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GENERAL NEWS

The Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Sanco Shipping to build a seismic vessel with an option for an additional vessel.

16th June 2011

Kleven inks seismic vessel for Sanco

16th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced a number of innovative technologies to help improve the experience of personnel travelling to and from offshore windfarms.

16th June 2011

BMT improves offshore windfarm vessel designs

16th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The fourth edition of Lloyd’s Register’s guide, ‘Ballast Water Treatment Technology’, has been released.

16th June 2011

LR publishes latest guidance on BWT

16th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-based NOL Group signed letters of intent with two South Korean shipbuilders to build 12 new container vessels for its APL subsidiary.

16th June 2011

Korea bags NOL boxship dozen

16th June 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Royal Navy’s patrol vessel HMS Clyde will remain in the South Atlantic to protect the Falklands Islands until 2018, following a six year contract extension with BAE Systems to deliver 24/7…

16th June 2011

New contract to support patrol vessel

16th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has won a £15 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for ship owner Brasil Supply.

15th June 2011

Rolls-Royce wins offshore supply vessel order in Brazil

15th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish ship designer Knud E. Hansen, in partnership with Fleetway, has recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada for the basic design of a series of…

15th June 2011

Design for six new ferries for Canada

15th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Renewable energy was the key to success at Mercator Medias Seawork Awards dinner in Southampton, UK, on 14 June, with the top award going to a wind turbine access system.

15th June 2011

Seawork awards recognise renewables

15th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vessel designer Incat Crowther says that it is becoming involved in refurbishment of its older designs, bringing them up to latest economic and environmental standards.

15th June 2011

New lease of life for Alaska ferry

15th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Kittiwake Developments has announced the acquisition of Holroyd Instruments, a manufacturer of acoustic emission technology, which Kittiwake says will strengthen its presence in condition monitoring.

15th June 2011

Another acquisition for Kittiwake

15th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal Ships has announced that it has been chosen as the preferred tenderer as prime contractor for the design, construction and support of eight new vessels for the Australian Customs and Border…

14th June 2011

Austal preferred for patrol craft bid

14th June 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

ABB has expanded its marine and crane services team to help UK-based cruise ships, ferries, offshore support, semi-sub, jack-up, FPSO, specials and merchant vessels to upgrade, retrofit and replace equipment.

14th June 2011

ABB extends UK marine services team

14th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE Marine reports that it will provide Austal USA with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy’s fourth LCS-Class-Independence variant.

13th June 2011

Gas turbines ordered for fourth LCS

13th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

IHC Merwerde says that the naming and launch ceremony took place recently for the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Breughel, which the company is building at its Krimpen aan den Ijssel shipyard…

13th June 2011

Dutch-built dredger launched

13th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS has been awarded a contract worth about $260 million by returning customer, Floatel International, to build a new generation accommodation semisubmersible for delivery in the first quarter of 2014.

13th June 2011

Keppel’s orderbook continues to grow

13th June 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group says that its Dayang Shipyard has started replacing acetylene with natural gas in cutting and fire engineering correction work.

13th June 2011

Chinese shipyard ditches acetylene for natural gas

13th June 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has created a new unit to deal specifically with installations of ballast water treatment systems, as well as necessary ship modifications, in vessels already in service.

12th June 2011

Dedicated unit to retrofit BWT systems

12th June 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries’ ship repair and conversion order book saw eight vessel dockings between December 2010 and early March 2011.

12th June 2011

H&W kicks off 2011 with bulging order book

12th June 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Commenting on the shiprepair market as a whole, Joe Corvelli, CEO of Gibdock in Gibraltar, states that it has been fickle over the last year and the situation will remain the same…

11th June 2011

Fickle future for shiprepair industry says Gibdock CEO

11th June 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Norway’s Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibdock for the conversion and drydocking of the 84m long, 4,500dwt PSV ‘Normand Vester’.

10th June 2011

More conversion work at Gibdock

10th June 2011