Latest News – Page 458
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NewsASRY wins repair deal for Kuwaiti vessels
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has signed one of its biggest block repair deals with Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), taking exclusive maintenance rights for 19 vessels over the next two and a half years under a contract valued at US$33 million.
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NewsBWT basics: Evaluating the options
Ultraviolet and electrochlorination treatments - the two mainstream BWT options - confront shipowners with some difficult choices, writes Stevie Knight, in the February issue of The Motorship.
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NewsSpecialist ship repairs highlight German expertise
Propulsion and emission issues have again been at the core of repair and refurbishment activity in German yards in the past quarter, Tom Todd reports in the February edition of The Motorship, out soon.
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NewsLNG carrier delivered to Papua New Guinea
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) has taken delivery of the first in a series of four LNG carriers that will be used to transport LNG from the Papua New Guinea and Gorgon Jansz LNG project in Australia.
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NewsJapan’s first LNG gas fuelled tugs
Classification society, ClassNK, has granted full type approval for the new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine built by Niigata Power Systems Co Ltd.
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NewsABB propulsion for Chinese LNG carriers
Power and automation technology group ABB is to deliver electrical propulsion systems for four LNG carriers under construction by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for a joint venture between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China LNG Shipping (CLNG) and Teekay.
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EXMAR to develop Canadian FLNG facility
Belgium-based EXMAR is to develop and operate the floating liquefaction (FLNG) facility as part of the Douglas Channel LNG project in British Columbia, Canada.
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NewsLiberian Registry offers green retrofit incentive
The Liberian Registry is to offer tonnage tax discounts to ships participating in its recently launched environmental initiative, which includes retrofitting green technology paid for from fuel savings.
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Record registrations for ClassNK
ClassNK registered 833 new vessels, a combined 21,466,272gt, in 2014 as it beat a global downturn in newbuild deliveries and secured record numbers of transfers from other class societies.
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NewsUkrainian shipbuilding on verge of crisis
The Ukrainian shipbuilding industry is bearing huge losses due to an economic crisis in the country and the ongoing military conflict in the Eastern part of the country, writes Eugene Gerden.
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NewsDNV GL launches VGP verification service
DNV GL has launched a verification service offering ship operators a review of procedures and documentation for US Vessel General Permits (VGP).
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NewsGE Marine unveiled
GE has unveiled a new organisation, GE Marine, bringing together its broad technological offerings to the marine sector under vice president Tim Schweikert
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MHI next-generation LNG carriers on order
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to build two next-generation LNG carriers for Mitsui & Co Ltd that will feature hybrid propulsion systems.
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NewsEvergreen fleet gets even bigger
The Evergreen Group has signed time charter agreements with Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd to charter a total of eleven newbuild 18,000 teu vessels, to be delivered from 2018 through 2019.
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NewsMotorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference
The 37th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference will give operators the lowdown on new fuels available together with the latest in engine design, ways to reduce running costs and improve fuel efficiency.
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NewsPropulsion & Emissions Conference Early Bird Discount closes 30 January
Book your place now to join ship owners, managers and operators at the 2015 Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference. The early bird rate ends soon, act now to save 20%.
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NewsLandmark year for Russian shipping
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says that 2014 was a landmark year for the classification society with the start of construction on the first Arctic LNG carrier to RS class, among others.
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NewsGE and Fincantieri deliver
GE Power Conversion and Fincantieri have successfully delivered the ‘Costa Diadema’ cruise ship to Carnival Corporation, marking 10 years since the start of their shipbuilding relationship.
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NewsGTT membranes for more LNG carriers
France-based Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has won another order for its membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG.
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Hempel epoxy coatings
Global coatings manufacturer Hempel has launched two new pure epoxy coatings, one for newbuild cargo tanks and a new primer for the marine maintenance market.
