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NewsSTX delivers world’s largest cruiseship
The world’s largest cruise ship, the ‘Allure of the Seas’, was delivered by STX’s Turku shipyard to the American shipowners Royal Caribbean International.
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GL launches new rules for OSVs
Learning from operations and casualties is of great importance for state of the art rules and regulations, according to Rasmus Stute, GL’s head of department service vessels in a presentation at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime conference in Dubai.
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NewsMAN celebrates 30 years in China
At a ceremony in Beijing, attended by licensees, company officials, business partners and local dignitaries, MAN Diesel & Turbo celebrated three decades of success in one of its most important markets.
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Wärtsilä and USC sign MoU
Wärtsilä and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia’s leading shipbuilder, have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish joint set-ups in the areas of developing modern ship designs and manufacturing of propulsion systems.
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Focus on port state control compliance
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the UK P&I Club have produced a pocket guide to help ship operators and their crews remain in compliance with ISPS and ISM regulations between statutory surveys and verification audits.
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NewsLR verifies Maersk’s carbon emissions data
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has provided independent verification of Maersk Line’s carbon emissions in support of the container operator’s efforts to measure and manage its emissions.
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NewsNYK introduces latest green boxship
The latest newbuilding from NYK Line, ‘NYK Altair’ highlights the Japanese shipping company’s ongoing commitment to creating an environmentally friendly global transportation.
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NewsFlowmeters help increase profitability
Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters have helped Swedish shipowner Rederi AB Transatlantic maximise fuel efficiency and reduce fuel costs by two per cent per vessel, with an investment payback time of only two months.
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STX orders Hamworthy technology
Hamworthy Serck Como has secured a new order for its multi stage flash (MSF) evaporators, the technology regularly specified by cruise ship owners as the means of producing fresh water from seawater to meet World Health Organization (WHO) potable water standards.
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NewsThe greening of the Solstad fleet
Although Solstad Offshore ASA in Skudeneshavn, on the island of Karmøy in Norway, can lay claim to having a modern and technically advanced fleet of energy efficient offshore support vessels, it has decided to go one step further with the objective of achieving carbon neutral operations.
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NewsA new queen joins Cunard
The recently delivered new Cunarder, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, is the third newbuilding to enter service with this Carnival Group subsidiary in the last six years and joins an impressive line-up of passenger ships comprising the transatlantic ocean liner ‘Queen Mary 2’ and the cruise ship ‘Queen Victoria’.
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NewsEngine builder looks to future emissions limits
MTU is looking forward to the US, EU and IMO future limitations for NOx and particulate matter emissions, as described by Dag Pike.
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NewsMaersk, HHI and DNV cooperate on CO2 ship designs
Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping carbon dioxide gas.
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News‘Rem Gambler’ - a safe bet
When the Fosnavåg-based offshore fleet operator Rem Maritime ordered its first AHTS vessel back in May 2007, the owner, Åge Remøy, took a gamble that the market would need the vessel and named it, appropriately, ''Rem Gambler''.
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NewsWorld's largest Superferry put into service
The first of two large superferries, built by Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, was recently put into service with Stena Line on the North Sea run between Harwich and the Hook of Holland.
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NewsDelivery of Floatel’s second unit
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) recently delivered Floatel International’s second semisubmersible accommodation rig, ‘Floatel Reliance’, 63 days early, within budget and without any lost-time incidents.
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Taiwanese and Chinese yards sign agreement
Taiwan''s China Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) and China''s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holding Ltd agreed to build cargo ships together.
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Korea clinches Japanese Capesize order
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured an order from Japan’s Daiichi Chuo Kisen to build up to nine handysize bulkers in a deal worth $240m in total.
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NewsBigger premises for MAN PrimeServ Shanghai
MAN PrimeServ Shanghai has celebrated a move to larger premises at an opening ceremony attended by business partners, local dignitaries and members of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s executive board.
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NewsNew technical expert for DNV Petroleum Services panel
Keith Forget has joined DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) as a senior technical consultant, based in the UK. He brings a wealth of experience in R&D, technical operations and investigations, as well as business development and marketing of marine lubes and fuel products.
