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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-listed Chinese shipping firm Cosco said that two of its units, COSCO Dalian Shipyard and COSCO Guangdong Shipyard, have signed 11 contracts and four letters of intent totalling over $440 million.

16th June 2010

COSCO signs shipbuilding deals

16th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal has unveiled its new range of high speed transfer vessels specifically designed for the burgeoning offshore wind farm industry.

15th June 2010

Austal launches Wind Express series

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel ‘Pieter Schelte’ to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

15th June 2010

Pieter Schelte contract awarded to Daewoo

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Following a recent announcement centering on diesel engines, a leading gas engine builder has now reported the results of its joint development program with ABB Turbocharging for the application of two stage…

15th June 2010

New gas engine signals ABB turbocharging 2-stage success

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

NYK and its subsidiary Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co. Ltd. have jointly developed an additive (Yunic 700LS) for low-sulphur marine gas oil which is increasingly being used because it has less of an…

15th June 2010

NYK develops additive for low-sulphur diesel

15th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In a breakthrough deal, Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the Brazilian industrial group Quip to supply three main power modules for a new P-63 FPSO vessel.

15th June 2010

Wärtsilä to supply power solution for FPSO

15th June 2010

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Emissions, scrubbers and fuel efficiency dominated the annual Motorship propulsion & emissions conference.

14th June 2010

Zero emissions – a pipedream?

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Abu Dhabi based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has contracted Chinese shipyard Zhenhua Heavy Industries for the construction of their DLS 4200 derrick lay vessel developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS).

14th June 2010

NPCC to build derrick-lay vessel

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The President of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Yasuhiko Katoh, announced that the company reached the 70-million-BHP mark in accumulated production of a single diesel brand, namely MAN B&W two-stroke engines.

14th June 2010

Mitsui reaches milestone with MAN engines

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo is now ready to bring two-stage turbocharging to the market with the introduction of its TCX generation.

14th June 2010

MAN ready to launch two-stage turbocharger

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The semi-submersible platform by Aker Solutions, for the Gjøa oil and gas field offshore Norway, started on its journey from the yard at Stord to the North Sea where installation will take…

14th June 2010

Aker Solutions completes Gjøa platform

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fuel testing agency Lintec Testing Services has stressed the importance of testing marine fuels for the presence of chemical contaminants ahead of the introduction of specific amendments to revised ISO specifications on…

14th June 2010

Lintec stresses importance of chemical screening

14th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

OceanSaver in Norway recently signed a major ballast water management (BWM) system contract for six VLCCs to be built in China.

14th June 2010

Major BWM systems contract for OceanSaver

14th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Navantia Shiprepairs Fene-Ferrol (NSFF), the specialist LNG repair centre of the Navantia naval group, ended up with its best LNG year ever in 2009 with a total of 23 LNG projects undertaken…

14th June 2010

LNG repairs at Navantia Ferrol

14th June 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä reports that its WFC20 fuel cell unit has been installed onboard the Undine, a car carrier, owned by Swedish Wallenius Lines and managed by Wallenius Marine. This power unit is claimed…

11th June 2010

Wärtsilä installs SOFC fuel cell unit on car carrier

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy Krystallon has claimed the first commercial order for technology capable of meeting new EU regulations on fuel emissions from ships, that does not require owners to switch to high cost distillates.

11th June 2010

Breakthrough order for Krystallon scrubbers

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chevron has recently launched its Clarity lubricants line to the European marine lubricants market at the Posidonia Marine Exhibition.

11th June 2010

European launch for new lubricants range

11th June 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Blohm + Voss, due for a change in ownership soon, has reported booming repair and overhaul business, writes Tom Todd.

11th June 2010

Wide spectrum of work at German repair yards

11th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has supplied main and auxiliary engines for José María Entrecanales, a new Spanish ro-ro cargo vessel. Navantia, the Spanish shipbuilder, recently completed the José María Entrecanales at its…

11th June 2010

MAN powers new Spanish Ro-Ro

11th June 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime says that it has completed site acceptance tests on a new Suezmax cargo handling simulator interfaced to the K-Chief-500 marine automation system, for Turkish ship owner Gungen Maritme & Trading.

11th June 2010

Cargo handling simulator integrated with on-board automation system

11th June 2010