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NewsNew island ferry for French West Coast
French shipbuilder Chantiers Piriou, of Concarneau, in Brittany, has delivered a new ship for passenger and goods services between the mainland and islands off Brest to local departmental authority Conseil Général du Finistère.
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NewsMAN receives waste heat recovery order
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that it has received a firm order for two turbo compound systems including power turbine and generator (TCS-PTG) from Samjin Shipbuilding in Weihai, China.
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NewsMore troubled waters ahead for shipping
It’s more doom and gloom from the forecasters when it comes to the state of the shipping industry as we near the end of 2011 - but there may just be a glimmer of hope too.
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GL launches pocket guide for MLC 2006
To support the maritime industry in its endeavour to prepare for the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has developed what it describes as an easy to use pocket guide to MLC 2006.
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CIMAC young engineers look at LNG or scrubbers as Tier III options
CIMAC – the International Council on Combustion Engines – says that its second ‘Cascades’ younger engineers’ event took place in November in Tokyo.
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Maersk orders supply ships from Chile
Chilean shipyard Asenav has received a new contract from long-term customer Maersk Supply Service for two offshore supply vessel newbuildings. The order includes an option for up to four additional vessels.
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NewsFour Damen PSVs for WWS
Damen Shipyards reports that newly founded offshore support company World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered four PSV 3300 CDs, to a recently-launched design for offshore supply operations in adverse weather conditions.
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NewsSKF to open marine service centres
SKF says it is further strengthening its commitment to the marine industry with the establishment of a marine-focused network of specialised technology and service centres to providing a range of marine solutions.
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NewsFirst commercial scrubber delivered
Hamworthy Krystallon says that the first of four vessels on which its seawater scrubbers are being installed, a ro-ro newbuilding for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina, is now on line.
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Voith supplies design and propulsion package for new Haifa tug
Voith Turbo says that it has provided the propulsion for a fifth Voith Water Tractor (VWT) tug, the ‘Ilan’, for the port of Haifa. With a 70ton bollard pull, she is by a long way the most powerful in the Haifa fleet.
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Winch order for mega-boxships
German deck equipment supplier TTS Marine, of Bremen, has announced a contract to provide the anchor and mooring winch system for the largest container vessels yet to be built.
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New system claims to revolutionise marine broadband communications
Service provider Telemar, in partnership with Orbit Communication Systems and Milano Teleport, has launched iCGlobal, described as a flexible and future-proof system combining the all-weather global coverage of C-Band, with the compact OrBand VSAT.
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NewsFSG bags “most eco-friendly con-ro ferry”
German ro-ro builder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has won an order from Canada for a 19,500dwt ferry newbuilding which it describes as “the world’s most eco-friendly con-ro ship”
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NewsLNG – here to stay, but not the only solution
The Motorship’s second Gas Fuelled Ships conference took place in Rotterdam on 26/27 October in Rotterdam and was judged, like its predecessor in Hamburg, a great success.
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Keppel to deliver sixth ultra-deepwater semi-submersible
Keppel FELS says it is on course to deliver the sixth of seven Ensco 8500 Series ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs to Ensco, on time and within budget.
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P&I club surveys ship recycling
According to P&I Club The American Club, it is anticipated that in excess of 25 million dwt for scrapping will have wound up on the beaches of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan by the end of this year.
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€200million orders for Dutch group
Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede has announced orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million, including a pipelayer and two dredgers.
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NewsSTX lays keel of fishery research vessel
STX Finland''s Rauma Shipyard has performed the keel-laying ceremony for fisheries research vessel, newbuilding 1378, ordered by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia.
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NewsDouble-ender enters WDR fleet
Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (WDR) has announced that the double-ended ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ is about to enter service, just 18 months after ordering. Neptun Werft in Rostock took ten months for the construction.
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First LNG-fuelled tanker newbuilding delivered
Lloyd’s Register says that it has classed what is described as “the world''s first new LNG-fuelled tanker” which has recently been delivered in Rotterdam, heralding a new era of cleaner European inland shipping.
