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NewsH&W kicks off 2011 with bulging order book
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries’ ship repair and conversion order book saw eight vessel dockings between December 2010 and early March 2011.
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NewsFickle future for shiprepair industry says Gibdock CEO
Commenting on the shiprepair market as a whole, Joe Corvelli, CEO of Gibdock in Gibraltar, states that it has been fickle over the last year and the situation will remain the same for the foreseeable future.
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NewsMore conversion work at Gibdock
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibdock for the conversion and drydocking of the 84m long, 4,500dwt PSV ‘Normand Vester’.
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RINA publishes gas fuel notation
Italian classification society RINA has published a new notation for Gas Fuelled Ships which establishes requirements for the use of liquefied or compressed natural gas (LNG or CNG) as an alternative to traditional fuels.
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NewsIncreasing efficiency of large engines
MAN Diesel & Turbo recently presented its new efficiency technologies for large two-stroke engines, the WHR (waste heat recovery) systems, that include the TCS-PTG turbines, and are offered as an integrated system.
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NewsMAN power for new OSV
GC Rieber Shipping of Bergen, Norway recently took delivery of a new offshore ROV survey vessel – the ‘Polar King’ – constructed by CNP Freire shipyard in Spain.
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Additional Polish service centre for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has opened a new marine service centre, in the Port of Gdynia, Poland. It says this marks the latest stage in the development of the group’s global marine service centre network, which aims to offer 24-hour per day service to customers in 35 countries.
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NewsJurong to convert LNG carrier into FSRU
Jurong Shipyard in Singapore has secured a contract worth about $16 million from Golar LNG Energy to convert the LNG Khannur to a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be renamed West Java FSRU.
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NewsFurther sunscreen order for AHTS fleet
Solar Solve Marine, the UK manufacturer of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for bridge windows, says it has received its 12th order from Swire Pacific Offshore for its fleet of AHTS vessels.
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NewsDNVPS changes managing director
DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) has announced that Eirik Andreassen has taken over the position of managing director from Tore Morten Wetterhus, who is returning to DNV HQ in Oslo, Norway, as director of technology and services
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New president elected at BIMCO
At the BIMCO General Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, members elected Yudhishthir Khatau as the international shipping organisation’s 41st president.
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Sustainability to the fore at BIMCO general meeting
People, energy, the environment and the ability of maritime technology to reinvent itself alongside a new paradigm formed the basis of BIMCO’s general meeting sustainability session in Vancouver, Canada, held 6-8 June.
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NewsJurong delivers its largest FPSO conversion
FPSO PSVM, one of the world’s largest floating production storage and offloading vessels successfully converted by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for contractor MODEC, was recently delivered to BP Exploration (Angola) Limited and Block 31 partners.
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Teekay signs shiprepair contract with Sembawang
Singapore-based Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has signed a long-term alliance contract with Teekay Marine Services, Canada, to provide ship-repair, refurbishment, upgrading and related marine services for its fleet of 137 ships.
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NewsCompanies join forces on ECDIS training
Navigation specialist Kelvin Hughes says that an agreement has been signed with training provider Seagull to develop a product-specific computer-based training module for its MantaDigital ECDIS range.
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Singapore safety signs users express quality concerns
Marine safety signage specialist Maritime Progress of the UK says its has recently attracted considerable interest in its products and technical developments in Singapore and the Far East.
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NewsVibration measurement for hazardous environments
German company DB Prüftechnik says that its Vibrotip data collector for machine vibration, rolling element bearing condition and pump cavitation measurement, is now available certified to new ATEX guidelines.
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Five tankers ordered from Hyundai
Scorpio Tankers has announced that it has signed contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea to construct five 52,000dwt product tankers at a price of about $37.4 million each.
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NewsDutch Navy orders ballast water system
Hatenboer-Water of The Netherlands says that it has received an order for its GloEn-Patrol ballast water treatment system from Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for a new Dutch Royal Navy Joint Support Ship (JSS).
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Indian Registry appointed as Recognised Organisation by Liberia
The Liberian Registry has accorded the status of Recognised Organisation (RO) to the classification society IRS (Indian Register of Shipping), to act on behalf of vessels operating under the flag of Liberia.
