Latest News – Page 556
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NewsMore compact than a Swiss Army knife
Of the latest build to come out of Ulstein’s yard, Haavard Stave says: “Although is called ‘Seven Viking’, should really have ‘Victorinox’ stamped onto it like a Swiss Army knife, it has so many functions packed in.”
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NewsGrowing gas challenges
"Challenges," Kleven MD Ståle Rasmussen tells MS, "tend to arise in combination with each other when building LNG vessels."
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NewsCarnival chooses Jowa management system
Cruise operator Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement with Swedish marine fuel system manufacturer Jowa Technology to install fuel switching equipment and provide training onboard Carnival''s fleet.
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NewsThree new offshore construction contracts for STX OSV
STX OSV, the Singapore-based offshore and specialised vessel shipbuilder in which Fincantieri recently gained a majority shareholding, has announced no fewer than three separate contracts to build offshore subsea construction vessels for Norwegian-based owners.
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NewsVisemar chooses MAN power
Italy’s Visemar''s new RoRo, to be built at Venice’s Cantiere Navale Visentini yard, will be powered by a complete MAN propulsion package featuring 2 9L32/44CR medium speed engines.
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NewsUlstein design for Toisa
Singapore based shipping company, Toisa Ltd, has signed a contract with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of a multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV), designed by Norway’s Ulstein.
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NewsSeismic vessel ordered from Kleven
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with GC Rieber Shipping for a seismic vessel, to the Skipsteknisk ST 324 XT design.
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NewsABB acquires APS Technology
Global power and automation group, ABB, has acquired California based port automation expert, APS Technology Group, in a bid to extend its crane system portfolio into the container port market.
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NewsHarris Pye and Cyrus-RW form alliance
UK based maritime service company, Harris Pye Group, has formed an alliance with fellow UK engineering company, Cyrus-RW, to work together on engineering projects around the globe.
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News‘Green’ additive or lethal pollutant?
The UK media has recently run a number of stories about a ‘mystery’ marine pollutant that was supposedly responsible for the deaths of a large number of seabirds on the English south coast.
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NewsOceanSaver tries to cut BWTS uncertainty
OceanSaver is offering shipowners what it calls a “10% investment, 100% certainty” deal on its ballast water treatment systems (BWTS).
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NewsBurgess Marine acquires Testbank Ship Repair
UK specialised marine engineering company, Burgess Marine, has acquired fellow British ship repair company, Testbank.
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NewsKeynote speaker confirmed for P&E Conference
Arsenio A Dominguez, vice chairman of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for ''The Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference’.
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NewsNeptun helps as parent Meyer cuts costs
German shipyard Neptun is reported transferring work to Meyer Werft to help its parent company cut costs and further raise productivity to meet stiffer competition, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsJaya delivers new OSV
Singapore’s Jaya Holdings Ltd has delivered a new state of the art multi purpose offshore support vessel called the ‘Jaya Pride’ which will now start a term charter with Belait Offshore in the South China Sea
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NewsSecond Havyard design for Sinopec
Chinese oil company, Sinopec, has chosen another Norwegian design from shipbuilder, Havyard, for its fleet renewal programme.
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ABS relocates NE European operations
American based classification society, ABS, has decided to relocate its Northern European marine operations from London in the UK to Hamburg in Germany to enhance service delivery.
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Distribution deal for stabiliser range
Australian company Veem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Italian marine equipment distributor Saim.
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NewsLarge-bore G-engine passes shop trials
Hyundai group company and MAN licensee HHI-EMD has reported that the first MAN B&W 7G80ME-C9.2 passed its official shop test in Korea.
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NewsOffshore newbuild features first R-R unified bridge
Rolls-Royce says that a PSV currently under construction in Spain for Simon Møkster Shipping will be the first to feature the company’s unified bridge solution.
