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AHTS package order for Rolls-Royce from Italian yard
Rolls-Royce says it has signed an £18 million contract with Italian shipyard Rosetti Marino for the design and delivery of an integrated power and propulsion system and other equipment for an anchor handling vessel.
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NewsFarstad orders PSVs from STX OSV
STX OSV has announced new contracts for the design and construction of two platform supply vessels for Farstad Shipping. The total value of the contracts amounts to around NOK 700 million.
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NewsDrew Marine acquires Chemring Marine
Marine solutions services company, Drew Marine, has agreed to acquire the leading marine distress signal company, Chemring Marine.
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NewsAmends, revisions and upgrades from ClassNK
There is plenty of news from ClassNK this week including new amendments to rules, revised guidelines, updated software and news of an agreement to conduct statutory certifications on behalf of the Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration.
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NewsMAN reports slow steaming research
In late 2011, MAN Diesel & Turbo undertook a survey of its customers in the container, bulk and tanker industries, to determine their attitudes towards, and their experience of, slow steaming.
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NewsVoith GmbH appoints Carsten J. Reinhardt
Voith GmbH has appointed Carsten J. Reinhardt as a member of the corporate board of management and president and CEO of Voith Turbo GmbH & CO. KG.
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NewsICS: Shipping provides green growth
At a recent event during the United Nations Rio+20 Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, ICS revealed that industry can learn a great deal from shipping as it''s the greenest form of commercial transport.
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NewsHHI ships its first LNG-fuelled genset
Ulsan, Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed test runs and started shipping its eco-friendly gas-fuelled Himsen H35/40GV engine. The first example is destined for a power plant in the Middle East.
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NewsMaritime Progress produces multi language posters
Maritime Progress has produced multi language marine posters for crew members whose first language is not English.
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Troms and STX sign letter of intent for design and build of large PSV
STX OSV Holdings says that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Troms Offshore for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel, to STX’s PSV07 design, which Troms will charter to Statoil.
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NewsGE Marine appoints marketing director
GE Marine has announced the appointment of Jeremy Barnes as commercial marine marketing director.
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NewsMHI vessel wins award
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been awarded the ‘Ship of the Year 2011’ award by Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE) for its ro-ro ship, ‘Tønsberg’.
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NewsSTX OSV secures subsea ship contract
STX OSV Holdings has announced that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a large, advanced offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) for Ocean Installer and Solstad Offshore.
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NewsNew marine building for University
Plymouth University recently received the keys to a new £19m marine building constructed by UK firm, Leadbitter.
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NewsScrap or cold lay-up planned for 10-20 MOL bulkers
Japanese operator Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced plans for scrapping or cold lay-up of 10 to 20 Capesize bulkers, of 15 years or older, in consideration of this fiscal year’s worsening market trends.
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NewsFlensburger books first offshore ships
German ro-ro specialist Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has topped recent successes by taking its first orders for offshore vessels and says it expects further orders soon in the ro-ro and ro-pax sector.
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News32-genset order from Swire for MAN
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the gensets for a series of eight diesel-electric offshore newbuildings recently ordered by Swire Pacific Offshore Operations, to be built at Japanese and Brazilian yards.
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NewsNew performance lists for flag states
The Paris MoU Committee has approved its 2011 inspection port state control results and its new performance lists for flag states and recognised organisations will take effect from 1 July 2012.
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NewsRescue package takes shape for yard group
A complex financial rescue package is being put together to help cash-strapped German shipyard group P+S Werften meet what reports now say is a cash shortfall of more than €300 million.
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NewsHybrid E-KOTUG launch
Europe’s first hybrid tugboat was launched recently at this year’s well known ‘Herring Party’ in Rotterdam.
