All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 517

  • Contract signing for Sinopacific’s first domestic offshore order
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    First domestic offshore order for Chinese shipbuilding group

    2014-07-29T10:15:00Z

    Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a contract with Shenzhen Huawei Offshore Shipping Transport, a subsidiary of Shanghai Salvage Company, for the construction of five offshore vessels.

  • GTT membrane technology, as used in the ship impression above, has been ordered for nine ice-class LNG carriers
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    GTT secures another LNG carrier order

    2014-07-28T15:38:00Z

    Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), designer of membrane containment systems for LNG transport and storage, has secured an order for nine LNG carriers being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

  • Danelec has sold a number of VDRs to China for offshore newbuilds
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    Danelec wins more Chinese orders

    2014-07-28T14:20:00Z

    Denmark''s Danelec Marine has received orders to supply Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs) and Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) for 18 offshore support vessels in China.

  • 'MSC Flaminia' after repair at Mangalia Shipyard in Romania
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    Flaminia back in service as 'eco ship'

    2014-07-28T11:50:00Z

    The German container ship ''MSC Flaminia'', heavily damaged in an accident in 2012 , is now back in liner service as an ‘eco ship’ after repair and modifications, reports Tom Todd.

  • Over the next five years, ABS and MPA will work on maritime R&D
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    ABS and MPA collaborate on R&D

    2014-07-25T12:41:00Z

    ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote maritime research and development (R&D) and innovation.

  • Production of Wärtsilä engines under way at the QMD factory
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    Wärtsilä sells its share of Chinese two-stroke joint venture

    2014-07-24T18:03:00Z

    Wärtsilä says that it intends to divest its shares in the Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel Co (QMD), a joint venture company for manufacturing large low-speed marine diesel engines.

  • News

    Inert gas system orders

    2014-07-24T17:18:00Z

    Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has secured multiple inert gas system orders for LNG carriers from Japan Marine United’s Tsu shipyard.

  • GE Marine and Lloyd's Register will work together to approve in principle GE gas turbine-powered commercial vessels for global customers
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    GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register join forces

    2014-07-24T15:50:00Z

    GE Marine and Lloyd’s Register have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify potential gas turbine-powered commercial ship projects.

  • ‘Seven Borealis’ in front of Imtech Marine, Rotterdam
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    Fresh approach to integration from Imtech

    2014-07-23T15:03:00Z

    High revenue-earning ships need a fresh approach to systems integration to take full advantage of available efficiency gains, according to technical service provider Imtech Marine.

  • The new partnership agreements provide Hyde Marine with an increased concentration on Far East and Australian markets
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    BWTS installation partnership

    2014-07-23T14:15:00Z

    US based Hyde Marine Inc, a subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation, has established two partnership agreements for installation of the Hyde Guardian Gold Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) for international markets.

  • Another Jumbo Maritime contract for Alewijnse
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    Alewijnse secures another Asian order

    2014-07-23T13:31:00Z

    Netherlands-based Alewijnse Marine Services has won its eighth offshore contact in Asia, just three months after opening its new branches in Singapore and Malaysia.

  • The Belco Marine Scrubber was tested for a period of six days onboard the ‘Maersk Tukang’
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    Belco marine scrubber demo

    2014-07-22T16:23:00Z

    US based Belco Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of DuPont, has partnered with the Maersk Group to successfully demonstrate Belco marine scrubber technology onboard the container ship ‘Maersk Tukang’.

  • Rendering of the MT6015 MPSV to be built by Kleven for its first SE Asian customer, IES
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    Kleven moves into SE Asian offshore market

    2014-07-22T14:29:00Z

    Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has announced a contract to construct a PSV for Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer, scheduled for delivery in September 2015.

  • Peter Hinchliffe: “The industry is investing billions of dollars in order to ensure compliance”
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    ICS wants harmony from PSC on SECA implementation

    2014-07-22T14:28:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that it wants the Paris MoU on Port State Control to ensure that a harmonised approach to PSC inspections has been developed with respect to 0.1% Sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs).

  • Jean-Francois Segretain: “LNG is the future, and confidence in safe handling of it is the key to progress”
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    BV’s LNG kickstart

    2014-07-22T14:28:00Z

    Classification society Bureau Veritas has published a new set of guidelines on LNG bunkering, with it says should help to speed adoption of LNG as a ship’s fuel by kick-starting the LNG bunker chain.

  • The ME-GI engine combustion process
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    Ethane-fuelled ME-GI order for MAN

    2014-07-22T09:41:00Z

    Norwegian owner Ocean Yield has placed orders for three liquefied ethylene gas carriers, each of which will be powered by a single MAN B&W ME-GI low-speed, dual-fuel engine running on ethane.

  • Kongsberg will provide its 'Full Picture' solution to shipyards and vessel owners in China and Korea
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    Kongsberg technology chosen by Asia

    2014-07-21T15:03:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime is to supply Chinese and Korean shipbuilders with its ‘Full Picture’ solution for 13 advanced newbuild offshore vessels worth a total of NOK 330m (US$53.1m).

  • The ‘Pacific Legacy’ is the second in a series of four L Class vessels for SPO Photo: JMU
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    Newbuild L Class vessel launched

    2014-07-21T12:23:00Z

    Singapore’s Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (SPO) has launched its second L Class platform supply vessel ‘Pacific Legacy’ built by Japan Marine United Corporation’s (JMU) Maizuru Shipyard.

  • ‘NS Savannah’ undertook its first voyage from the US to Europe
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    The nuclear age dawns

    2014-07-21T11:52:00Z

    The big news in ‘The Motor Ship’, August 1964, was the US nuclear powered merchant ship, ‘Savannah’ undertaking its first voyages, including visiting several European ports.

  • Tor Svensen: Shipping currently has a crew fatality rate ten times that of OECD best practice levels.
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    Taking the safe path towards unmanned ships

    2014-07-21T08:46:00Z

    DNV GL hopes to help the industry reduce seafarer fatalities by 90%: a goal which could ultimately result in taking crew off ships altogether, writes Wendy Laursen