News

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Marine fuel supplier and trader OW Bunker has appointed Jesper Jervild to the position of Regional Manager for the Middle East and South Africa.

3rd March 2011

OW Bunker appoints new regional manager

3rd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Royal Caribbean Cruises employs a Palfinger marine crane to do the gardening onboard its latest Oasis class cruise ship, the ‘Allure of the Seas’.

3rd March 2011

Crane goes gardening on mega-cruise ship

3rd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following last week’s announcement of a 10-ship order, with options for further vessels, placed with Daewoo by Maersk Line, shares in Daewoo and other Korean yards are soaring in value.

3rd March 2011

Maersk contract benefits Korean yards

3rd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As part of the Shanghai local government’s plan for the city to become an international shipping centre by 2020, the local government has launched a RMB 50 billion ($7.6 billion) fund to…

3rd March 2011

Shanghai launches marine investment fund

3rd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the propulsion machinery to STX Finland for the new environmentally-friendly passenger ferry being built for Finnish operator Viking Line.

3rd March 2011

Gas engines ordered for ‘green’ ferry

3rd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian company TTS Marine reports that it is still winning contracts from car carrier builders for cargo access equipment, two additional contracts havimg recently been received for ro-ro equipment.

2nd March 2011

Car carrier cargo contracts continue

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new mid-size range of Wärtsilä waterjet s features plug & play installation, inboard hydraulics, ease of maintenance and improved economic and environmental performance.

2nd March 2011

New mid-size waterjet series from Wärtsilä

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Sperry Marine division of Northrop Grumman Corporation is to supply bridge navigation systems for nine new mid-shore patrol vessels to be built for the Canadian Coast Guard.

2nd March 2011

Navigation systems contract for Canadian Coast Guard ships

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ESAB Group (UK) says that it will be sponsoring the third annual ShipWeld competition. As before, the competition will comprise inter-yard competitions, with awards for apprentice welders.

2nd March 2011

ESAB to sponsor welding competition again

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that its 38,000-class bulk carrier now under construction at the Minaminippon Shipbuilding will be the first ship to use International’s new silicon-based anti-fouling paint.

2nd March 2011

First ship to employ silicon anti-fouling

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Australian marine safety equipment provider Mobilarm is joining forces with Marine Rescue Technologies, the company behind the Sea Marshall PLB brand. Mobilarm has entered a sale and purchase agreement which covers all…

2nd March 2011

Safety companies join forces

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipping companies and associations have joined forces in a campaign to press national governments to crackdown on piracy.

2nd March 2011

Global shipping chiefs focus on piracy

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for a LNG carrier capable of marked reductions in fuel consumption.

2nd March 2011

NYK orders ‘green’ LNG turbine ship

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK company Elcometer has launched what it describes as its “next generation” of its digital thickness gauge, the Elcometer 456.

2nd March 2011

Gauge offers faster thickness measurement

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Within the context of International Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day theme ‘Piracy: orchestrating the response’, a meeting took place on 28 February at IMO headquarters.

2nd March 2011

Piracy comes under IMO spotlight

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based business A&P Group, which operates three ship repair, conversion and fabrication yards, has been acquired by a consortium including Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services and private investors including the directors of…

2nd March 2011

New owner for UK shiprepairer

2nd March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian company Hatteland Display says it has been selected by Transas Marine as a supplier of dedicated hardware for the new generation Transas ECDIS system.

2nd March 2011

Hatteland to provide Transas ECDIS hardware

2nd March 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Last month the new ropax ferry ‘Spirit of Britain’ went into service on the P&O Ferries’ English Channel service and more than doubled the freight-carrying capacity of the vessel it replaced.

1st March 2011

New Dover Strait ferry makes big impact

1st March 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Greenwave, a UK registered charity that exists to remind the shipping industry of its environmental obligations and to find practical, meaningful and affordable ways to meet them, has been looking at the…

1st March 2011

Harnessing the wind

1st March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas says that its Navi-Sailor ECDIS is the first to feature compatibility with the UKHO’s AIO (Admiralty information overlay). The overlay includes all temporary and preliminary notices to mariners (T&P NMs) and…

28th February 2011

ECDIS features information overlay

28th February 2011