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Marlink upgrades global maritime VSAT service for reliability and bandwidth
Maritime VSAT network operator Marlink says it has upgraded its global service with the integration of iDirect’s Evolution X5 Satellite Router and latest operating software release, iDX 3.0.
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NewsMARIS and Seagull in product-specific ECDIS training link
Maritime Information Systems of Norway (Maris) has signed an agreement with Seagull, also of Norway, covering cooperation on product specific ECDIS training at Seagull’s shore-based training centre.
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Jotun completes IMO PSPC COT tests
Jotun of Norway says that it has successfully completed testing of coating systems consistent with the new IMO PSPC rules for cargo oil tanks (COT), scheduled to come into effect in January 2013.
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NewsCraig Group company orders two PSVs
North Star Shipping, a division of the UK-based shipping and energy services Craig Group, has ordered two new 83m PSVs from Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain for 2013 delivery.
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MHI places waste heat recovery order for Maersk newbuilds
Alfa Laval says it has won an order from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply Alfa Laval Aalborg exhaust gas economisers to vessels built for A.P. Møller - Mærsk. The order is worth about SEK230million.
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NewsColumbian shipyard delivers domestic OPV
Colombian shipyard Cotecmar has delivered a new OPV (ocean patrol vessel), the ‘ARC 20 de Julio’, and described as “the biggest and most complex ship ever built in Columbia’s history” to the Columbian Navy.
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Drillship order for Brazilian yard
Sembcorp Marine reports that its wholly-owned Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz has secured a contract worth nearly $800million from Guarapari Drilling for the design and construction of a drillship.
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FutureShip appoints head of Singapore office
FutureShip, the maritime consultancy subsidiary of classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL), has appointed Khorshed Alam to head its newly established office in Singapore.
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NewsUrgent engine overhaul rapidly completed
UK engine company Royston says that three weeks of intensive work by its engineers was praised by offshore operator Solstad after a ship was found to need an urgent engine overhaul before resuming work off West Africa.
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NewsShipping company launches PM filter
A Japanese ship operator has begun a demonstration test of a self-cleaning diesel particulate filter (DPF) system on an auxiliary engine of one of its ocean-going vessels, said to be the first such trial of a DPF.
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NewsDutch dredgers for Azerbaijan
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has recently delivered three CSD 500 cutter suction dredgers to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Azerbaijan, to be used for flood protection work on the Kura river.
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NewsGreenPort Congress 2012 - Call for Papers
The call for papers for the GreenPort Congress 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has been released.
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NewsBack-to-back cruise dockings for Gibdock
Back-to-back cruise ship projects at Gibdock’s No. 1 dock have seen the return of the 37,584gt, 1,575-passenger capacity ‘Thomson Destiny’ for its fourth visit since a first refit in Gibraltar in 2006.
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NewsSeal gets cooling water pump approval
Dutch company IHC Lagersmit says that its Liquidyne pump shaft seal has been included in Shell Global Solutions’ TAMAP (technically accepted manufacturers and products) list for use with cooling water pumps.
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NewsValve life extended with heavy fuels
UK-based Simplex-Turbulo, agent for German manufacturer Märkisches Werk (MWH), is promoting a new product which is designed to extend the life of cylinder head valves for engines operating on HFO and gas.
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MOL boxship rescues ferry survivors
Mitsui OSK Lines says that the MOL-operated containership ‘MOL Summer’ has rescued 116 survivors from the ferry ‘Rabaul Queen’, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea on 2 February.
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NewsEco-concept ship formally unveiled
Eco Marine Power (EMP) has unveiled its concept design incorporating its Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) system. The concept is known as the Aquarius Eco Ship, and is intended to help sustainability in shipping.
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NewsNew engine design nominated for award
Ultramo Engines has announced that it has made the shortlist of companies vying for the 2012 Shell Springboard awards, an annual scheme under Shell’s Social Investment Programme, dedicated to reducing carbon emissions.
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NewsSietas receivers renew windship order
An order placed by Van Oord of the Netherlands for a wind power transport and installation vessel with the troubled German JJ Sietas shipyard of Hamburg has been renewed, according to receiver Berthold Brinkmann.
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NewsEcofriendly ballast water treatment
An environmentally friendly ballast water treatment solution has been developed that actually uses a compound produced from seawater to help complete the process.
