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Zeppelin takes stake in SkySails
Zeppelin Power Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, a subsidiary of the Zeppelin Group, and the towing-kite manufacturer SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, also of Hamburg, are joining forces to market SkySails propulsion systems. The Oltmann Gruppe has played a key role in financing the establishment of SkySails. Zeppelin Power ...
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Bilge water system receives USCG approval
Wärtsilä's Senitec sludge and bilge water treatment system has received US Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval. Tests have confirmed the system's ability to remove oil in water levels to well below required by the IMO. Rigorous testing carried out by the USCG-approved SGS Institute Fresenius in Germany, one of Europe's ...
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Sinopacific forced to reassure customers
Sinopacific Shipbuilding, one of China?s biggest private shipbuilders, has convened an emergency meeting next week in Hamburg with its western customers to assure them that it can deliver ordered vessels.The Shanghai-based company, which employs over 10,000 people in its yards, called the meeting in response to industry speculation, possibly fuelled ...
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Vosta gets repeat order
Vosta LMG in Holland recently signed a contract for a repeat order with ASL Shipyard, Singapore. The contract calls for the delivery of an engineering and components package for a self propelled cutter suction dredge which ASL will construct in its Singapore shipyard and deliver to DEME in 2011. Vosta ...
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Newbuild options under review
Singapore-based Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra), an integrated offshore support and marine services provider, is proactively reviewing its orderbook of five multi-functional support vessels (MFSVs) in view of the uncertainty arising from the current financial crisis.The first of its 30,000 brake horsepower MFSV options to come under review isEzra?s most recent ...
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Bourbon Liberty 110 delivered
The French offshore operator Bourbon took delivery yesterday of the 10th vessel in the Bourbon Liberty series. 'Bourbon Liberty 110' is a platform supply vessel (PSV) intended for operations in the Gulf of Guinea. Bourbon's decision to invest massively in a new generation of vessels able to operate in deepwater ...
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Hanjin still committed to Mindanao
The provincial government in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and the Phividec Industrial Authority have dismissed reports of an alleged decision by South Korea?s Hanjin Heavy Industries& Construction to pull out of its commitment to build a $2-billion shipyard complex.Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar S. Moreno said Hanjin officials had ...
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ASRY to invest in new facilities
ASRY?s Chairman Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Al-Khalifa says that the Qatar shipyard is to invest $188m in new facilities. The new investment follows the recent opening of two new slipways built at a cost of $20m The planned further new facilities will include a 1.2 km repair quay, with an ...
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New hydrogel silicone coating guarantees fuel savings
For the first time, shipowners can use a fouling release system that guarantees to reduce a vessel?s fuel consumption by at least 4-8% within the first year, depending on the type of ship. HEMPASIL X3, a new third-generation system launched by Hempel A/S end of November 2008, has already been ...
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?TANGGUH FOJA? delivered
A consortium comprising Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) and P.T. Meratus Line has taken delivery of a 154,800m3 LNG carrier, "TANGGUH FOJA", constructed at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.The vessel will be chartered to the TANGGUH LNG operated by BP soon after her delivery as the first in a ...
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China plans to build two aircraft carriers
Local sources in China report that China is secretly pushing the construction of a nuclear-powered "supercarrier" of 93,000 tons. The source, presenting internal Chinese Communist Party documents, said China plans to build a 48,000-ton conventional-powered aircraft carrier (so-called "Project 085) and a 93,000-ton monster carrier ("Project 089). The documents presented ...
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TML project delayed
Delivery of the Twin Marine Lifter (TML) heavy lift vessels under construction for SeaMetric International at China Petroleum Liaohe Equipment Company (CPLEC) Offshore Engineering Company shipyard in Panjin, China, will be delayed by three to six months.The shipyard itself has been under construction, and delays in the yard development schedule ...
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Credit crunch hits Korean yard
C& Heavy Industries, the shipbuilding arm of the struggling C& Group in Korea, is expected to ask Woori Bank and other creditors to place it under a workout program this week in a bid to stay afloat amid the deepening credit squeeze and a global economic downturn. If creditors accept ...
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Singapore owner on course for VLCC newbuilds
Plans for 12 VLCC newbuildings by Singaporean oil trader Hin Leong Trading Pte. Ltd. and its tanker unit Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd. are going ahead despite a global economic slowdown. Hin Leong director Evan Lim said that the company "is on track to take delivery of all 12 VLCCs by ...
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BNDES approves supply vessel construction loan
Brazil's national development bank BNDES approved a $122 million loan for Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) to construct four multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV-3000) to provide support to oil rigs. The vessels, which will be financed by the Merchant Navy Fund, will be built by Alian?a Shipyard in Niteroi.The design ...
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PC Maritime launches engine room simulator
PC Maritime, a UK developer and supplier of software, has launched a new engine room simulator that can run on a standard PC. The Unitest MED3D engine room simulator is claimed to be the first PC-based simulator on the market for training students in modern computer-controlled engine room operations.The system ...
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Odense delivers another blue boxship
Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark named its latest newbuilding, a 7,000 TEU container ship, for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Named MARIT M?RSK, she is the fifth ship in a series of six container ships and is designed and built to meet the highest demands for safe, precise, environmentally ...
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Aegean takes delivery of newbuild
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has taken delivery of the 'Patmos', a 6,280 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild, from Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard in China. The Patmos will be deployed in the company's U.A.E. market.Including the Patmos, Aegean now has a current bunkering delivery fleet of 30 vessels and barges, of ...
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Two platform supply vessels named
The two platform supply vessels under construction at the Cochin Shipyard for Greek company Hellespont Steamship Corporation were named recently. The first was named 'Hellespont Daring' and the other 'Hellespont Dawn'. The PSVs are of the UT-755-LN design and are built and classified by DNV. The vessels also satisfy the ...
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Bulk carrier orders threathened
Around 20% of orders for building new dry bulk shipping vessels may be cancelled in 2009 as the financial crisis is hitting the shipping industry hard, a shipping industry executive told Dow Jones Newswires. "A lot of shipowners gave orders for building ships over the past two to three years ...
