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NewsGuadeloupe orders repeat Austal ferries
Guadeloupe-based ferry operator L’Express des Iles has selected Austal to design and construct two 47m high speed catamaran ferries.
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NewsGE gas turbine powers new USCG cutter
The US Coast Guard’s national security cutter USCGC Waesche was commissioned recently and is powered by one GE LM2500 gas turbine and two diesel engines in a combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) propulsion system.
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Daewoo signs JV with Russia
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has formed a joint venture with Russia''s United Shipbuilding Company to build ships in Russia''s Far East.
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NewsCrane and cargo access orders continue
Cargotec company MacGregor continues to book orders from the shipbuilding and conversion industries as well as the offshore crane sector.
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NewsABS issues notation for wind turbine installation units
With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification society ABS has issued a new notation for these specialized units, Wind IMR.
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NewsSecond shuttle and regasification vessel delivered
The second shuttle and regasification vessel (SRV) co-owned by Höegh LNG and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) was recently completed at Samsung Heavy Industries and delivered to the GDF Suez group. It will serve on a long-term charter contract between the parties.
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NewsCosco to convert VLCCs into FPSOs
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of the COSCO Corporation’s (Singapore) 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co, has secured two contracts totalling over $100 million to convert two large tankers to FPSO vessels for a Singapore ship-owner and a Norwegian ship-owner respectively.
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NewsDNV champions LNG
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has reiterated that it is looking towards natural gas fuels as the single most significant solution to shipping''s carbon footprint.
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NewsStena orders another Suezmax
The Gothenburg-based Stena Bulk, which recently confirmed an order at Samsung Shipyard for six in-house designed Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2011/2012, has now placed further one order of a Suezmax tanker, the seventh in the series.
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ESS to absorb 580,000 TEU
Extra slow steaming (ESS) has created employment for almost 100 ships with a total capacity of 554,000 TEU as at the end of May according to Alphaliner. It has grown from only 5 ships for 46,000 TEU 12 months ago.
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SCI to float newbuilding tenders for fleet expansion
State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) said it would float global tenders for acquiring 30 ships by 2012 which is likely to entail a Rs 8,000 crore ($1.7 billion) investment.
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Adani orders Caper duo from Hanjin
Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group in India, has placed orders for two new Capesize bulk carriers with South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries for about Rs650 crore ($138 million) for delivery end 2010.
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Spares company boss imprisoned
The controversy over ''unofficial'' spare parts from a few years ago looks likely to reignite after the imprisonment of the managing director of a separator spares company.
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NewsThe surveyor’s view of low-sulphur risks
Regulations for the restriction of air pollution from ships will mean extra costs and responsibilities for shipowners, according to an expert from BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys.
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Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel
Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business.
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China wins Iranian LNG carrier orders
According to local press reports, Iran has ordered six LNG tankers from China to transport the natural gas it hopes to export from its giant gas reserves.
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NewsProspects good as late orders buck up in Germany
Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.
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NewsAirmax prototype demonstrator gets airborne
The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it reduces the friction between the hull and the water.
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NewsParticulate filter tested in Japan
Mitsui OSK Lines and Akasaka Diesel have announced the joint development of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for vessels that use marine HFO.
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NewsEnhanced target detection provides unexpected benefits
One of the first operators to trial the latest enhanced target detection feature on the Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital radar is Swalinge Scheepvaart of The Netherlands.
