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  • Sietas sheds more jobs
    News

    Troubled Sietas group slashes 350 jobs

    2012-01-19T16:09:00Z

    Insolvent private German shipyard J.J.Sietas has announced that 250 of its remaining 700 employees will lose their jobs up to May as the facility cuts its cloth to match its order load, writes Tom Todd.

  • KHI’s gas fuelled container ship design has received approval in principle from DNV
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    DNV approves KHI’s LNG-fuelled boxship

    2012-01-19T14:21:00Z

    Approval in principle has been granted by DNV to Kawasaki Heavy Industries newly-completed design for a 9,000TEU container ship fuelled by LNG, using a new type of LNG tank that provides more cargo space.

  • GA of LNG-powered ultra-large container ship
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    BV unveils LNG-fuelled large boxship

    2012-01-19T10:01:00Z

    Bureau Veritas says that it has developed, in conjunction with Korean shipbuilder DSME and operator CMA-CGM, a design for a 14,000TEU container ship to be fuelled by LNG. The design has been given class approval by BV.

  • Italy’s Environment Minister, Corrado Clini, has said a fuel leak is a major concern
    News

    Concordia operations delayed due to shift

    2012-01-18T17:39:00Z

    Rescue operations on the stricken Carnival cruise liner Costa Concordia have been suspended in Italy today after the vessel has apparently shifted position.

  • News

    DNV studies Belgian LNG bunker prospects

    2012-01-17T16:38:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas has won a contract with the Flemish government to undertake a feasibility study for the provision of LNG bunkering facilities at the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Ghent in Belgium.

  • SAM Electronics bridge navigational watch alarm system
    News

    SAM Electronics launches BNWAS

    2012-01-17T11:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has launched a new series of bridge navigational watch alarm systems (BNWAS) designed for simple installation aboard both new and existing vessels of any type or size.

  • News

    DNV issues statement about ‘leaking’ VLOC

    2012-01-16T15:26:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas has issued a statement to say that its calculations have demonstrated that the damage to the VLOC ‘Vale Beijing’ was not caused by any global strength issue.

  • The Costa Concordia in happier times
    News

    Speculation grows over cruise incident

    2012-01-16T11:47:00Z

    The search is continuing for survivors following the capsize of the cruise vessel Costa Concordia over the weekend - amidst mass speculation of what actually happened to cause the incident.

  • Kühne reports good levels of repair work at Lindenau
    News

    Lindenau rallies with full repair docks

    2012-01-14T01:30:00Z

    Undaunted by the unexpected loss of a major contract just this month, Kiel’s Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has reported good current repair business and predicted that more will come, writes Tom Todd.

  • ‘Seatruck Progress’, the first of four new ro-ro freight ferries, pictured alongside at Dublin
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    Third Irish Sea ro-ro launched by FSG

    2012-01-13T17:29:00Z

    The third of four ferries for Seatruck Ferries ordered from the Flensburger (FSG) yard in Germany has been launched, and according to builder FSG the chosen name could not be more appropriate – ‘Seatruck Performance’.

  • The new organisation will simplify routine dockings across the Bourbon fleet
    News

    Bourbon plans optimised docking strategy

    2012-01-13T17:29:00Z

    French offshore group Bourbon has set up a new organisation, Bourbon Docking, located in Dubai, to manage class dockings of vessels operated by all Bourbon affiliates.

  • ABS concludes the acquisition of Safetec Nordic: standing (left to right): Tony Nassif, ABS Group CEO and president; Robert D. Somerville, ABS and ABS Group chairman; Jan Morten Ertsaas, Safetec CEO; sitting (left to right): Professor Jan Erik V...
    News

    ABS Group concludes acquisition of Safetec Nordic AS

    2012-01-13T17:29:00Z

    ABS Group of Companies has enhanced its presence in the offshore market, having concluded its acquisition of Safetec Nordic, which provides integrated safety, risk and asset lifecycle management services.

  • Bjørn Jalving
    News

    New executive vice president for Kongsberg Maritime subsea division

    2012-01-13T17:26:00Z

    Bjørn Jalving has been appointed as executive vice president of Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea division and a member of the Kongsberg Maritime management group, effective 1st January 2012.

  • Tor A Svanes
    News

    C-Map Norway founder takes the helm at navigation company

    2012-01-13T17:24:00Z

    Egersund, Norway-based E-navigation company Navtor reports that Tor A Svanes, the founder of C-Map Norway, has joined the business in the position of managing director.

  • SMM 2008 interior
    News

    SMM focuses on the environment

    2012-01-12T13:22:00Z

    SMM 2010 is scheduled for 7 to 10 September, at the Hamburg Fair site in Germany. The 24th International Shipbuilding Fair is expected by the organisers to exceed the very considerable size of previous events.

  • MAN 32/40 four-stroke engine
    News

    MAN propulsion order for Chinese ferry

    2012-01-12T12:24:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo says that the Weihai Haida Ferry Company, operating in NE China, has placed an order for a 2,200-passenger/1,100 lane-metre ro-pax ferry featuring a twin-screw medium speed propulsion package.

  • News

    Raytheon Anschütz establishes new US subsidiary

    2012-01-12T12:23:00Z

    Raytheon Anschütz is expanding its presence in the US navigation systems market with the opening of a new San Diego-based operation in January 2012, located at Raytheon’s existing development facility.

  • ‘Jonathan Swift’ is now sailing with Solasolv sunscreens fitted to its navigation bridge windows
    News

    Sunscreens for Irish catamaran ferry

    2012-01-12T12:22:00Z

    Solar Solve Marine says it has received an order from Irish Ferries for its Solasolv anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows. Three screens will be fitted to the high speed ferry ‘Jonathan Swift’.

  • Ralf Pluch
    News

    Maris appoints new Europe sales director

    2012-01-12T12:22:00Z

    ECDIS specialist Maritime Information Systems of Norway (Maris) has appointed Ralf Pluch as sales director for Europe. Austrian-born Pluch joins the company from ExNC Entwicklungs- und Vertriebs, which he founded to develop and market AIS Class B transponders.

  • News

    Gloss on film laminated steel can now be specified, says Metalcolour

    2012-01-12T12:21:00Z

    Sweden-based Metalcolour claims to have solved the problem of measuring gloss on smooth, normally painted, but also sometimes film-laminated steel, by using a different measuring standard.