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CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

There are now just 12 days to the Motorship conference in Copenhagen. Don’t miss the pre-event reception hosted by MAN, then on 11/12 May are two days of presentations, with the DNV-sponsored…

27th April 2011

Two weeks to go to Propulsion Conference

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German company Vulkan Couplings has introduced a new version of its Rato DS coupling which is directly connected to a composite shaft.

27th April 2011

Combined coupling and composite shaft

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK says that it has issued the first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.

27th April 2011

First approval issued for corrosion resistant steel for crude oil cargo tanks

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SAM Electronics reports that its L-3 subsidiary Lyngsø Marine is completing upgrades of existing integrated navigation facilities aboard three Star Cruises’ vessels, Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Libra.

26th April 2011

Navigation upgrades for Star cruise ships

26th April 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Henry Ng as customer services manager for SE Asia. He will be based at the company’s Singapore office, where he was previously sales manager for Wilhelmsen Ships…

26th April 2011

New customer services manager for Wilhelmsen in SE Asia

26th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Thordon Bearings of Canada reports that the seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings fitted to the cruise ship Grand Princess have now achieved 13 years of pollution-free performance with no shaft withdrawals.

26th April 2011

Long service from water-lubricated bearings

26th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Australian-owned ship builder Strategic Marine has been awarded a contract with Malaysian company JCB Oil and Gas Services to supply two 40m crew boats to service Malaysia’s expanding oil and gas sector.

21st April 2011

Malaysian contract for Australian company

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK digital maritime regulations company Regs4ships has added a Panama product to its range, which, says the company, gives it potential coverage of some 80% of the global SOLAS fleet.

21st April 2011

Digital regulations adds Panama product

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Nam Cheong Dockyard of Miri, Malaysia, which will build a Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) with diesel-electric propulsion.

21st April 2011

Design and diesel electric system package ordered for Malaysian PSV

21st April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy says it has signed a contract for LNG storage tanks and fuel systems on four gas-powered ferries to be built at the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for delivery in the…

20th April 2011

Gas systems ordered for LNG ferries

20th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine fuel oil supplier OW Bunker has highlighted the impact that mass flow meters can have in solving the ‘quantity issue’ and demonstrated the steps that it is taking to ensure product…

19th April 2011

Bunker supplier backs mass flow meters

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In the run up to a forthcoming change to the SOLAS Convention, Martek Marine is introducing a new range of portable gas detection instruments.

19th April 2011

Portable gas detectors look forward to SOLAS amendments

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK has begun offering a new consulting service for the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006.

19th April 2011

Class society adds MLC to maritime consulting services

19th April 2011

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The May 1961 issue of The Motor Ship, on its comment page, questioned whether, with the growing popularity of the Diesel engine, the world’s oil reserves would be sufficient to meet demand.

19th April 2011

Oil reserves running out – 1961 shock?

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has finalised what it says is its single largest maintenance agreement with a marine customer, under which the company will provide full maintenance support for five years for Royal Caribbean Cruises…

19th April 2011

Wärtsilä and RCCL sign service agreement

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Tognum group has announced a substantial follow-up order from the Indian Coast Guard for 60 MTU 16V4000 engines, with associated automation systems, for 20 new 48m fast patrol boats.

19th April 2011

MTU order from Indian Coast Guard

19th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reports a new contract for two 3D seismic seabed data acquisition survey ships, to the Ramform W design, for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Norway.

18th April 2011

Norwegian company orders two Ramform survey vessels from MHI

18th April 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Cummins of the USA says that it has received a statement of compliance from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certifying its QSK60 HPI auxiliary engine to IMO Tier 2 emissions standards.

18th April 2011

Genset engine now meets IMO Tier 2

18th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish company Eniram has announced that Hamburg Süd has ordered 12 additional installations of its dynamic trimming assistant (DTA) with a view to saving fuel and reducing emissions.

15th April 2011

Dynamic trimming for 12 more ships

15th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has opened its latest Marine Service Centre, in Walvis Bay, Namibia, as the latest stage in the development of the company’s global marine service centre network.

15th April 2011

Rolls-Royce opens marine servicing facility in Namibia

15th April 2011