 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) has announced that Fritz Jakob Fredriksen has joined the company as a principal consultant. He will be advising shipping companies on various fuel-related issues.

10th August 2011

New consultant in marine fuels

10th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has opened new workshop facilities in Helsinki, Finland. The company says that the new facilities enable it to offer a wide range of workshop services with rapid response times.

9th August 2011

New Wärtsilä service shop in Finland

9th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK marine electronics company Ocean Signal has announced that its SafeSea V100 GMDSS hand-held VHF radio has been awarded MED product certification from BABT, as a portable survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone.

9th August 2011

GMDSS hand portable gains MED wheelmark

9th August 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Survitec Group, manufacturer and distributor for the survival technology industries, has appointmented Paul Lester CBE, as chairman.

8th August 2011

New chairman for safety group

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that it supports the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as the architect of change when it comes to regulating shipping’s CO2 emissions.

8th August 2011

ICS supports IMO’s emissions stance

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BMT Nigel Gee says that it has won an order from China for the design of a 25m battery-powered, all electric, 150 passenger, ferry for use in estuary and coastal waters.

8th August 2011

Battery ferry design contract awarded

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced that its RT-flex60C main engines have been selected for the first series of eight 1,700TEU Bangkok-max container ships being built at the Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China.

8th August 2011

Boxship engine order for Wärtsilä

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A 276-page reference book ‘Measuring Torque Correctly’ has been produced by Rainer Schicker and Dr Georg Wegener of HBM, covering essential aspects of using torque transducers.

8th August 2011

Reference source produced for torque measurement

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

National Chemical Carriers (NCC), an 80% owned subsidiary of the National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has taken delivery of a new chemical tanker named NCC Safa from SHINAsb of South…

8th August 2011

New chemical tanker for NCC

8th August 2011

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GENERAL NEWS

Interferry says it is opening an office in Brussels with a full-time specialist for European Union and IMO activities in a bid to strengthen the ferry industry’s voice on maritime policy and…

8th August 2011

Ferry industry wants a stronger voice

8th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed an agreement with the UK-based Harris Pye group to carry out after-sales service on MHI marine boilers on a world wide non-exclusive basis.

5th August 2011

Boiler after-sales agreement signed

5th August 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of a new 180,000dwt 292m bulk carrier, Shin Koho, at the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation’s Tsu Shipyard.

5th August 2011

First hybrid turbocharged bulk carrier

5th August 2011