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India’s largest private sector shipbuilder ABG Shipyard has won a $114m order to construct four cement carriers for the Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers (ABCL), which is 50% owned by the Bangkok-based dry…

26th April 2010

Indian yard wins order for cement carrier quartet

26th April 2010

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International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) says its classed fleet has surpassed 9,000 vessels, totalling over 70 million gt.

23rd April 2010

BV optimistic as classed fleet tops 9,000 ships

23rd April 2010

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Samsung Heavy Industries has won a $500 million deal to build nine oil tankers. Under the deal with a Greek shipping firm, Samsung Heavy will deliver the 115,000 dwt vessels by July…

23rd April 2010

Samsung wins big tanker order

23rd April 2010

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BC Ferries in Canada is now using 5 percent blend of B5 biodiesel to fuel its vessels, making the company one of the largest consumers of biodiesel in British Columbia.

22nd April 2010

BC Ferries introduces biodiesel to its fleet

22nd April 2010

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Somali pirates were responsible for 35 of the 67 piracy incidents reported worldwide during the first quarter of the year, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported.

22nd April 2010

Pirates expand area of operations

22nd April 2010

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) office in Japan has just completed an R-22 retrofit project on a vessel owned by a Japanese company, Sanko Line. The vessel, Sanko Spark is changing from R-22…

22nd April 2010

WSS assists Sanko in making environmental conversion

22nd April 2010

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The US federal agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $73.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Fincantieri Marine Group’s Marinette Marine Corporation located in Marinette, USA.

21st April 2010

NOAA orders another fisheries survey vessel

21st April 2010

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The technical consultancy company Ricardo has set up a consortium to develop next-generation low carbon marine energy systems.

21st April 2010

Consortium to develop next-generation marine energy systems

21st April 2010

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Marine seismic outfit Polarcus has taken delivery of its third seismic vessel from Dubai Drydocks World.

21st April 2010

World’s first for Polarcus and DNV

21st April 2010

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The Wimborne Marine Power Centre, an engine packaging facility for US-based Caterpillar, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary as part of Caterpillar.

20th April 2010

Wimborne centre celebrates 10 year anniversary

20th April 2010

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Wärtsilä and ABB Turbo Systems are co-operating in a joint development programme for a new and groundbreaking application of two-stage turbocharging on large diesel engines.

20th April 2010

Wärtsilä and ABB in joint turbocharger development

20th April 2010

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Seadrill has taken delivery of the new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Orion from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The unit was delivered on budget and 10 days ahead of original delivery…

20th April 2010

Jurong delivers semisub

20th April 2010

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Cargotec has received orders worth around Euro 11 million to supply loose container lashings for 17 container ships being built at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. Delivery of lashing systems is scheduled…

20th April 2010

Cargotec to supply container lashings for mega-box carriers

20th April 2010

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The world’s largest marine Emissions Control Area (ECA) has been approved by the International Maritime Organization.

20th April 2010

IMO approves new ECA

20th April 2010

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed development of LNG-FPSO and has obtained two kinds of approval in principle (AIP) from major international ship classification societies.

20th April 2010

MHI completes development of LNG-FPSO

20th April 2010

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A prototype for a series of Russian floating nuclear power stations will be protected against hull corrosion with a Cathelco impressed current cathodic protection system (ICCP).

19th April 2010

Russian floating nuclear power plant gets corrosion protection

19th April 2010

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STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has recently won an order of one 80,500 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier from a Singapore shipowner. The bulker will be constructed at the Jinhae shipyard of STX and…

19th April 2010

Order intake improving at STX

19th April 2010

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According to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters Association, during fiscal 2009, which ended on 31 March, Japanese export ship orders sank at their fastest pace for 17 years.

19th April 2010

Japanese export ship orders fell in 2009

19th April 2010

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Shell will reportedly pay about $1.19 billion for a giant floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility for the Prelude gas field off Western Australia.

16th April 2010

Prelude floater cost revealed

16th April 2010

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Bollinger Shipyard in the USA has delivered the first of their 71.32m class of Cummins-powered platform supply vessels (PSVs) to Bee Mar Inc.

16th April 2010

Bollinger delivers new PSV

16th April 2010