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  • The newbuild ‘Velikiy Novgorod’ LNG carrier
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    MAN powered ice-class LNG carrier

    2014-03-03T17:28:00Z

    Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot, has taken delivery of the MAN Diesel & Turbo powered LNG carrier, the ‘Velikiy Novgorod’, from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding.

  • Andrea Cogliolo of RINA
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    RINA granted Danish LNG fuel authority

    2014-03-03T17:11:00Z

    Classification society RINA has been authorised by the Danish Maritime Authority to act on its behalf to carry out plan approval and surveillance during construction on board ships using LNG as marine fuel.

  • The tanker contract includes options for four more vessels
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    STX secures US$578m contract

    2014-03-03T16:47:00Z

    STX Offshore and Shipbuilding is to supply eight 74,000 tonne product/crude oil tankers, with four options for more, as part of a US$578.9m contract with Singapore’s Navig8 Product Tankers.

  • Geir Lyngheim Olsen
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    Fighting piracy – intelligently

    2014-03-02T11:37:00Z

    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.

  • We may see a new generation of polar ships utilising the pods ability
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    Shaped by ice

    2014-03-02T11:32:00Z

    There’s a difference between ice and ice – it’s not always the same thing.

  • Machinery control room in ‘Mississippi Maru’, said to be the world’s most automated ship
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    US remains cool about Diesel power

    2014-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Wärtsilä's solution can be used in the Great Lakes region.
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    BWT manufacturing market is big enough

    2014-02-28T23:30:00Z

    Acording to Wendy Laursen, the number of system manufacturers is growing to meet demand.

  • Alfa Laval's new Aqua Blue incorporates a wide range of enhancements.
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    Tougher standards driving change in water treatment

    2014-02-28T23:30:00Z

    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

  • Smooth work on ‘Thomson Celebration’, says B+V
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    German yards stay active on a wide front

    2014-02-28T23:30:00Z

    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.

  • Rendering of a new LNG carrier for MOL, to operate between US and Japan
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    MOL enters into LNG newbuild and charter contract

    2014-02-28T16:28:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered a new 165,000m3 LNG carrier which will be built by Japan Marine United of Tokyo.

  • DNV GL has opened its new office in Singapore to meet growing demand in the region
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    DNV GL opens new Asia Pacific headquarters

    2014-02-28T12:18:00Z

    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

    2014-02-27T17:03:00Z

    Tokyo-based classification society, ClassNK, has released an updated edition of its ''Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships''.

  • Engine room fires continue to happen, despite attempts to prevent them
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    Engine room fires continue to be a problem

    2014-02-27T16:31:00Z

    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

    2014-02-26T17:03:00Z

    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.

  • MacGregor has won three subsea crane orders from two far east giants this week
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    MacGregor subsea crane orders

    2014-02-26T14:20:00Z

    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

    2014-02-25T18:07:00Z

    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.

  • 'Silja Serenade' was the latest vessel to undergo repair work at the Turku yard
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    Turku Repair completes Silja conversion

    2014-02-25T16:25:00Z

    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.

  • ‘Kestrel Fisher’ is designed and built for Northern European coastal service
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    Product tanker built to high specification for European coastal trade

    2014-02-25T00:30:00Z

    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.

  • Ulstein Verft is building two more PX121 PSVs for sister company Blue Ship Invest
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    Two more PSVs to be built at Ulstein

    2014-02-24T18:09:00Z

    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.

  • 'MT Borgoy' is the world's first LNG-driven tug
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    Zeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation

    2014-02-24T14:36:00Z

    The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.