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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hempel R&D centre Barcelona expansion

13th January 2010

Hempel expands Spanish R&D centre

13th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas largest domestically built VLCC, ‘Xin Buyang’, will embark on its maiden voyage from Guangzhou Zhongchuan Longxue Shipbuilding

13th January 2010

China’s largest domestic built VLCC set for maiden voyage

13th January 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.

13th January 2010

EGCSA wants no green wash in 2010

13th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding’s launches ‘Pacific Egret’ for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited.

13th January 2010

PNTL launches ‘Pacific Egret’

13th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Most of the emissions-related developments in 2009 centred around sulphur emissions - and plenty of talk too of shippings carbon footprint.

13th January 2010

Shipping is clean – but needs to clean up further

13th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Liberian Registry reported a recession-beating 2009.

12th January 2010

Liberian Registry posts new record fleet numbers

12th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Two Korean companies are to jointly develop a marine fuel cell.

12th January 2010

DSME and Posco to develop fuel cell technology

12th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) and Rolls-Royce (RR) have reached an amicable resolution to the lawsuit regarding the Mermaid pod-propulsion system on Celebrity Cruises Millennium-class ships.

12th January 2010

RCCL and RR reach pod settlement

12th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received its first orders for 2010.

12th January 2010

First 2010 order for DSME

12th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Since November 2009, extra slow steaming (ESS) has been applied by liner operators to almost 20 long haul loops.

12th January 2010

ESS to absorb over 2% of boxship capacity

12th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An alternative to filters, which have proved costly in operation, has been introduced by Marinfloc for oily water separators.

12th January 2010

Marinfloc launches pre-treatment system for OWS

12th January 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A powerful 36 m sea rescue cruiser, the first of its size in Germany, is being built for that country’s Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS), writes Tom Todd. Officials told ‘The…

12th January 2010

Unique new rescue craft for German service

12th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland recently released for sales and production the first frame size in its A100-L series of high pressure turbochargers for low speed, two-stroke engines.

12th January 2010

High charge air pressure for clean engines

12th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A long-term service agreement has been signed by Wärtsilä with prominent LNG carrier operator Mærsk LNG.

12th January 2010

Service agreement for optimum availability and operational economy

12th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) “launched” the theme for this year’s World Maritime Day – “2010: Year of the Seafarer” – at its London headquarters.

12th January 2010

IMO launches “Year of the Seafarer”

12th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Volvo Pentas IPS programme is being expanded higher up the power range with new larger drive units coupled to the D13 engine.

12th January 2010

Small craft propulsion pod range is extended

12th January 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The switch to low-sulphur fuels, either particular grades of HFO or distillates, will begin to take effect in 2010, but alternatives offering even lower emissions are still being seriously investigated.

11th January 2010

Emissions limits drive search for cleaner fuels

11th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sensors for machinery and cargo monitoring are to be produced in the Far East.

11th January 2010

New Kongsberg sensor factory in China

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US yard Eastern Shipbuilding has secured an order for six OSVs.

11th January 2010

Harvey Gulf orders six from Eastern

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries recently launched the first and biggest crude oil tanker ever built in the Philippines at its Subic shipyard.

11th January 2010

Hanjin launches largest Philippine built tanker

11th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has signed a three-year training contract with its long-time customer Wagenborg Shipping of the Netherlands.

11th January 2010

Machinery training contract with Dutch shipowner

11th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped a ferry achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Sweden and Germany.

11th January 2010

Fuel savings claimed for propeller retrofit

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas shipbuilding industry is likely to speed up consolidation in 2010 in accordance with the policy of adjusting the industrys structure.

8th January 2010

Chinas shipbuilding to consolidate

8th January 2010