News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA’s subsidiary, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalfleet for $41 million.

7th January 2011

WSS acquires Nalfleet

7th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Shanghai-based Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, China’s largest private shipbuilder, expects containership orders to rise this year as world trade hopefully rebounds from the global recession.

7th January 2011

Rongsheng pinning hopes on boxships

7th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has opened two new exclusive surveyor offices in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

5th January 2011

ClassNK continues expansion

5th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Diamond Offshore Drilling recently entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled for late in the second quarter of 2013.

5th January 2011

Diamond orders ultra-deepwater drillship

5th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vehicle/passenger ferry newbuilding ‘Spirit of Britain’ has been handed over by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard. The ship is scheduled to enter service with P&O Ferries between Dover and Calais at the end…

5th January 2011

First of P&O ferry pair delivered from STX Finland

5th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has won an optional contract to build a third multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, a subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited…

4th January 2011

Colombo yard wins order for MPSV

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two twin-screw complete propulsion packages, based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, for two new Chinese rescue vessels.

4th January 2011

MAN to power new Chinese rescue ships

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Athens-based DryShips announced that its 78% owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the ‘Ocean Rig Corcovado’.

4th January 2011

Dryships takes delivery of its first newbuilding drillship

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire Danish group Aalborg Industries Holding A/S for a total cash consideration of SEK 5.0 billion ($747 million).

4th January 2011

Alfa Laval acquires Aalborg

4th January 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Cruise ships have been to the fore at the German repair yards during the latter part of 2010, writes Tom Todd.

1st January 2011

Cruise work rounds off busy year for German yards

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Parker Hannifin’s Racor Filter Division Europe explains the importance of effective diesel engine and CCV filtration and highlights the latest developments in filtration technology that are helping to improve engine efficiencies even…

1st January 2011

Effective filtration cuts costs and optimises efficiency

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

GEA Westfalia’s Eagleclass separator was launched two years ago, and the company says that it has been well received, forming some 90% of contracted orders. This is said to because of the…

1st January 2011

Good take-up for lower-energy separators

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Alfa Laval has recently launched a new version of its S-separator, incorporating enhancements to improve robustness, while offering greater efficiency to allow the same amount of fuel oil to be handled with…

1st January 2011

Separator designed for efficiency and robustness

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Earlier in 2010, Tognum subsidiary L’Orange GmbH celebrated the production of its 500,000th injector. The company says this achieves a new record for the manufacturer of high pressure injection systems for diesel…

1st January 2011

Injection milestone for L’Orange

1st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Channel Islands-based company Marine Electronics Ltd recently demonstrated the first obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker. The See Echo sonar has been developed in Guernsey, and has been installed aboard a…

1st January 2011

First obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker

1st January 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Technology Associates, Inc. (TAI), a New Orleans based architectural firm, recently unveiled its innovative ‘Technology EnviroMax 300’ offshore supply vessel.

1st January 2011

Innovative OSV design unveiled

1st January 2011

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Nearly 100 delegates attended the first-ever Motorship ‘gas fuelled ships 2010’ one-day conference which took place recently in Hamburg and was deemed by delegates to have been a great success.

1st January 2011

Inaugural ‘gas fuelled ships’ conference a resounding success

1st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

German company Conrac was at the recent SMM event, launching a series of marine grade panel PCs, which the company says adds the flexibility of an integrated solution to the benefits of…

1st January 2011

Widescreen format for marine computers

1st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, reports a number of orders for a further four Nacos 65-5 integrated navigation command systems for installation aboard new cruise ships under construction in major European…

1st January 2011

Further cruiseship orders for integrated systems

1st January 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The British Antarctic Survey needed a coating that would protect their ice strengthened research vessel ‘Ernest Shackleton’ during expeditions to the Antarctic region in which it is subjected to extreme mechanical forces.

1st January 2011

Ecospeed protects Antarctica icebreaker

1st January 2011