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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kittiwake Developments has announced that it has acquired UK company Procal, a manufacturer of in-situ, multi component continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS).

13th December 2010

Kittiwake acquires emissions monitoring company

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received orders to supply advanced electronic navigation systems for two new 37,000 dwt bulk carriers to be built in Korea for Italian shipowner d’Amico Dry Limited.

13th December 2010

Italian bulkers to get Northrop Grumman IBSs

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Pilgrim International of Oldham, UK, has won a contract to supply its hydraulically installed radial fit bolts for 20 new 8,000 TEU containers ships for Evergreen Marine in Taiwan.

13th December 2010

20-ship order for radial bolts

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Continuing rising demand for sustainable wind-based energy plants in the North Sea has led Nostag GmbH to contract Berg Propulsion to upgrade its cable layer, Nostag 10, by equipping the vessel with…

13th December 2010

Berg thrusters upgrade cable layer

13th December 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

In October 2010, MAN Diesel & Turbo announced that it had produced an ultra long stroke variant of its low speed engine design, which, as part of an integrated propulsion package, could…

13th December 2010

Ultra long stroke engine assists higher ship efficiency

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK officially announced the opening of a new exclusive surveyor office in Kolkata, India. The new office is the seventh new office to be opened by the society in 2010, and becomes…

13th December 2010

ClassNK sets up office in Kolkata

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new research vessel under construction at the C.N.P. Freire shipyard in Spain for the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council…

13th December 2010

Wärtsilä powers UK research vessel

13th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has won a $32 million order to provide the design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for four deep water platform supply vessels ordered by Tidewater.

10th December 2010

Tidewater orders four UT PSVs

10th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB has won orders worth $35 million to provide complete power systems, drilling drive and propulsion systems for two new deep water drill ships to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries in…

10th December 2010

ABB wins marine orders worth $35 million

10th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway has, in cooperation with Sartor Offshore, developed the design for a new multipurpose standby vessel that will service Statoil’s offshore installations in the North Sea, for a contractual…

10th December 2010

Wärtsilä designs new multipurpose standby vessel

10th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The French company JLMD Ecologic Group, developer of the fast oil recovery systems (FORS) system which recently received class approval from Bureau Veritas, announced its objective to reach 10% of the world’s…

10th December 2010

Oil recovery system gains recognition

10th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering recently received a $1.1 billion order for a drill ship and semi-submersible rig.

10th December 2010

Daewoo clinches drill ship and rig order

10th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal recently unveiled its largest ever catamaran to date. The 113m long vessel, named ‘Leonora Christina’, was towed out of the shed at its shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.

10th December 2010

Austal unveils its largest ever catamaran

10th December 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service says it has made a key appointment at the company’s new Ships Spares Logistics freight forwarding centre, with Stephan Bennfeldt joining as freight forwarding centre manager.

9th December 2010

New management for Wilhelmsen Ship Spares centre

9th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Havyard Group has established a new subsidiary, Havyard South America, in Brazil and appointed Kjell-Peder Overvåg as general manager.

9th December 2010

Havyard strengthens focus in Brazil

9th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Delta Marine, Omega Marine and Mesh have jointly developed and designed a sophisticated oil product/chemical tanker built under Bureau Veritas classification for worldwide trade.

9th December 2010

Turkey building new-generation tanker

9th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to Germanischer Lloyd, offshore service vessels (OSVs) are becoming larger, more specialised and technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments, including the Gulf…

9th December 2010

New technology centre caters for growing offshore industry

9th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamburg shipyard J.J.Sietas, on its knees and near collapse just two years ago, has become the first German yard to design and build an offshore wind energy transport and installation jack-up vessel.

9th December 2010

Sietas books Germany’s first wind farm jack-up

9th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy has received its first order for its wider demand Membrane BioReactor (MBR) technology from DFDS A/S. the Danish ferry operator.

8th December 2010

Hamworthy wins order for new MBR system

8th December 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), speaking at the UN climate change conference in Cancun, has expressed concern about the merchant shipping energy database published by the Carbon War Room’.

8th December 2010

ICS questions Bransons carbon war room database

8th December 2010