Latest News – Page 461
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NewsPolarstern limps home after Polar breakdown
Veteran German research ship Polarstern is cutting short an Antarctic expedition and returning home for repairs after a breakdown in one of her two Escher Wyss propeller systems, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsDamen delivers Van Oord cable laying vessel
Offshore contractor Van Oord has taken delivery of The Nexus, a new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel from Damen.
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NewsGerman yards do better in 2014, study says
An end-of-year study says German shipyards enjoyed more positive business overall in 2014 with orders and deliveries up on previous years. reports Tom Todd.
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NewsKorea Gas LNG containment system approved
Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), the world’s largest LNG importer, has received extended design approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the KC-1 LNG cargo containment system.
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NewsVeritas Petroleum Services appoints Americas managing director
Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) has appointed Michael McNamara as managing director for the Americas, effective 12 January.
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IACS appoints new secretary general
The International Association of Classification Societies has appointed Robert Ashdown as secretary general, effective 5 May.
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NewsPacific Basin opts for ShipManager
A leading Handysize bulk carrier operator has opted to install DNV Gl’s ShipManager fleet management system within the next two years in order to make its fleet more operationally efficient.
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NewsWärtsilä X62 engine approved and available
The latest of Wärtsilä’s X-generation engines, the X62, has passed design validation and type approval tests and is now fully available.
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NewsThordon Bearings questions use of EALs
Thordon Bearings has questioned the viability of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs), claiming that seawater is the only cost-effective and environmentally safe lubricant.
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Turner EPS to distribute GE in the UK
GE Transportation has appointed Turner Engine Powered Services as the UK distributor for its marine diesel engine parts and servicing.
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NewsThome Group appoints new CEO
Olav Magnus Nortun will replace Olav Eek Thorstensen as chief executive officer of ship management company Thome Group from 1 April 2015.
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NewsRussia renews focus on commercial shipbuilding
Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev has announced a renewed focus on the commercial shipbuilding industry as a key aim regarding the development of the sector in 2015.
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Green Tech renamed Yara Marine Technologies
Exhaust gas cleaning system provider Green Tech Marine has been renamed Yara Marine Technologies after its acquisition by Yara International last year.
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NewsCROE wins Stena scrubber contract
CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) will design and supply two open-loop scrubbing systems for the main engines on the Stena RoRo vessel Forerunner.
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NewsNew editor at The Motorship
Mercator Media has appointed Gavin Lipsith as Editor of The Motorship, succeeding Bill Thomson who has retired after nearly eight years at the title.
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NewsBMT SMART appoints Sales and Marketing Director
Specialist fleet and vessel performance company BMT SMART has appointed Martin Penney as sales and marketing director.
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NewsSecond FLNG vessel conversion order
Keppel Shipyard has secured the contract from Golar Gimi Corporation to perform the US$705m conversion of a second Moss Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, the ‘GIMI’, into a Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNGV).
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NewsWärtsilä power for super dredger
One of the world''s largest non self-propelled cutter dredger vessels currently being built in China will be equipped with Wärtsilä engines, both to generate power and to drive the dredging pump.
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NewsMarin Teknikk wins diving vessel contract
Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract for design and delivery of a large multipurpose diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) for Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) in Singapore.
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NewsRevitalisation of Pacific Northwest ferry fleet
David Tinsley describes the first of a new class of double ended vessels for Washington State Ferries, strongly conventional and traditional in concept, but designed with conversion to gas fuel in mind.
