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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German shipbuilding saw its fortunes improve in 2010, but experts caution, as the New Year dawns, that the crisis is far from over and that despite some new work, more orders are…

31st January 2011

New orders raise German hopes, but crisis far from over

31st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

There are strong moves to make progress in reducing global warming, also reducing harmful engine emissions on smaller vessels, writes Dag Pike.

31st January 2011

Alternative fuels drive eco-craft developments

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-based Videotel Marine International says that it is helping to spread the ‘green’ message with its new training course ‘The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan’ which guides seafarers through the practical and…

31st January 2011

Onboard video training helps crews plan for energy-efficient voyages

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK training provider Warsash Maritime Academy’s manned model fleet has left its Marchwood base and journeyed inland to its new location at one of the UK’s oldest existing reservoirs.

31st January 2011

Manned training models move to new lake

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

According to Dutch company Cargo Care Solutions, there is a growing move by ship owners and managers to effect essential and non-essential repairs to their hatch covers as they start to react…

31st January 2011

Hatch cover service grows in importance

31st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New products under development by UK company Sartech are claimed to offer shipowners a significant potential saving in servicing and replacement costs.

31st January 2011

Do not scrap VHF radios

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

P+S Werften in eastern Germany has announced a big order for five ice-strengthened container/supply ships - just a week after bagging another for a unique offshore construction vessel.

31st January 2011

German yard bags second major order in a week

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Electronic navigation specialist MARIS and the training company Seagull have reached an agreement to develop a comprehensive product-specific computer-based training ECDIS module.

31st January 2011

Product-specific onboard ECDIS training launched

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The keel was recently laid for the Antarctic research and supply vessel ordered by the South African department of environmental affairs at STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard.

31st January 2011

Keel laid for Antarctic research vessel

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have selected Hamworthy Krystallon exhaust gas cleaning as the preferred technology to take forward trials aiming to cut sulphur emissions and particulate matter from…

31st January 2011

Key US ports back Krystallon system

31st January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first ship with Kongsberg Maritimes latest K-Chief 600 automation system was recently handed over. The K-Chief 600 features integrated vessel performance system (VPS), for lower fuel consumption and emissions.

31st January 2011

First K-Chief 600 equipped ship delivered

31st January 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Swedish company MJP Waterjets claims to have won one of the largest-ever waterjet orders, with a contract worth about €12 million.

31st January 2011

Major Indian coast guard order for waterjets

31st January 2011

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wärtsilä Corporation has announced that its president and CEO, Ole Johansson, has decided to retire after reaching 60 years of age in June 2011.

28th January 2011

Top man at Wärtsilä announces his retirement

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to the latest figures from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry the country’s many shipyards completed a record volume of vessels during 2010.

28th January 2011

China retains No 1 place for shipbuilding

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal recently launched its largest catamaran to date when the 113m ‘Leonora Christina’ was lowered into the water at the Western Australian shipyard.

28th January 2011

Austal launches its largest cat

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced a new Liquid ME-GI (liquid gas injection) engine which is powered by LPG (liquid petroleum gas).

28th January 2011

New LPG engine from MAN

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The French bulk carrier operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) recently placed an order for eight bulk carriers with the Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry shipyard in China at a cost of $330…

28th January 2011

China clinches French bulk carrier octet

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society ClassNK has released the guidelines on the application of friction stir welding to the construction of commercial maritime vessels.

28th January 2011

World’s first guidelines on friction stir welding in shipbuilding

28th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Six new ferries for the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada are one step closer to construction with the awarding of a design contract to Fleetway, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based naval…

27th January 2011

Design contract awarded for six Canadian ferries

27th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nakilat’s wholly owned fleet of LNG ships is now covered by MAN PrimeServ, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s after-sales division, after an EMC maintenance agreement signed with STASCO, the shipping division of Royal…

27th January 2011

MAN PrimeServ’s EMC makes breakthrough

27th January 2011