Latest News – Page 506
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NewsTest and training centre opens its doors in Denmark
Alfa Laval recently formally inaugurated its new Test and Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark, on site of the former Aalborg shipyard.
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NewsStudying the drivers – Henrique Pestana profile
“Someone once said that God must have been a ship owner, because wherever you are, the resources are somehow always a long way away across a lot of water,” says Henrique Pestana, head of ship design for ABB.
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NewsNew tool for harmonised IACS rules aids designers
Classification society ClassNK has release a new version of its PrimeShip-Hull ship design support software, said to be the first such product that fully supports the IACS Common Structural Rules (harmonized CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers.
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NewsWE Tech solution for Wallenius vessels
Finland’s WE Tech Solutions Oy is to supply four of its Direct Drive Permanent Magnet Shaft Generator solutions for Wallenius Lines’ Post-Panamax Pure-Car-Truck-Carriers (PCTCs).
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NewsOffshore refit for Damen Shipdock Amsterdam, and Damen expands in Sharjah
Ship repair and conversion yard Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to carry out a propulsion upgrade of the 3D Seismic Vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.
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NewsQuantifying coating effectiveness for fuel savings
The Hull Roughness Analyzer instrument from Dutch company TQC is reported to have been nominated for the Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award 2014, in connection with the NACE even in the USA in March this year.
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NewsCorrosion repair system fights underwater pitting
Subsea Industries of Belgium, known for its Ecoshield coating system, has introduced Ecofix, a product for filling and building up a corroded and pitted steel surface to its original form prior to recoating with Ecoshield.
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NewsNew portable BWT systems
Cleanship Solutions (CSS), part of the Malin Group, has developed a range of fully containerised, portable ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, suitable for modular use in a range of vessels and applications.
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NewsAdvanced container feeder for Japan
Japanese shipyard Kyokuyo has received a contract to build one of the world’s most advanced container feeder ships in the world, writes Dag Pike.
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News€23million subsea crane contract
Cargotec’s MacGregor is to supply six active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea cranes for IHC Merwede, a contract worth €23m.
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Wärtsilä and Van Oord sign service agreement
Wärtsilä has concluded a three-year framework agreement with Netherlands based dredging and offshore project contractor Van Oord, for all field service and parts supply.
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NewsExhaust gas cleaning system developed in Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha (MKK) have jointly announced the development of a so-called ‘Hybrid SOx Scrubber System’ to remove SOx from marine diesel engine exhaust gas.
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NewsUlstein PSVs for Nordic American
Ulstein of Norway has announced that the Sandefjord-headquartered Nordic American Offshore (NAO) shipping company has ordered two platform supply vessel (PSV) newbuildings to the PX121 design.
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NewsDamen, Fincantieri bid for Montenegro’s Bijela shipyard
The Dutch Damen Shipyards Group and Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri are competing to acquire Montenegro’s Jadransko Brodogradiliste A.D Bijela shipyard, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsIncrease in desalinator sales
Cathelco Seafresh, the specialist in reverse osmosis desalinators, achieved a dramatic rise in sales in 2013, it sold 61 units, more than double the total output of 2010.
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NewsBio-oils, where are we now under the 2013 VGP?
Following the entry into force of the US EPA’s Vessel General Permit (VGP) on 19 December 2013, which mandated the use of so-called bio-oils, the industry has been forced to rethink its use of lubricants if operating in US waters; Patrick Lämmle, CEO of lubricant supplier Panolin International, explains the ...
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NewsCummins power for river LPG carrier and other vessels in Vietnam
Cummins Marine has reported a number of recent new applications in South East Asia for its high speed diesel units.
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NewsAnother Jaya vessel for Atlantic Towing
Jaya Holdings Limited has delivered its second new build ice class anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel to Canada’s Atlantic Towing Limited.
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NewsAnother cruise contract for Meyer
Papenburg, Germany shipyard Meyer Werft has announced another cruise newbuilding order from Malaysian operator Star Cruises.
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NewsVolkswerft newbuilds sold at last
The two ro-pax newbuildings cancelled when Germany’s Volkswerft went bankrupt in 2012 have finally been sold - to the company that first ordered them and at just a fraction of their original cost, reports Tom Todd.
