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Cargill International has recorded fuel savings of up to 10.25 per cent following the retrofitting of Sistemar CLT propellers to its panamax bulkers Powhatan and Paiute. The savings were calculated from March…

Caterpillar has extended the use of its hydraulic electronic unit injectors (HEUI) to the 3400 and 3200 series engines. The system uses a hydraulic intensifier that magnifies the force of the high…

Finn-filter has introduced an automatic back flushing HFO unit capable of handling up to 200 lit/min of hot fuel. The unit can be fitted to either the hot or cold side of…

Baudouin has added the 6R123 engine to its range ? a slightly smaller version of its 6R124. The straight-six 123 is based on a Mack truck engine, has a swept volume of…

Termomeccanica has introduced a range axially split centrifugal and in-line pumps which do not require oil or grease lubrication. Both designs use the pumped fluid as a lubricating medium and to give…

NKK is developing a welding robot that can weld on a ship`s bottom shell plate from underneath the bottom of the ship while in dry dock. The company says it has devised…

An in-line sensor which monitors the level of contamination in hydraulic fluid has been introduced by Arma Supplies. The company has designed and built two flushing rigs which it says can flush…

Rochem Environmental is to install its FM-Module grey water cleaning system on two ships operated by Celebrity Cruises. Cruise ships Galaxy and Mercury are expected to be fitted with the system by…

Ameron Coatings has introduced Amerlock 2 low-temperature cure epoxy which it says has improved corrosion protection in marine environments, cures to 0 degF ?18degC, is typically re-coatable in three hours, and is…

Magnetrol says that the introduction of a coaxial probe for its Eclipse transmitter means that its guided wave radar level measurement system can be used in both high-temperature and high-pressure process environments.…

Although the Kelvin Hughes Manta integrated bridge system uses flat screen technology the company says it can also be fitted to standard consoles of commercial vessels where type approved displays would replace…

R C Marine has introduced the ISAS CDP-4000 series of integrated steering control and autopilot systems. These combine the company`s ISAC CDP-3000 series and Coretec`s autopilot. The company says this system will…

Classification society Bureau Veritas has presented its first three fully operational chemical cargo management systems to tanker operators Van Ommeren Tankers, Marphocean and Vinalmar. Called VeriSTAR Chemical it is a PC-based management…

Two new Vantage-class cruise ships under construction at the Meyer Werft yard for Royal Caribbean are to get integrated bridge systems from Litton Marine. The ships are scheduled for delivery early this…

The UK?s Fleet Support Ltd (FSL) has won its first offshore conversion project. The 30,000dwt crude carrier Blue Star is being converted into a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) for deployment…

Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group (KHZ) has completed the purchase of Keppel Marine Industries marine related businesses for approximately S$167 million ($99.97 million), and is rationalising operations to remain competitive. Headcount has been…

Croatia?s Viktor Lenac has entered into an agreement to purchase another floating dock, increasing capacity at its yard in Rijeka. The aframax floating dock will be much larger than the yard?s two…

Privatisation of the Astilleros Espanoles group repair yard Astander was finalised on November 16. The Santander yard has been sold to the Greek group Lavinia Italmar, which also owns the Astican yard…

Bahrain?s ASRY passed a significant milestone with last year?s drydocking and repairs to Red Band 138,557 dwt tanker Knock Dun, the 2000th vessel handled by the yard since it started operations in…

European HOs are working through the folio of charts covering their own national waters to produce vectorised electronic navigation charts (ENC)s. The process of digitising the information is relatively fast, but then…

The rapid growth both in numbers and size of ships shows the optimism of cruise operators, but there are still wars to be fought as each seeks to fill their ships.In an…

Austal`s new company, Seastate, started trading on November 1 and is poised to build a multi-million dollar global business from selling ride control and possibly, at a future date, other high-tech specialist…

Described as the first of its kind by owners Conoco and R&B Falcon Corporation, Deepwater Pathfinder started a five-year work programme drilling in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year.The first vessel…