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NewsHavyard ups the ante in India
The Havyard Group is doing good business in India – it has just signed a contract for a PSV vessel with Indian shipping company Global Offshore with an option for a further delivery in future.
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NewsGerman crisis holds despite specialisation
Despite its concentration on specialised vessels, German shipbuilding is still in crisis and struggling against widening Asian competition, lack of finance and low newbuilding prices.
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NewsNew managing director for Imtech Marine
Mr Gennaro Pipoli has been appointed the position of managing director of Imtech Marine Singapore.
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NewsClassNK reaches historic world milestone
Classification society, ClassNK, has announced that its register has hit the 200 million gross tonne mark after steadily accelerating over the years.
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NewsICS speaks on ballast water ‘chaos’
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed genuine concerns identified among its members about the availability and expense of ballast water treatment systems, and the robustness of the approval process.
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NewsLifetime Achievement Award for Damen
Arnout Damen, chief operations officer of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Innovation Awards Dinner recently, on behalf of Kommer Damen.
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NewsDamen acquires Swedish shiprepair yard
Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has recently acquired the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet; Damen intends to continue the current operations at the yard.
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First contract for Sener subsidiary in Korea
Within three months of its establishment, Sener Korea Engineering & Systems secured a license agreement with Korean Registry company KR Engineering (KRE) for the use of Foran, Sener’s ship design and production software.
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NewsP&E34 winds up successfully
The second day of The Motorship’s 34th Propulsion & Emissions conference in Hamburg began with a session on exhaust gas cleaning, following an introduction from the day’s chairman, Dr Fabian Kock from Germanischer Lloyd.
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NewsNew online tool for eco-efficiency
Fathom, a global market intelligence company for the marine, energy and environmental industries, has launched an online analysis tool to compare all eco-efficient technologies available for the shipping industry.
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NewsEngines, fuels and alternative power round off day one at P&E34
The 34th Propulsion and Emissions Conference is continuing at the Atlantic Kempinski Hotel in Hamburg. Under the chairmanship of Dr Pierre Sames of GL, sessions two, three and four completed the first day.
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NewsSatellite alternative to gyro and log
The Marinestar manoeuvring system designed by Fugro in Norway has been approved by the BSH marine test house in Germany as both a speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME) and transmitting heading device (THD).
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NewsSailors’ Society to launch new song for Sea Sunday
Maritime charity the Sailors’ Society says that well-known Christian song-writer Graham Kendrick is helping to spread awareness of the difficulties seafarers face through a hymn he has written for Sea Sunday, 8 July.
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NewsThe Motorship’s P&E34 kicks off in Hamburg
The Motorship’s 34th Propulsion and Emissions conference has got under way in Hamburg. 170 delegates have signed up for this important event which addresses the critical question of forthcoming sulphur limits.
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NewsFaster assembly for shrink fit components
SKF has announced a new range of air-driven hydraulic pumps and oil injectors (THAP series) to mount and dismount a variety of shrink fit mechanical components, including propellers, using SKF’s oil injection method.
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NewsGL and MAN produce LNG boxship study
According to Germanischer Lloyd, the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as ship fuel has recently gained more attention not only in Europe, but also in Asia and the USA.
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Aveva acquires structural detailing software company
Aveva has announced the acquisition of the Bocad group of companies, includingall companies in the Bocad group, bringing to Aveva all IPR, employees, contracts and assets.
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Sietas rescue package announced
Receiver Berthold Brinkmann, acting for the troubled Hamburg-based JJ Sietas shipbuilding group, says that five concrete offers have been received for the three companies in the group.
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NewsOnline searchable energy efficiency tool launched
Marine market intelligence specialist Fathom has launched CTech, described as a tool to collate and review maritime clean technologies and providers as part of a fully searchable, real-time intelligence resource.
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NewsGermans invest in four new research ships
The German Government is to invest nearly €850 million over the next eight years in four new state-of-the-art research vessels, writes Tom Todd.
