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NewsOffshore tug from Canadian designer
A multi-purpose tug and offshore support vessel, ''Seaways 20'', designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, and built by Keppel Singmarine, has been delivered to owner Seaways International of Singapore.
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NewsTanker conversion contract goes to DDW
AET has awarded a contract to Drydocks World Dubai to convert two of its newest tankers into marine capture vessels (MCVs).
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NewsFirst of four US tugs launched
Crowley Maritime of the USA has recently launched the ‘Ocean Wave’, first of four Ocean Class tugs under construction at Bollinger Shipyards.
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NewsDesalinators for Singapore projects
UK-based company Cathelco Seafresh has announced orders for its reverse osmosis desalinators for two projects in Singapore, a FRSU conversion and an AHTS newbuild.
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NewsMinerva conversion coup as LWB work booms
The 12,499gt British cruise ship ‘Minerva’ is now at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) for a multi-million pound conversion lasting more than two months - one of the longest jobs for some time at the German yard.
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NewsFirst Scandlines newbuild floated out
The first of two 169.5m long ro-pax ferries for German-Danish operator Scandlines, designed to counter the competition from the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link, has been floated out at P+S Shipyards in Stralsund.
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Four Japanese PSVs for Swire Pacific
Swire Pacific Offshore Operations of Singapore has announced a new order for four platform supply vessels. The vessels, of 5,000dwt capacity, will be built by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan.
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GL examines scrubber technology
Germanischer Lloyd recently held a forum at its Hamburg head office to discuss exhaust gas scrubbers, which GL agrees provide one solution to tightening regulations governing sulphur emissions from ship engines.
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Settlement agreed for ship designer in hull cracking case
International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), managed by Thomas Miller, has highlighted the level of exposure to liability which naval architects can face, especially in today’s financially troubled shipping industry.
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NewsContracts for MAN PrimeServ in Shanghai
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced two significant maintenance contracts, worth over €4 million, awarded to its PrimeServ Shanghai subsidiary by COSCO, the state-owned Chinese shipping group.
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NewsRT-flex48T added to two-stroke portfolio
Wärtsilä reports that its latest six-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex48T engine has been successfully started up at the facilities of licensee QMD (Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel) in China.
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Total reports increased lube oil sales
Total Lubmarine has announced that uptake of its Talusia Universal marine cylinder lubricant has increased 22% year-on-year, a figure bolstered by a 6% rise in overall lubricant sales in Asia during the same period.
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NewsNew head for Cummins commercial marine business
Cummins of the USA has named Jenny Bush as general manager for its commercial marine business unit.
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NewsBetter website search for The MotorShip
The parent company of The MotorShip, Mercator Media, has today launched new and improved ‘search’ functionality for its websites that will provide users with more relevant results, faster.
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Improved diesel electric drive launched
Siemens Industry Inc. has improved on its Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue Drive Plus C system - a new diesel electric propulsion system available now in the USA.
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RWO CleanBallast for Peter Döhle container ships
Bremen-based RWO GmbH - Marine Water Technology, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has secured an order to supply ballast water treatment systems to Hamburg shipping company Peter Döhle.
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Log-on – Gas fuel, the unanswered questions
The overwhelming message from our recent Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam was that LNG fuel is a viable option for ships under IMO Tier III and other strict emissions controls, but there are plenty of problems left to solve.
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NewsHyundai expands home-grown engine range
In a relentless drive to extend the market reach and brand power of its home-grown HiMSEN four-stroke range, Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) has introduced more powerful variants of its smallest medium-speed design, the H17/28.
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NewsMAN sets up dedicated emissions test centre
At the Augsburg fountainhead of its medium-speed engine technology, MAN Diesel & Turbo has this year opened a new emissions test facility.
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NewsBelgium’s independent maker shows resilience
Independent producer of medium-speed engines Anglo Belgian Corporation(ABC) has provided the propulsive power for a new generation of shortsea cargo vessels commissioned by the UK-based company Union Transport.
