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The Paris Memorandum on Port State Control has announced a concentrated three-month inspection campaign (CIC) to verify correct damage stability of tankers. The campaign begins on 1 September and ends on 30…

27th July 2010

Port state control targets tanker vessels

27th July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

Lloyd’s Register’s independent charity foundation, the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (LRET), has agreed to fund a research programme into shipping emissions at the National Technical University of Athens over the next five…

26th July 2010

Emissions research funded by Lloyd’s foundation

26th July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tognum subsidiary L’Orange GmbH recently celebrated the production of its 500,000th fuel injector and the event marked the achievement of a new record by the manufacturer of high-pressure injection systems for diesel…

23rd July 2010

New production record for L’Orange

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has developed and released new container-securing rules and software to provide a robust framework for safer, more effective modern ship designs.

23rd July 2010

Safer container securing and stowage software

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The French CMA CGM Group took delivery of their latest vessel CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

23rd July 2010

CMA CGM takes delivery second Explorer class

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas Cosco Dalian Shipyard has been awarded a $500 million turnkey EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract by Dalian Deepwater Development to build an advanced and versatile DP3 deepwater drillship.

23rd July 2010

Cosco wins contract to build drillship

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MSC Cruises and STX France have announced the conclusion of the legal process that finalises the order of a new ‘Fantasia’ class cruise ship (hull number U32), the 12th in the MSC…

23rd July 2010

New MSC flagship confirmed

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Just over six months after the official opening of Austal’s new Module Manufacturing Facility (MMF) in November 2009, Austal USA hosted a keel-laying ceremony at its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

23rd July 2010

Austal hosts keel laying for JHSV 1

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ever more sophisticated oil-spill detection technology means shipowners are at even greater risk of being investigated for maritime pollution offences, according to North P&I club.

23rd July 2010

Extra vigilance during bunker operations recommended

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Perkins Marine Power genset engines have been chosen to provide auxiliary power to a new double-ended Greek car and passenger ferry.

23rd July 2010

Perkins gensets power Greek ferry

23rd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry which specialises in Handymax and Supramax bulkers has diversified into the Kamsarmax market.

22nd July 2010

Chinese yard bags Kamsarmax order

22nd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-based shipping and logistics company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has ordered ten new 8,400 TEU container ships from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to be delivered in 2013 and 2014.

22nd July 2010

NOL orders ten boxships

22nd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The ship manoeuvring simulator centre of Trondheim, Norway is the first training centre to have its navigation course certified to DNV’s ice navigation standard.

22nd July 2010

World’s first certified ice navigation training course

22nd July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Drammen-based OceanSaver announced that Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) has ordered ballast water management (BWM) systems for six VLCCs thus lifting the company’s order book to approximately NOK 280 million.

22nd July 2010

Major VLCC contract for OceanSaver

22nd July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

In common with other major classification societies, Germanischer Lloyd has issued guidelines for gas as ship fuel on the application of the IMO regulations.

21st July 2010

German class prepared for gas-fuelled shipping

21st July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The government of India has approved three projects, worth Rs 1,070 crore ($227 million), for development of shipbuilding yards along the Gujarat coast line.

21st July 2010

India’s government approves funding for new shipyards

21st July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Crowley Maritime in the USA has ordered two additional high-bollard-pull Ocean class tugs from Bollinger Shipyards.

21st July 2010

Crowley to build two more ocean tugs

21st July 2010

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GENERAL NEWS

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) in the Netherlands has signed a letter of intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the building of a new deep water construction vessel at a…

21st July 2010

Heerema orders deepwater pipelayer

21st July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan will be reorganising its production structure for shipbuilding and ocean development business, which is currently undertaken at the companys three shipyards in Nagasaki, Shimonoseki and Kobe.

21st July 2010

MHI to reorganise shipyards

21st July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With the implementation of IMO II regulations for the marine industry on 1 January 2011, Caterpillar Motoren has been working for nearly three years on a strategy for each of its four…

21st July 2010

Early availability for IMO II compliant MaK engine

21st July 2010