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Idle container ship numbers drop
Latest figures from liner shipping information company Alphaliner suggest an improvement in the container ship industry. Alphaliner’s weekly newsletter says that the active boxship fleet is at its highest for some time.
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NewsAnother Kleven OCV for Rem Offshore
Norwegian yard Kleven Maritime has won a 500million NOK contract from Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel for June 2013 delivery.
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NewsOrder for largest multi-stream scrubber
Wärtsillä Hamworthy has announced an agreement with ro-ro cargo operator Wilh Wilhelmsen to retrofit the vessel ‘Tamesis’ with a Krystallon exhaust gas cleaning system on its main and auxiliary engines.
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NewsMixed blessings - and a warning
Although there is no overall conflict between CO2 reductions and financial results as efficiency issues "become business critical", Leonardo Sonzio of Wärtsilä says that for some, regulations “will be a matter of life and death”.
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NewsMore delays for new Baltic ferries
The completion of Scandlines’ newest Baltic ferries, ‘Berlin’ and ‘Copenhagen’, has been postponed again: they will not now go into service until 1 July and 1 September - some four months late.
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NewsContract signed for Chinese G-type engine
At a recent ceremony in China, CMD (CSSC-MES Diesel) held the official signing of the contract to construct the first Chinese-built MAN B&W design Green Series 7G80ME-C9.2 engine.
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New LR rules for stern-first ice-class
Lloyd’s Register has published what it says is the first dedicated set of rules for stern-first ice-class ships, in response to the demands of polar transportation routes and new energy reserves in the far north.
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ClassNK updates class rules and guidance for steel ships
ClassNK has announced the release of the 2012 edition of the ‘Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships’.
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Condition monitoring for thrusters
SKF has introduced an integrated condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution, known as SKF Thruster Monitoring, for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.
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Cargotec sells €10 million worth of cargo handling cranes to China
Cargotec has confirmed a contract worth around €10 million from a Chinese shipyard to deliver 20 MacGregor GLH cargo handling cranes, each of 120-tonne capacity, for 10 general cargo vessels.
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Fathom and LR produce guide to emission control areas
Fathom, a provider of market intelligence products and services, has joined with Lloyd''s Register to produce a 111-page guide to ECAs (emission control areas).
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NewsDettmer & DST develop new inland tanker
A new type of 86m, 1,800dwt inland tanker especially designed for low-water operation on German canals and the Elbe has been ordered by Bremen tankship operator Dettmer Reederei in Bremen.
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NewsFuel management for Asian offshore ships
Swiber Group company, Newcruz Offshore Marine Services, has become the first Asian customer for Royston’s enginei fuel management system, which has been installed onboard one of Swiber’s OSVs.
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ABB wins long-term energy efficiency service contract from Carnival
ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in their fleet, cutting costs for each ship by up to $1million/year.
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NewsUK shipping – a serious issue
UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group this week, to give the industry an update in terms of the government’s maritime strategy going forward.
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NewsEniram expands to Singapore
Maritime decision support software company Eniram – which claims to be Finland’s fastest-growing company - has opened a new office in Singapore, to improve service to its clients in the Asian region.
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NewsChart companies join forces
Thomas Gunn Navigation Services and Transas Marine have announced a new partnership in ECDIS supply and paper chart management which is said to bring benefits to customers of both organisations.
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NewsOW Bunker launches marine lubricants division
Marine fuel supplier and trader OW Bunker has announced the launch of a new global marine lubricants division, in cooperation with leading brands in marine lubricants, to provide a full range of grades.
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NewsAdvanced IBS for polar research ship
Raytheon Anschütz has recently completed the supply of its latest generation of integrated bridge system (IBS) to the ‘SA Agulhas II’, a new polar research ship owned by the Republic of South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).
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NewsWWL on track with emissions
Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the global shipping and logistics company, has announced that it’s on track to reduce its green house gas emissions by 30% before 2025.
