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Cargotec?s Singapore plant to deliver its first AHC crane
Advanced offshore equipment deliveries will start to flow from Cargotec?s recently-refurbished manufacturing, assembly and testing plant in Singapore for offshore load handling solutions. January 2010 will see Cargotec?s recently modernised manufacturing, assembly and testing plant for offshore load handling solutions in Singapore deliver its first 150-tonne capacity MacGregor offshore active ...
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ICS support for global CO2 controls
The UK-based International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and its member national shipowners? associations have issued a strong statement in support of global measures being adopted to reduce shipping?s carbon dioxide emissions. The statement comes just days before the commencement of global climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is consensus ...
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Shanghai Maritime University and DNV in partnership agreement
Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) and DNV have signed a strategic partnership agreement to establish the "SMU-DNV International Cooperation Centre. The objective is to further expand and deepen the existing relationship between the parties and thus advance the development of the Shanghai International Shipping Centre.The president of Shanghai Maritime University Yu ...
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BIMCO piracy debate
At the recent BIMCO executive committee meeting, the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia was discussed at length by the members. BIMCO reiterates the recent statement made to the IMO General Assembly by the Round Table of International Shipping Associations that the priority remains to ensure that governments ...
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LR teams up with Chinese design house to develop green ships
Lloyd?s Register has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with leading Chinese design house to research and develop the green ships of the future. Lloyd?s Register Classification Society (China) [LRCS] and Shenzhen-listed Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design (Bestway) are to jointly develop a new fuel-efficient bulk carrier in response to increasing ...
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R-R strengthens global marine support network
Rolls-Royce has enhanced its global customer support capability with the opening of a new marine service centre in Genoa, Italy. The global marine services network is dedicated to helping customers maximise the operational capability of their vessels and manage their costs most effectively. Headquartered in Singapore, the network now includes ...
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More boxship carriers opt for extra slow steaming
The recent Alphaliner newsletter reports that carriers continue to apply extra slow steaming to their long haul loops as the FO prices stay above the $400 mark. Five more services are in the process of being stretched by one week:- Zim - Med-US-Far East Service (ZCS)- Zim - Far East-East ...
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Gas carrier order for SinoPacific
SinoPacific Shipbuilding, China, is to build six gas carriers for Jaccar Holdings. The six vessels will be built at the shipbuilder's yard in Dajiang and will be delivered between December 2011 and March 2013. The 50,000 m3 vessels will be owned by Jaccar Holdings, of which Hartmann Reederei, Germany, is ...
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Samsung wins Utopia cruiseship order
US-based cruise and d hotel operator Utopia Ocean Residences has signed a letter of intent with Samsung Heavy Industries for a 105,000 gt residential condominium cruiseship for delivery in 2013.The total value of the contract is $1.1bn and confirmation of the order is expected in the first half of 2010. ...
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Wartsila engines and support for Chinese container vessels
China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (CSCL), part of the China Shipping Group (CSG), has chosen Wartsila main engines for eight container vessels. These low-speed engines will be built under licence by Doosan Engine, Korea. Wartsila will also supply a package of support services for this order, which was placed ...
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Shippers' Voice warns against state subsidies
Governments must resist giving state aid to shipping lines as this will never benefit shippers or global trade, says Andrew Trail, Managing Partner of www.shippersvoice.comShipping lines made bad decisions before and should not be helped by the taxpayer to make them again. "The economic crisis came faster and more deeply ...
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NewsCarnival places third Dream boat order
Rendering of Carnival's Dream class ships - third in the lineCarnival Corporation has reached an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to construct another 130,000 gt cruise ship for its Carnival Cruise Lines brand, scheduled to enter service in spring 2012.To be built at Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard under a U.S. dollar ...
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NewsWärtsilä introduces the new 20DF engine
Wartsila's dual-fuel propulsion conceptWartsila has extended its dual-fuel technology to the lower power range with the launch of the new environmentally advanced Wärtsilä 20DF engine. It offers ship owners and operators a compact unit that brings all the advantages of fuel flexibility to auxiliary applications, such as generating sets or ...
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Cathelco and Blokland develop new anti-fouling system
A new oil combat vessel which is being built at the STX Europe yard in Finland will be the first ship to be installed with a new box cooler anti-fouling system which has been jointly developed by Cathelco and Blokland Non Ferro.Designed to clean up oil spillages and operated by ...
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Polish shipyard sale a disappointment
Poland said it had again failed to sell off two struggling shipyards, after receiving tenders for only a slice of what was on offer, three months after a deal with Qatari investors fell through. The Polish treasury said that it had been able to attract buyers for just a 10.5 ...
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ASRY pushes ahead with expansion
Despite the continuing global shipping recession, the Bahrain-based shiprepairer ASRY is pushing ahead with its $188m facilities expansion programme at pace, and has even added an extra 180m repair quay to its original plans.The facilities expansion programme includes the construction of a 1.2km repair quay wall, with an alongside water ...
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GL Academy China runs first recycling training course
How can shipyards and suppliers address the challenges arising from the new International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships ("Hong Kong Convention") after its development has been finalized by the IMO? Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has taken the lead in responding to this forthcoming regulatory change with ...
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Hamworthy supplies all-electric cargo pump room system
China Petrochemical Corp (CPC), of Taiwan, has for the first time specified all-electric cargo pump room systems for two new 40,000 DWT product carriers. The complete pump room systems will be delivered by Hamworthy Pte Ltd, Singapore. The ships, due for delivery from China Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) in 2011, are ...
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Aker Solutions opens new subsea facility at Egersund yard
Aker Solutions is today officially opening a new subsea facility at its yard in Egersund, west Norway. The new subsea hall will add another capacity to the yard and help further develop Aker Solutions' leading position within subsea processing technologies. The first project to be undertaken in the subsea hall ...
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India ponders reintroducing shipbuilding subsidy
The shipping ministry in India is reportedly working on a proposal that encourages domestic shipowners to buy from or build ships at local yards according. The aim is to provide a boost to local shipbuilding industry and cascade down into other industries. The ministry?s proposal could form part of the ...
