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  • Greenland’s Royal Arctic Line has ordered five new ships from Remontowa, replacing those cancelled from P&S Werften
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    Five newbuilds for Royal Arctic Line to replace P&S order

    2013-10-08T17:09:00Z

    Royal Arctic Line has signed a contract for the construction of five new cargo ships to be built at Polish shipyard Remontowa in Gdansk.

  • Lukoil says its 100BN cylinder oil has been endorsed by the designers of the latest long-stroke low speed engines
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    Engine designers opt for 100BN cylinder oils

    2013-10-08T16:09:00Z

    Lukoil Marine Lubricants says that both Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo have approved Lukoil’s Navigo 100 MCL cylinder lubricant for two stroke main engines.

  • The new cable-laying vessel is the first of the Damen Offshore Carrier 7500 design
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    New Damen carrier for Van Oord

    2013-10-08T14:36:00Z

    Damen is to build the first of its newly designed Offshore Carrier 7500 for Van Oord at its Galati shipyard in Romania.

  • Chinese life-line for German yard?
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    Chinese eye insolvent Sietas yard

    2013-10-08T14:09:00Z

    A delegation from Chinese ship and crane builder ZPMC will visit German shipyard Sietas next week prior to deciding whether to make an offer for the bankrupt facility, writes Tom Todd

  • Rolls-Royce thrusters on a current tug newbuild at the Sanmar yard in Turkey
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    12-tug thruster contract for Rolls-Royce

    2013-10-08T00:30:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced an order from Turkish tug specialist Sanmar shipyard of Istanbul for 12 shipsets of azimuth thrusters for various customers.

  • Well in excess of 150 people were present at the fourth ‘Motorship’ Gas Fuelled Ships conference onboard the ‘Viking Grace’
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    First-hand experience of LNG underlines conference success

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The fourth ‘Motorship’ Gas Fuelled Ships Conference took place onboard the ‘Viking Grace’ cruise ferry sailing out of Stockholm en route for Mariehamn and Turku.

  • ‘Borgøy’, first of two LNG fuelled tugs featuring Rolls-Royce propulsion, built in Turkey and which will be operated by Buksér og Berging at Statoil’s Kårstø gas terminal in Norway
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    Rolls-Royce power for first pure LNG-fuelled tugs

    2013-10-07T17:19:00Z

    Two LNG-fuelled tug newbuildings were named at Sanmar Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 October.

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    New maritime bank to be set up in Norway

    2013-10-07T17:14:00Z

    Plans have been announced to form a new bank, specialising in lending to the marine and offshore industries, to be based in Oslo.

  • The optimised designs were tested for efficiency at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin
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    Super efficient container ships

    2013-10-07T15:09:00Z

    The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) partnership with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and FutureShip, to expand its fleet of super efficient container ships, is one of the first outcomes of the DNV-GL merger.

  • The Kappel propeller design offers fuel savings of up to 6%
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    MAN propeller agreement

    2013-10-07T12:21:00Z

    Dalian Marine Propeller Co Ltd (DMMP) is to produce and sell MAN Diesel and Turbo Alpha Kappel design propellers in China.

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    ‘Corona Royal’ delivery

    2013-10-04T17:12:00Z

    Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding has delivered the latest in the ‘Corona’ series of coal carriers to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line).

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    Ocean Exchange winners

    2013-10-03T19:13:00Z

    Two winners have been announced for the Ocean Exchange 2013 Awards, each winning a US$100,000 prize from sponsors Gulfstream Aerospace and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL)

  • Neptun production booms
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    German yards do well with very different ships

    2013-10-03T16:22:00Z

    Two more orders for luxury inland cruise ships have been won by Meyer subsidiary Neptun Werft in Warnemuende, bringing the number ordered since 2000 to an incredible 45, writes Tom Todd.

  • Odfell has ordered four gas carriers from Sinopacific, with options for four more
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    Odfjell orders gas tankers from Sinopacific

    2013-10-03T09:41:00Z

    Norwegian shipping company Odfjell reports that its has signed contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering to build four LPG/ethylene gas tankers.

  • MHI has retrofitted its variable turbine inlet system to the turbochargers of a Maersk tanker, with good results
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    Turbocharger retrofit carried out on Maersk VLCC

    2013-10-03T09:41:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co (MHI-MME) says that it recently retrofitted its variable turbine inlet (VTI) system to the turbochargers of a Maersk Tankers VLCC.

  • Norway’s Vindskip re-shapes the tall hull of a PCTC ship to provide ‘sail assistance’ to a gas powered propulsion plant, offering 60% fuel savings and 80% lower emissions
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    The hull as a sail

    2013-10-02T23:30:00Z

    Tucked away almost unnoticed in a corner of the Nor-Shipping exhibition earlier this year was a project for another wind-assisted cargo ship, but one which used neither sails nor kites.

  • The BlueTech 42 bulk carrier is designed to save owners and operators on efficiency
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    Super low resistance

    2013-10-02T18:12:00Z

    Finland’s Foreship Ltd has developed a new super-low resistance hull for the BlueTech 42 bulk carrier designed to save owners and operators on efficiency.

  • Eirik Andreassen: "This is a defining moment for DNVPS”
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    DNV to offload its Petroleum Services subsidiary

    2013-10-02T13:53:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas has entered into an agreement with private investment company IK Investment Partners whereby IK will acquire DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS), for an undisclosed sum.

  • Promas Lite integrated rudder and propeller will be fitted to Hurtigruten’s ‘Richard With’
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    Norwegian cruise ship to get Promas upgrade

    2013-10-02T13:53:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is to supply a Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian operator Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship ‘Richard With’.

  • Wartsila’s new WTT transverse thruster
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    Thrusters from Wärtsilä offer higher efficiency and wider power range

    2013-10-02T13:52:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to introduce a new series of steerable and transverse thrusters, known as the Wärtsilä Steerable Thruster (WST) and Wärtsilä Transverse Thruster (WTT) series, which will replace existing products in the portfolio.