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Lubmarine will launch a new lubricant range for medium-speed engines and high stress applications next month. The formulation of the new Aurelia XL lubricant range has incorporated the latest additive technology to…

The CIMAC users group wants revised guarantees for engines and components that more accurately reflect the promises made by manufacturers pre-purchase. J?rn Dragsted, chairman of the CIMAC users? working group, points to…

Data on the causes of main engine failures demonstrates that engine manufacturers and shipbuilders are not cooperating enough in the development of ship designs, according to the CIMAC users? group. Two thirds…

Dedicated "Flying Squads" with experienced surveyors is one element in a five point plan established by DNV to step up the efforts to remove substandard shipping. "DNV considers quality the single most…

Norway's shipping industry can remain strong as the country continues its shift toward a service-based economy, but the government must respond to international competition by making the tax system more friendly to…

Thirty-five years of behind-the-scenes work to prevent and clean up oil spills was honoured last night with the presentation of the Thor Heyerdahl Award 2003 to the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation.

Rolls-Royce and Furuno are developing an integrated bridge system in which Furuno hardware is functionally integrated with Rolls-Royce?s automation and control products."The goal is to provide customers with more synergies in the…

Vacon has launched a series of modular AC drives for marine applications. The new Vacon NX series of frequency converters includes both air and liquid cooled units within the power range of…

There are countless arguments against the EUs unilateral action to bring forward the internationally agreed phase-out dates of single hull tankers. Intertanko, the representative body for independent tanker owners, has heard them…

Three major incidents in three years have woken the industry up to the fact that post-Marpol, buckling is a far more critical design strength factor than pre-Marpol. Erika, Prestige and to a…

Oscar Spieler, technical director at Frontline, says that it is not commercially viable for an independent tanker operator to retrofit a VOC vapour recovery system to his ships since the cost is…

Two sister ships, ordered by Belgium dredger operator Jan de Nul, were launched earlier this year at Izar?s Sestao shipyard. Named Filippo Brunelleschi and Francis Beaufort, the vessels are trailing suction hopper…

Hamburg-based Rickmers Line has moved a step closer to realising its round-the-world service ambitions with the christening of Rickmers Shanghai, the fourth newbuilding in a $270 million series of nine vessels it…

The port of Hamburg has reached the halfway mark in its most ambitious development since its post-war reconstruction. The scale of the CTA (Container Terminal Altenwerder) project ? including its 8650 million…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two high-speed ropax ferries, featuring CRP Azipod propulsion, for Osaka-based Shin-Nihonkai Ferries. It is the first application of the innovative contra-rotating pod propulsion solution devised…

Earlier this year the German shipyard of Flensburg laid the keel for the first unit in a new five-ship series of roro ferries ordered by the Danish ferry operator DFDS. The lead…

The Dynamic Assisted Trimaran or DAT is a unique combination of super slender monohull, multihull and hydrofoil technology. Originally developed by TechMan, the key features of the design have each been carefully…

This year marks a remarkable double event in the Norwegian offshore industry with the delivery of the world?s first two gas-driven cargo carrying ships. These platform supply vessels, ordered by the shipping…