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    Has economic gloom created a sea safety boom?

    2011-02-08T11:45:00Z

    The Lloyd’s List Intelligence Casualty service shows that there was a large fall in shipping casualties last year, with overall global incidents down by 8% and worldwide ship sinking incidents falling by more than 30% as compared with 2009 figures.

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    First meeting of ClassNK technical committee

    2011-02-08T11:44:00Z

    The first meeting of the ClassNK technical committee was held recently at the Industry Club of Japan in Tokyo.

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    IBIA team expands in Singapore

    2011-02-07T16:22:00Z

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has appointed Kwok Fook Sing as the new full-time regional manager of its Asia branch in Singapore.

  • ‘Offshore Surveyor’ (Photo courtesy of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding)
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    Sarawak yard delivers survey vessel

    2011-02-06T17:31:00Z

    A recent delivery from the yard of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in Sibu, East Malaysia is a further indication of the growing technical sophistication of the Sarawak yards.

  • The conceptual model of the ‘Orcelle’ provides the inspiration for developing a zero-emissions cargo vessel
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    Green ideas to get WWL funding

    2011-02-06T17:22:00Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) announced plans to award $100,000 in grants this year to entrepreneurs working on zero-emissions technologies for shipping and port logistics.

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    Only one bidder for Croatian shipyard

    2011-02-06T17:21:00Z

    Croatia said it has received just one bid from a local company for a major shipyard it is trying to privatise to satisfy a key condition for wrapping up its European Union entry talks by July.

  • Artist’s impression of the new gas fuelled ferries for Vestfjorden in Norway
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    New order for Norwegian gas-fuelled ferries

    2011-02-04T10:16:00Z

    Rolls-Royce Marine has announced a new order, valued at £20 million, to supply engines and propulsion equipment for four gas-fuelled ferries to be built for Norwegian operator Torghatten Nord.

  • Martin Robertson, new sales manager for A&P
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    New sales manager at A&P

    2011-02-04T09:36:00Z

    UK ship repair and conversion company A&P Group has appointed Martin Robertson as sales and marketing manager based at the Hebburn headquarters.

  • Steinar Gundersen, Maris deputy chief executive (corporate)
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    PC radar kit offers independent opportunity

    2011-02-03T16:33:00Z

    Maritime Information Systems (Maris) in Norway has secured what is believed to be the world’s first type approval certification for an independent PC-based radar kit to meet the new Radar Performance Standard (MSC.192(79).

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    Diamond orders second ultra-deepwater drillship

    2011-02-03T15:47:00Z

    Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, has exercised its option to build a second ultra-deepwater drillship with Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2013.

  • An Azipod-C being installed on a previous offshore ship
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    Azipod propulsion for wind farm ship

    2011-02-03T15:12:00Z

    ABB in Norway has announced a contract to supply an integrated electrical power and propulsion system for the first wind-farm installation vessel to be ordered by Swire.

  • The ‘United States’ awaiting her fate at Pier 82 in Philadelphia
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    Conservancy purchases ‘United States’

    2011-02-02T12:28:00Z

    In an effort to save and redevelop the legendary 53,330gt trans-Atlantic ocean liner ‘United States’, the SS United States Conservancy recently announced that it has acquired title to the ship.

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    Sungdong enters big-time with containership orders

    2011-02-02T12:27:00Z

    Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (SSME) recently received an order for six containerships at a total value of 650 billion won ($582.9 million) with the first delivery scheduled by the end of 2012.

  • Image of Incat Crowther’s 28m catamaran crew boat
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    New cat crew boat from Incat Crowther

    2011-02-02T12:25:00Z

    Incat Crowther is designing a second 28m wave piercing catamaran crew boat to support offshore oil and gas operations.

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    Liberian-flag fleet doubles in ten years

    2011-02-02T12:23:00Z

    The Liberian-flag fleet posted record growth figures in 2010 and has now doubled in size in the ten years since the management of the Liberian Registry was assumed by the US-based Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR).

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    Broker highlights shipyard underperformance

    2011-02-01T14:25:00Z

    Figures released by shipbroker Braemar Seascope suggest that the dry bulk, container and tanker segments managed to avoid significant oversupply, so industry concerns over the glut of newbuilding deliveries in 2010 may have been overplayed.

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    Another newbuilding joins Danaos fleet

    2011-02-01T10:58:00Z

    Athens-based containership owner Danaos Corporation recently took delivery of a containership newbuilding, the ‘Hanjin Algeciras’, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 51 containerships aggregating 223,329 TEU.

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    Daewoo awarded ultra-deepwater drillship contract

    2011-02-01T10:57:00Z

    Atwood Oceanics Pacific, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Houston-based Atwood Oceanics, recently executed a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to construct an ultra-deepwater drillship.

  • ‘Emerald’ hull design undergoing tests in towing tank
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    'Green' design carrier exceeds expectations

    2011-02-01T10:55:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register and Shanghai-based Bestway Marine Engineering Design have completed a joint industry project to develop an innovative environmental bulk carrier, with results claimed to exceed expectations.

  • Viking Lady
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    ‘Viking Lady’ - the first commercial ship with a fuel cell

    2011-02-01T00:15:00Z

    The Eidesvik offshore support ship ‘Viking Lady’ may not quite be a brand new vessel, she was launched earlier in 2009, but her most significant feature was only installed and commissioned in December 2009, just in advance of COP15.