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NewsWärtsilä signs cruise ship service agreement
Wärtsilä says that it has signed a five-year service agreement covering 27 Wärtsilä engines onboard six ships operated by US-based Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
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NewsMTU expands production into Poland
Tognum Group, the MTU parent company which is jointly owned by Rolls-Royce and Daimler, plans to erect a new €90million plant in Poland to expand its European production and development capacity.
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NewsDNV announces the true hybrid OSV
Det Norske Veritas, in conjunction with its partners in the FellowShip project Eidesvik Offshore and Wärtsilä, has announced the next phase of the project, in which the Eidesvik OSV ‘Viking Lady’ will be fitted with a battery pack.
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NewsBox ship meets new labour standards
A Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) box ship has achieved a Maritime Labour Statement of Compliance from Germanischer Lloyd (GL) confirming it meets requirements for the forthcoming ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).
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NewsSecond all-rounder named for Swedes
The second of four tough and unusually versatile patrol ships for the Swedish Coast Guard has been named in Germany and will be handed over soon along with the first ship in the series.
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News'Green' PCTC claims zero emissions at berth
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of its hybrid car carrier ‘Emerald Ace’ at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe shipyard. The ship has been designed to generate zero emissions while berthed.
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NewsMESAB opens office in Korea
Swedish company ME Solutions AB (Mesab), which is involved in project engineering services for ballast water systems, exhaust gas cleaning, and energy efficiency, has recently formed a subsidiary in Korea.
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Ro-ro equipment order for hybrid ferries
Cargotec says that it has received an order to deliver a complete MacGregor ro-ro cargo access outfit for two new Scottish ferries, where operational efficiency is paramount and fast port turnaround times are needed.
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NewsAsia partners up in ship design
China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a new joint agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to work on design optimisation for the new Crown MHI bulk carrier concept.
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NewsVolstad Maritime returns for repeat offshore crane contract from Cargotec
Following on from an order in April 2011, Cargotec has won a contract for two active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from privately-owned Norwegian specialist operator, Volstad Maritime.
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NewsRena report reveals short cut
An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.
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NewsDecision support goes ‘real-time’
Finnish company Eniram claims that its latest software product, Optimum Speed Assistant (OSA), will radically change the way the shipping industry manages speed, engine use and fuel consumption.
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NewsWTS appoints new Americas vice-president
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions in Norway says that it has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Philip Bannerman as vice-president, Americas region.
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Another ECDIS supplier offers ‘PAYS’
Transas Marine says that it has launched its ‘Pay As You Sail’ chart solution for ENCs, having recently received approval for the service by UKHO, Primar and IC-ENC after succesful sea trials and verification by DNV.
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NewsABB power systems for new AIDA pair
ABB has released details of a $60million contract to provide complete power and propulsion systems for the two cruise ships ordered by German operator AIDA from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki shipyard.
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NewsWater lubricated bearings for newbuilds
Carisbrooke Shipping’s latest newbuild, an 8,500dwt multi-purpose dry cargo vessel named ‘Vectis Eagle’, has been fitted with Compac seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings from Thordon Bearings of Canada.
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NewsService contract for cruise line’s engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has concluded a four-year service contract with US-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line covering the maintenance of the engines on nine of the fleet’s cruise liners.
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NewsTwo MAN licensees to trial ME-GI engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo says that two Far Eastern companies have separately announced their intention to build prototypes of MAN’s two-stroke gas engine, which MAN says means the ME-GI is edging closer to commercial production.
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NewsIMO approval for another BWTS
Greek company Erma First ESK Engineering Solutions says that it has received IMO final approval for its ballast water treatment system, which is based on hydrocyclonic filtration and electrolysis technologies.
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Schottel appoints service provider in Middle East region
Following on from the establishment of Schottel Middle East (SME), as a subsidiary of and new hub for, the German propulsion systems company, SCHOTTEL has named Atos International as its customer service agent.
