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NewsFighting piracy – intelligently
The face of global piracy is constantly changing; E-Navigation technology offers a proactive complement to armed guards, by providing information that can prevent a confrontation altogether, but what kind of information is actually required? asks Geir Lyngheim Olsen, product manager at Jeppesen Marine.
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NewsUS remains cool about Diesel power
The lead article in The Motor Ship, March 1964, suggested that the Diesel engine had been accepted as preferred ship propulsion technology everywhere except the USA.
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NewsBWT manufacturing market is big enough
Acording to Wendy Laursen, the number of system manufacturers is growing to meet demand.
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NewsTougher standards driving change in water treatment
Makers of ballast, fresh and waste water systems are upgrading their technologies to meet increasingly stringent regulations and with a keen eye for improving energy efficiency, writes Wendy Laursen
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NewsGerman yards stay active on a wide front
German repair yards went into the New Year with a varied and interesting spread of work, but, as Tom Todd writes, it is the smaller facilities which are again drawing most of the attention.
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NewsMOL enters into LNG newbuild and charter contract
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered a new 165,000m3 LNG carrier which will be built by Japan Marine United of Tokyo.
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NewsDNV GL opens new Asia Pacific headquarters
DNV GL has officially opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore to meet growing demand for its services in the region.
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ClassNK releases amendments to Class Rules
Tokyo-based classification society, ClassNK, has released an updated edition of its ''Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships''.
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NewsEngine room fires continue to be a problem
Engine room fires continue to be a problem for the Industry, which hasn’t learned from old lessons, says Braemar Salvage Association (SA).
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Sulphur emissions guidelines released
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) in the US has published a new technical report that provides guidelines on technologies, practices and fuels that reduce sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions.
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NewsMacGregor subsea crane orders
Cargotec’s MacGregor has won three subsea crane orders from two far east giants in February – Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI) and China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry.
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Jaya subsidiary sale on the cards
Singapore’s Jaya Holdings Limited is proposing to sell its entire share capital of all its subsidiaries to Mermaid Marine Australia Limited for a cash consideration of around S$625m.
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NewsTurku Repair completes Silja conversion
One of the largest dry docks in the Baltic Sea region, Finland’s Turku Repair Yard, has completed all modernisation and repair works on Silja Serenade within six weeks.
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NewsProduct tanker built to high specification for European coastal trade
Damen Shipyards’ ‘series production’ philosophy, which has proved so successful in the workboat, tug and patrol craft markets, is successfully transferring to coastal and short sea shipping as demand grows for high-quality and cost-effective smaller tonnage built to meet the latest environmental standards.
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NewsTwo more PSVs to be built at Ulstein
Ulstein Verft has announced new contracts for two PSVs for Blue Ship Invest, to the PX121 design, and with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.
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NewsZeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation
The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.
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NewsRolls-Royce engines ABS-certified
Rolls-Royce Power Systems’ MTU Series 4000 engines have been awarded Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) certification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
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NewsNorway commits to the ShipArrestor
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) has signed a contract with Miko Marine AS to become the first national agency to purchase the ShipArrestor system.
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NewsQatargas LNG STS transfer
Qatargas-chartered LNG vessels carried out the ‘first’ ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operations of LNG between two Q-Flex type ships.
