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  • Kleven Maritime has contracted the VS499 LNG PSV design from Wärtsilä
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    Another LNG powered PSV for Norway

    2011-05-05T09:10:00Z

    Another LNG-fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV) is to be built for a Norwegian owner – to the VS499 design from Wärtsilä Ship Design. Wärtsilä will also supply propulsion machinery, automation and other equipment.

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    VSAT antenna agreement announced

    2011-05-04T13:23:00Z

    Korea-based Intellian Technologies, a marine satellite antenna supplier, has announced a sales agreement with global satcoms provider Marlink.

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    Class society details BWM procedures

    2011-05-04T13:23:00Z

    Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has released a booklet on standard operational guidance for the planning and management of ships'' ballast water and sediments.

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    Bunker supplier strengthens Russian team

    2011-05-04T13:20:00Z

    OW Bunker has announced the appointment of Andrew Ananiev as Sales Manager, to be based at the company headquarters in Aalborg, Denmark, where he will head a dedicated team serving customers in the Russian market.

  • Timo Suistio
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    STX Finland strengthens its management

    2011-05-04T13:19:00Z

    STX Finland is reorganising its management group with the appointment of Jyrki Heinimaa as executive vice president and CFO and Timo Suistio as executive vice president and COO, also shipyard director of the STX Rauma Shipyard.

  • Alaska Region research vessel (ARRV) Sikuliaq
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    Build starts on Alaskan research ship

    2011-05-03T18:51:00Z

    Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) has announced that the keel laying recently took place atMarinette Marine Corporation (MMC) for the Alaska Region research vessel (ARRV) Sikuliaq, for which GPA provided design validation.

  • MacGregor’s improved self-unloading system for bulk cargoes
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    Self-unloaders are designed for efficiency

    2011-05-03T18:50:00Z

    Cargotec says it has introduced two new developments in its MacGregor bulk cargo self-unloader systems which deliver greater capacity while minimising environmental impact

  • Federal Mogul’s Hercules project piston rings undergo final inspection
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    Piston ring wear understanding is raised

    2011-05-03T18:48:00Z

    Piston ring specialist Federal-Mogul Corporation says that its work within the EU Hercules project has helped it develop new simulation techniques that should enhance the fuel efficiency of future large marine engines.

  • Grundfos says its centrifugal pumps are well-suited to low suplhur fuel oils
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    Manufacturer proposes centrifugal pumps for low-sulphur fuel

    2011-05-03T14:20:00Z

    According to pump manufacturer Grundfos, its centrifugal pumps are able to perform better with low sulphur fuels than the more usual gear and screw pumps, as they cope well with low-viscosity fluids.

  • Newly trained specialists (from left to right): (in front) Ming-Kao Li, ship recycling expert; Allan Xia, ship recycling expert; and their trainers: Christian Franke, ship recycling expert; Gerhard Aulbert, global head of practice ship recycling...
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    GL bolsters green ship recycling in Asia

    2011-05-03T14:20:00Z

    Germanischer Lloyd (GL) says it has recently intensified its efforts to help yards, owners, suppliers and recycling facilities in Asia to comply with the forthcoming Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling.

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    New onboard training module for ECDIS

    2011-05-03T14:19:00Z

    Consilium has joined forces with training specialist Seagull with the aim of developing an ECDIS product-specific computer-based training package that can be used onboard ship.

  • The 44m Neptune AHTS vessel, for wind farm work as well as general duties
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    Wind farm ships get smaller again

    2011-05-03T14:19:00Z

    Ijmuiden, The Netherlands-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has been contracted to design a new compact but powerful AHT offshore support vessel for Dutch company Neptune Marine Service.

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    Sheet material for marine ceiling panels

    2011-05-03T14:18:00Z

    Steel sheet specialist Metalcolour has launched Dobel Ocean Sky, a fire classified, decorative and film laminated sheet steel especially developed for ceiling panels.

  • Sartor Shipping has contracted the VS465 design from Wärtsilä Ship Design
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    Design and D-E system for support ship

    2011-05-03T14:17:00Z

    Wärtsilä reports that it has received orders for the vessel design and complete diesel electric drive installation for a new field support vessel, for Norwegian owner and operator Sartor Shipping.

  • Kennemer, now able to operate reliably in the Frisian Islands where sand and debris played havoc with its old open water lubricated stern tube
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    RWS switches to oil-lubricated stern seal

    2011-05-02T18:35:00Z

    Dutch public water authority Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) has recently converted its multifunctional ship Kennemer from an open water lubricated to a closed oil-lubricated stern tube system supplied by IHC Lagersmit.

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    Class NK establishes gas FPSO standards

    2011-05-02T11:33:00Z

    Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) has published new Guidelines for Floating Offshore Facilities for LNG/LPG Production, Storage and Offloading, to address the variety of construction and survey requirements for floating gas facilities.

  • Two more Ulstein PX105 PSVs are to be built in Brazil
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    More contracts for Ulstein in Brazil

    2011-05-02T11:33:00Z

    Ulstein has signed two ship design contracts with Brazilian Shipyard Alianca to build two PX105 platform supply vessels for Brazilian owner CBO. Like four previously-ordered CBO PSVs, they will feature the X-bow design.

  • The naming of the first GPA696 OSV from Sinopacific in China
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    Chinese group names first high-end OSV

    2011-05-02T11:33:00Z

    The Chinese private shipbuilder Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang yard has named its first high-end offshore support vessels, being built for the French Bourbon group.

  • The ‘Windlifter’ concept is the result of an earlier cooperation between Ulstein Sea of Solutions and IDEA Heavy Equipment
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    Ulstein grows its Dutch business

    2011-05-02T11:33:00Z

    The Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands based IDEA Heavy Equipment have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which outlines the proposed cooperation between the two companies.

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    Hempel to produce paint in Russia

    2011-05-02T10:26:00Z

    Danish coatings supplier Hempel has signed an agreement to establish a paint production facility in Russia.