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    Tognum to reduce executive board

    2011-09-20T16:14:00Z

    MTU parent group Tognum says that it is to reduce the size of its executive board as of 1 October 2011 from five to four members, following the sales reorganisation of of the global Tognum group in January 2011.

  • VLCC ‘Alphard Star’ in drydock at ASRY being converted into an offshore oil storage vessel
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    ASRY shows strong first half performance

    2011-09-19T23:00:00Z

    Despite the continued shipping recession Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) showed a strong first half year performance in 2011, demonstrating the yard’s resilience.

  • ‘Maersk Taurus’ will test a Belco scrubber on one of its auxiliary engines
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    Maersk trials US scrubber technology

    2011-09-19T17:21:00Z

    DuPont subsidiary Belco Technologies, based in the US, says that it has reached an agreement with A.P. Moller–Maersk of Denmark to carry out shipboard trials on one of its Belco marine scrubbing systems.

  • The Russian river-sea tankers for which API cargo systems have been ordered
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    Cargo systems for 31 Russian tankers

    2011-09-19T16:03:00Z

    API Marine of Aalborg, Denmark, reports new contracts with two Russian shipyards - JSC Zavod Krasnoe Sormovo and JSC Okskaya Sudoverf - for cargo control, alarm and automation systems for 31 newbuildings.

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    Hatch cover and crane orders from Korea

    2011-09-19T16:01:00Z

    Cargotec has confirmed two major orders, worth some €45 million, for cargo equipment for container ships and bulk carriers being built at South Korean shipyards.

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    Class focus on materials technology training for marine engineers

    2011-09-19T16:00:00Z

    Lloyd''s Register says that its is offering training courses in the properties of materials, welding techniques and non destructive examination to engineers responsible for ship construction, repair and maintenance.

  • Eco Marine Power’s Aquarius system combines rigid sails with solar cells for auxiliary propulsion
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    Design starts on wind-solar ship

    2011-09-19T15:58:00Z

    Japanese company Eco Marine Power has started detailed design of its wind and solar sail panel. The company and its partners intend these to be used in arrays for auxiliary propulsion of large ships.

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    Imtech acquires Techsol of Canada

    2011-09-16T16:05:00Z

    Dutch technical services provider Imtech has announced the acquisition of the Canadian marine company Groupe Techsol Marine, an acquisition which gives Imtech a marine production site in Canada.

  • Svein Olav Tørresdal, project manager nav/com at Havyard Power & Systems, shows the navigation and communications package on ‘Saeborg’
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    Full package from Havyard

    2011-09-16T16:03:00Z

    Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard Group says that it has developed its own navigation and communications packages for ships, with the first system being fitted to the close-to-completion Saeborg.

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    ClassNK opens first Russian office

    2011-09-16T16:01:00Z

    ClassNK has officially opened its first exclusive surveyor office in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ceremony was hosted by ClassNK chairman and president and current IACS vice-chairman Noboru Ueda.

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    Offshore success for Singapore shipbuilder

    2011-09-16T15:59:00Z

    Singapore company Otto Marine, which specialises in building offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialised offshore services, has handed over one AHTS and secured orders for two more.

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    Vessel tracking for piracy alerts and warnings

    2011-09-16T15:58:00Z

    UK-based security consultant NYA International has launched MarTrack, which it describes as a “unique and proprietary maritime risk management and vessel tracking system”, which tracks vessels in areas where they are known to be at high risk.

  • ‘Auriga Leader’ which was retrofitted with a ballast water treatment system
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    MHI retrofits ballast water treatment system

    2011-09-15T23:15:00Z

    Earlier this year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) received an order from the Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) for conversion and installation work of a ballast water treatment system on NYK’s Auriga Leader, a pure car/truck carrier.

  • Noreq’s Dubai subsidiary is housed in these offices
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    Noreq establishes company in Dubai

    2011-09-15T15:42:00Z

    Norwegian specialist in lifeboats, rescue craft and davits Noreq says that increasing demand has led to the formation of a new subsidiary, based in Dubai, to serve the UAE and Middle East markets.

  • The Hydrex support team re-installs the thruster
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    On site bow thruster re-installation keeps ship out of drydock

    2011-09-15T15:41:00Z

    Belgian company Hydrex reports that it recently mobilised a diver/technician team to a 300m container ship in Hong Kong to reinstall a bow thruster which exhibited problems after being overhauled.

  • ‘Elisabeth Russ’, first of five ro-ros to make good use of Ecospeed coatings
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    Paint product ends cavitation damage

    2011-09-15T15:41:00Z

    Ecospeed vinylester glassflake coatings are said to have successfully ended a rudder cavitation damage problem on a class of five ro-ro vessels operated in Finland and managed by Hamburg-based Ernst Russ.

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    Cargotec opens service office in Lithuania

    2011-09-14T14:10:00Z

    A new marine service company, MacGregor BLRT Baltic UAB, has been set up by Cargotec in Klaipeda, Lithuania. The company is a joint venture by Cargotec (51%) and Klapedia’ Western Shipyard (49%).

  • The Kamewa S3 type waterjet, as ordered for the new Indian Coast Guard ships
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    Rolls-Royce receives big waterjet order

    2011-09-14T13:45:00Z

    Rolls-Royce reports that it has won a contract from India’s Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 Kamewa water jets for a new fleet of 20 50m long fast patrol vessels, currently under construction for the Indian Coast Guard.

  • The new graphical display on the Elcometer 456 gauge
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    Software upgrade for thickness gauge

    2011-09-14T13:44:00Z

    Elcometer has released what it says is the first in a series of software enhancements for its 456 thickness gauge, which was launched six months ago.

  • MJP’s new waterjet double control, as applied to a French landing craft
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    Double control for waterjets

    2011-09-14T13:43:00Z

    Swedish company MJP Waterjets claims to have succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic control.