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NewsSTX awarded two contracts with Island Offshore
STX Europe has entered into new contracts with Norwegian-based Island Offshore
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NewsIdle fleet falls due to slow steaming
The idle containership fleet has fallen, as employment of larger vessels has received a boost
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NewsMAN Diesel adds high speed
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will transfer part of its business involving high-speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel
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STX Rauma yard starts construction of second P&O ferry
Construction of the second in a pair of large new ropax vessels for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.The first of the new ships is on schedule to be floated out of its building dock in early May when it will be fitted ...
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Keppel clinches three more contracts
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured contracts worth S$160 million ($115 million) for a FPSO vessel conversion, a derrick lay barge completion and the life extension of a semisubmersible rig. Tong Chong Heong, ...
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Emissions targets all at sea
Cars and trucks, coal-fired power stations, and belching cows. The usual suspects when it comes to discussions of carbon footprints and climate change. But, Greek researchers discuss, in the International Journal of Ocean Systems Management, just how important it is to understand carbon emissions from shipping.Harilaos Psaraftis and Christos Kontovas ...
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Lindo shipyard ready to go green
Green development at Odense Steel Shipyard has now been secured with the establishment of a fund consisting of a few powerful Danish businessmen. OSS, better known as Lind? Shipyard, is being shut down by its owner, A.P. Moller-Maersk, but the new fund will help turn Lind? into one of the ...
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Liferaft contract for WSS
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has entered an agreement with German company DS-Schiffahrt / Quadrant Bereederung to supply liferafts to their entire fleet of 39 vessels. In an agreement worth $200,000 per annum, the liferafts will be supplied within WSS?s unique Liferaft Exchange Agreement, which takes service-due liferafts off vessels and ...
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'Virtual Arrival' means reducing speed to arrive in port on time
'Virtual Arrival' is the name of a concept that the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and INTERTANKO together are working to develop.The primary aim of the project is to reduce actual CO2 emissions. This is done by taking advantage of inefficiencies in the market. Often ships steam from port ...
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Shuttle and regasification vessel delivered
The first shuttle and regasification vessel (SRV) co-owned by Höegh LNG and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) was completed at Samsung Heavy Industries and delivered to the GDF Suez group on 30 November. It will serve on a long-term charter contract between the parties.GDF Suez Neptune is the first of ...
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LR explores reintroduction of nuclear ships
Early in 2007, Lloyd?s Register began research into the implications of nuclear propulsion for merchant ships. This initiative was built on Lloyd?s Register?s extensive experience in the traditional nuclear industries and from studies which led to the formation of its Rules for the Nuclear Propulsion of Ships. The Rules, available ...
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Chinese LNG carrier an example of technology cooperation.
LNG carrier Dapeng Star' has just been delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) CO., Ltd to its owner China LNG Shipping. This is the fifth LNG carrier built within the framework of an agreement of technology transfer for the construction of LNG carriers, signed between STX France SA and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding ...
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NewsE3 tug receives award
The environmentally-friendly E3 hybrid tugAt the 4th Maritime Awards Gala held in Rotterdam, the KVNR Shipping Award 2009 was granted to the sustainable tugboat project known as E3 Tug. The E3 tug is being developed by a consortium consisting of Smit engineering, Damen Shipyards and Alewijnse Marine Systems. Alewijnse is ...
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NGV Tech acquires stake in TKS
Malaysian shipbuilder NGV Tech has acquired a 66% equity interest in South Korean shipyard, TKS Co Limited. The $76 million deal means that TKS will become a subsidiary of NGV and will take on a new name, NGV Tech Shipbuilding Sdn Bhd. The acquisition will enable NGV Tech to build ...
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Niigata engines power Japanese Coast Guard vessels
The Japanese engine manufacturer, Niigata Powers Systems, has received an order for 22 sets of high-speed diesel engine to power new patrol vessels for the Japanese Coast Guard. The compact and lightweight 6V20FX engines produce 3,690 kW power output and comply with IMO Tier 2 regulations. The total contract price ...
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GL and NTU Athens win Greek Shipping Award
The design work for the optimisation of oil tankers in terms of efficiency and safety carried out jointly by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) won the Technical Achievement Award of the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards. Based on earlier work performed by NTUA within ...
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NewsSlow steaming at Maersk a success
Emma Maersk - built for high speed, but sailing slowly to save fuelMaersk VP Fleet Management Soren Andersen says reducing engine loads has proved a great success. "We reduced engine loads from about 40% while slow steaming to around 10% when ships are super-slow steaming," he explains, enabling further speed ...
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Rolls-Royce wins order to supply waterjets to the UAE navy
Rolls-Royce has announced an order to supply 24 lightweight waterjets for the UAE Navy?s fleet of fast patrol boats. The UAE Navy has ordered 12 new fast patrol boats, based on the proven Ghannatha Class fast troop transport vessel. These are currently under construction by Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), ...
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Gibraltar dockyard changes name again
Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) is changing its name to Gibdock to avoid confusion with UK-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers. The two companies say that the "massive progress and growth of the separate companies" have brought an urgent need for clarification of the relationship between the two. A joint statement says: "With immediate ...
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Idle boxfleet at highest level on record
The idle containership fleet has continued to climb as carriers are adjusting their capacities for the winter season. Alphaliner?s latest idle containership survey shows that 572 ships are currently unemployed, for 1.52 Metu, representing 11.7% of the cellular fleet, the highest idle rate on record.The rise in the idle fleet ...
