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  • Contract signing between Femco and Sinopacific, for four SPA150 AHTS vessels
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    Russians order Chinese AHTS design

    2013-03-04T18:37:00Z

    Russian shipowner Femco Group has contracted with Chinese builder Sinopacific Shipbuilding for four AHTS vessels to Sinopacific’s own SPA150 design, for 2015 delivery.

  • The Bangladeshi built 'Isefjord'
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    BV classes first Bangladeshi ferry for Denmark

    2013-03-04T17:00:00Z

    Global classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), has classed its first Bangladeshi built ferry for Danish owners.

  • The keel laying ceremony for the 'SCF Pskov' took place recently
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    STX lays keel for LNG carrier

    2013-03-04T16:21:00Z

    Korea based STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co Ltd has held a keel laying ceremony for LNG carrier, ‘SCF Pskov, ordered by Russian shipping company, SCF Sovcomflot.

  • Dr Stelios Kyriacou: The big questions are though, who is going to regulate this and who is going to manage it?
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    Fitting a timeline to success

    2013-03-04T14:36:00Z

    The latest IMO meeting on the 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention made some progress on a key issue that has plagued its implementation so far. However, this success may only signal the start of another decade of effort, says Wendy Laursen.

  • Fast fleet tanker ‘RFA Wave Ruler’, one of the vessels maintained by Cammell Laird
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    RFA contract extension for Cammell Laird

    2013-03-01T18:53:00Z

    The UK Ministry of Defence has extended its Royal Fleet Auxiliary through life support cluster contract with the Cammell Laird shipyard. The agreement will see Cammell Laird continue its maintenance contract for nine ships of the RFA Flotilla until 2018. Cammell Laird first secured the through life support contract in ...

  • IMO secretary general receives the cheque from ASRY
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    Bahrain shiprepairer helps IMO’s security work

    2013-03-01T18:53:00Z

    In October 2012, the Kingdom of Bahrain hosted the 2012 IMO World Maritime Day parallel event, focusing on the theme ‘IMO: 100 years after the Titanic’.

  • SeaKing Group business development manager Neil Mellenchip
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    Electrical upgrade for Australian accommodation vessel

    2013-03-01T18:53:00Z

    UK marine and offshore electrical company SeaKing Electrical says that it has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the ‘Bibby Renaissance’ offshore accommodation ship.

  • Damen Shiprepair Brest, which has recently docked three tankers
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    Multiple maintenance tasks for Damen group yards

    2013-03-01T18:53:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Brest, the former Sobrena yard, has followed dockings on LNG carriers ‘LNG Sokoto’ for Bonny Gas Transport and the ‘Lalla Fatma N’Soumer’, with three new dry docking operations on high-quality Scandinavian tankers.

  • New MAN Alpha propulsion equipment: medium-skew propeller blades and AHT nozzle
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    Propeller blade and nozzle upgrade pays off for dredger operator

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division in Frederikshavn, Denmark, has, in close cooperation with shipowner and constructional engineering company NCC, performed a propulsion equipment upgrade for the 900 m³ sand and gravel dredger ‘Baltic’.

  • Hydrex diver/technician positioning cold straightening machine
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    Propeller repair keeps ships out of drydock

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    Underwater repair specialist Hydrex of Belgium reports that it has recently carried out a number of propeller repairs to tanker ships in various locations.

  • Workboat under repair at Alnmarintec
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    UK workboat builder expands into shiprepair

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    Alnmaritec, based in Northumberland, UK, a company which is best known for the design and build of commercial workboats, has recently launched its Wimbourne Quay Repair Centre.

  • Rendering of ‘DP Gezina’ after conversion to windfarm accommodation and transport ship from passenger ferry
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    Ferry conversion to offshore accommodation begins

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards reports that it has begun work on the first of two ships which have been purchased by Chevalier Floatels for conversion into staff accommodation and transport ships for offshore wind farm work.

  • Finning cranes off a Caterpillar engine from a HM Border Force patrol craft
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    Multi-brand diesel support contract for Finning

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    UK-based diesel engine specialist Finning reports that it has been selected as the sole service provider for the variety of engine makes and models that power the UK Border Force’s fleet of patrol vessels.

  • Gibdock undertook extensive crane renewal on the geared containership ‘Aldebaran’
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    German boxship gets a lift at Gibdock

    2013-03-01T18:52:00Z

    Gibraltar shiprepair yard Gibdock reports completion of a complex containership crane refurbishment job, which called for strict certification of welding procedures by Lloyd’s Register, which approved all materials used.

  • RCCL's 'Allure of the Seas' is equipped with the Eniram system
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    Operational vessel performance management

    2013-03-01T18:48:00Z

    Former VLCC Master Captain Melvin Mathews, director of regulatory and environment solutions at Finnish company Eniram, looks at optimising fleet performance for optimum returns

  • man-machine mix
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    Sophistication of weather routing grows

    2013-03-01T18:48:00Z

    The world’s information is doubling every two years, and oceanographic data is no exception. New weather routing and voyage optimisation technologies are emerging founded on this growing mass of information.

  • The development of a system relying on permanent magnets means skipping a number of the more common drive elements
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    Simplicity in a complex environment

    2013-03-01T18:48:00Z

    “The drive itself is simple by design” says Geir Larsen, InPower’s MD - although getting it to market has been anything but that.

  • The Elsys switchboard
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    New-generation marine switchboard systems

    2013-03-01T18:47:00Z

    Elcome International, a marine solutions provider and system integrator based in Dubai, has recently introduced its new Elsys family of marine electrical switchboard and power management systems.

  • Delivery ceremony of the 'Ore Salvador'
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    MOL completes iron ore carrier

    2013-03-01T18:45:00Z

    Japanese ocean transport company, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has announced that the 297,076 tonne iron ore carrier, ‘Ore Salvador’, has been completed.

  • Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is providing two 6M25C and two 9M25C engines for an Ostensjo Rederi OSV newbuild, packaged with the Siemens Bluedrive PlusC
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    LNG fuelled engines may be the future, but what about today?

    2013-03-01T09:33:00Z

    In response to rising industry demand for more sustainable shipping, the industry is turning to LNG as a primary fuel. But with inadequate LNG infrastructure, engine manufacturers are working with other industry stakeholders to provide alternatives. Mark Fuhrmann reports.