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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) recently delivered Floatel International’s second semisubmersible accommodation rig, ‘Floatel Reliance’, 63 days early, within budget and without any lost-time incidents.

29th October 2010

Delivery of Floatel’s second unit

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured an order from Japan’s Daiichi Chuo Kisen to build up to nine handysize bulkers in a deal worth $240m in total.

29th October 2010

Korea clinches Japanese Capesize order

29th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ Shanghai has celebrated a move to larger premises at an opening ceremony attended by business partners, local dignitaries and members of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s executive board.

29th October 2010

Bigger premises for MAN PrimeServ Shanghai

29th October 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Keith Forget has joined DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) as a senior technical consultant, based in the UK. He brings a wealth of experience in R&D, technical operations and investigations, as well as…

28th October 2010

New technical expert for DNV Petroleum Services panel

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) recently announced the opening of a new surveyor office in Ferrol, Spain. The new office becomes the sixth new office to be opened by the Society in 2010,…

28th October 2010

ClassNK expands in Spain

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has secure contracts for two 78m multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore.

28th October 2010

Greatship orders two PSVs from Sri Lankan yard

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AC drive specialist Stadt of Norway reports that its latest range of drives has been specially developed for the requirements found in full electric ship propulsion systems.

28th October 2010

Electric AC drives go for green

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish company Steerprop has announced a contract with the Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group of China, for the delivery of 48 azimuth propulsors for 16 offshore support ships.

28th October 2010

Large Chinese order for azimuth propulsors

28th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The contracts for implementing the framework agreement signed by the Greek government, ThyssenKrupp and the Abu Dhabi MAR group on 30 September come into effect today, 27 October.

27th October 2010

Future of Greek shipyard secured

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri has announced the setting up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of Etihad Ship Building (ESB), a joint venture with Melara Middle East and Al Fattan Ship Industries.

27th October 2010

Fincantieri sets up UAE jv

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Berg Propulsion’s feathering controlled pitch propeller has been selected by United Faith (Hong Kong) Group subsidiary Celestone Marine Engineering as part of a deal to equip up to four semi-submersible heavylift vessels…

27th October 2010

Heavylift semi-subs get Berg propulsion system

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Five dual-fuel MAN engines comprised the diesel-electric propulsion plant for the LNG vessel ‘Castillo de Santisteban’ recently delivered by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding to the Spanish shipping group Empresa Naviera Elcano.

27th October 2010

Dual fuel plant powers new LNG carrier

27th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Deliveries of new containerships have reached 1.29 Mteu so far this year and are forecast to reach 1.42 Mteu by the end of the year, according to Alphaliner records.

26th October 2010

Container vessel deliveries surge in 2010

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Major Japanese engine builders are developing engines that produce less exhaust gasses in preparation for more stringent international emissions regulations in 2016.

26th October 2010

Japanese to develop green engines

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) agreed to buy a 30% stake in an Angolan shipyard, its first investment in an African shipbuilder, as oil drilling off the continent’s coast spurs demand…

26th October 2010

Koreans buy stake in Angolan shipyard

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Doosan Engine of Korea have signed an agreement under which MHI will license manufacturing and marketing of its MET turbocharger, a supercharger for marine diesel engines, to…

26th October 2010

Doosan to manufacture MET turbochargers

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

To facilitate easier and more cost-effective installation of bridge and machine room consoles, Ulstein Power & Control (UPC) has developed a modular console system which can be transported safely at any phase…

26th October 2010

Ulstein launches modular consoles

26th October 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos is gearing up to make inroads into the marine market more than 60 years after starting up in business producing pumps mainly for the transference of water…

26th October 2010

Heavyweight pump manufacturer enters marine market

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German cruise ship builder Meyer Werft has bagged an order worth €1.2 billion for two 143,500 GT newbuilds for NCL for delivery in early 2013 and 2014, writes Tom Todd.

26th October 2010

Germans clinch €1.2 billion order for cruise ship duo

26th October 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsui OSK Lines and MOL Ferry recently put their emergency response procedures to the test in a table top drill that simulated a ferry collision in Japanese waters.

25th October 2010

Exercise replicates ferry collision

25th October 2010