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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The return of idle capacity and an increase in the level of newbuilding deliveries over the first four months of the year will add an estimated 785,000 teu of new capacity (net…

23rd March 2010

Fresh capacity influx threatens liner recovery

23rd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas new ship orders increased by a factor of 7.7 to 5.72 million dead weight tonnes in the first two months of this year, accounting for 51.9% of the worlds total, according…

23rd March 2010

Chinas new ship orders skyrocket

23rd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network announced that it has taken delivery of the Andros, a 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be…

23rd March 2010

Aegean takes delivery of two bunkering tanker newbuildings

23rd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

FloaTEC Singapore, an equal joint venture between Keppel FELS and J Ray McDermott, signed a contract worth about $1 billion with the Papa-Terra joint venture, consisting of Petrobras and Chevron, to build…

23rd March 2010

Keppel-J. Ray jv wins Brazil’s P-61 TLWP contract

23rd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

After successful results with four existing ro-ro vessels, Cobelfret has ordered the coating of the thruster tunnels of five newbuild vessels, four of which have been coated recently.

23rd March 2010

Ecospeed for thruster tunnel protection

23rd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped the Scandlines 21,154 grt ro-pax ferry Sassnitz achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Trelleborg, Sweden and Sassnitz, Germany.

23rd March 2010

Retrofit improves ferry propeller efficiency

23rd March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered the Feg Success bulk carrier to Cape 4 International S.A. at its Sakaide shipyard.

22nd March 2010

Kawasaki delivers Dunkirkmax bulk carrier

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced an aggregate of 20 million horsepower in 4-stroke engines in the record time of 19 years and 7 months.

22nd March 2010

Hyundai achieves milestone in medium-speed engines

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a co-operation agreement to develop gas-fuelled merchant vessels. The intention is to jointly develop next-generation ships with efficient and competitive propulsion machinery concepts that…

22nd March 2010

Wärtsilä and Samsung to develop gas-fuelled ships

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Still in the grip of an economic downturn, the shipping industry is struggling to manage the gap between shrinking budgets and the costs of maintaining quality safety and environmental performance through competence.…

22nd March 2010

DNV challenges shipping executives on competence

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Politicians from Germany’s coastal states called on the government to help save the countrys shipbuilding industry.

22nd March 2010

Save our shipyards message from German politicians

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ulstein Group says that it has invested nearly NOK 200 million in new projects of late. “It is during downturns that it’s important to invest in the future,” says Ulstein deputy CEO…

22nd March 2010

Ulstein is upbeat about the future

22nd March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Azimuthing propulsion and manoeuvering systems specialist Schottel has announced the appointment of Stone Marine Services as its sales partner in the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic.

22nd March 2010

Schottel appoints UK/ROI distributor

22nd March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An alternative to filters, which many users have found to be costly in operation, has been introduced by Marinfloc for oily water separators.

21st March 2010

Pre-treatment system claimed to reduce OWS filer costs

21st March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a tender to build an FPSO unit for the Goliat project. The tender for the Goliat FPSO was initially floated by Eni Norge AS (Eni) in June…

21st March 2010

Hyundai signs Goliat FPSO contract

21st March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore-based Ecospec Global Technology and its representative office in Europe, Ecospec Scandinavia, have signed a technology agreement with Dutch shipping company ForestWave Navigation to incorporate Ecospec’s CSNOx technology for six newbuildings.

21st March 2010

Ecospec to supply CSNOx for Dutch newbuildings

21st March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The historic World War 2 US battleship Missouri has recently undergone a three-month $18 million refurbishment in dry dock at Pearl Harbour. Nick-named the Mighty Mo, the 273m long battleship, with a…

20th March 2010

Mighty Mo makeover

20th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., (MES) in Japan recently delivered two more 56,000 dwt type handy-max bulk carriers at its Tamano Works.

20th March 2010

Mitsui delivers latest handy-max bulkers

20th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

AIDA Cruises’ newest addition to the fleet, AIDAblu is the fourth ship in a series of seven Sphinx class cruise ships powered by MaK engines.

20th March 2010

Caterpillar powers fourth in AIDA club ship series

20th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Incat Crowther announced the launch of the 29m long, 8.50m wide utility catamaran Limitless. The vessel follows up on the highly successful Unlimited, a 24m utility catamaran designed by Incat Crowther for…

19th March 2010

Utility catamaran for Aussie offshore operator

19th March 2010