All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 757

  • Joakim Thölin
    News

    New general manager for Alfa Laval Marine & Diesel

    2010-06-08T11:13:00Z

    Joakim Thölin has been appointed general manager, segment Marine & Diesel at Alfa Laval AB, effective as of April 1, 2010. He will be based in Tumba, Sweden, and he replaces Peter Carlberg who has taken up the position as managing director of Alfa Laval KK, Seoul Korea.

  • Frode Sollid
    News

    New design manager for Ulstein Design & Solutions

    2010-06-08T10:36:00Z

    Frode Sollid is appointed new design manager for offshore support vessels (OSV) at Ulstein Design & Solutions. He comes from the position as area manager electro.

  • Gunnar Hide
    News

    Gunnar H. Hide joins the Ulstein Group

    2010-06-08T10:19:00Z

    Gunnar H. Hide has been appointed as the new managing director of Ulstein Power & Control. Hide has a solid background from the maritime industry and has among others, worked as a manager in Acel, ABB, Stadt Automation, and IKM Group.

  • 6UEC43LSII completed at YMD
    News

    Chinese engine manufacturer completes first Mitsubishi-UE

    2010-06-07T14:35:00Z

    China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) subsidiary Yichang Marine Diesel Engine (YMD) has completed its first Mitsubishi-UE low-speed marine diesel engine under a technology licensing arrangement with MHI.

  • News

    Fairstar plans to expand fleet

    2010-06-07T14:30:00Z

    Fairstar Heavy Transport has entered into a contract with Guangzhou Shipyards International (GSI), part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, to build two 50,000 dwt open stern, semi-submersible vessels at a fixed cost of $101,888,000 per ship.

  • The shipyard facilities of the former Malta Drydocks were recently handed over to the new Italian owners
    News

    New owner to make Malta yard credible

    2010-06-07T14:26:00Z

    The new Italian owners of the Cospicua ship repair facility, formerly know as Malta Drydocks, expect to see ‘tranquillity’ and ‘flexibility’ if the yard''s international credibility were to be restored.

  • News

    UKHO completes ENC coverage of China

    2010-06-07T14:19:00Z

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced the completion of Chinese coastal coverage, another substantial increase in the Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) available in its Admiralty Vector Chart Service.

  • News

    Green reefer equipment for Japanese ship

    2010-06-07T10:03:00Z

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service reports that its Japan office has completed an R-22 retrofit project on a vessel owned by Japanese company Sanko Line.

  • News

    ‘Filter addiction’ compromises oily water separators

    2010-06-05T11:04:00Z

    eter Lanzén, founder of Marinfloc, Sweden looks at problems associated with bilge water separators

  • The two newly ordered vessels will be similar to the Silver Express and Gold Express delivered in 2005
    News

    Guadeloupe orders repeat Austal ferries

    2010-06-04T13:35:00Z

    Guadeloupe-based ferry operator L’Express des Iles has selected Austal to design and construct two 47m high speed catamaran ferries.

  • The commissioning ceremony of the USCG cutter Waesche
    News

    GE gas turbine powers new USCG cutter

    2010-06-04T13:29:00Z

    The US Coast Guard’s national security cutter USCGC Waesche was commissioned recently and is powered by one GE LM2500 gas turbine and two diesel engines in a combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) propulsion system.

  • News

    Daewoo signs JV with Russia

    2010-06-04T13:23:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has formed a joint venture with Russia''s United Shipbuilding Company to build ships in Russia''s Far East.

  • MacGregor 150-tonne active heave compensated subsea crane
    News

    Crane and cargo access orders continue

    2010-06-04T09:56:00Z

    Cargotec company MacGregor continues to book orders from the shipbuilding and conversion industries as well as the offshore crane sector.

  • The second self-elevating unit destined for wind turbine installation and classed by ABS is the Seajacks Leviathan
    News

    ABS issues notation for wind turbine installation units

    2010-06-03T16:34:00Z

    With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification society ABS has issued a new notation for these specialized units, Wind IMR.

  • The newly delivered shuttle and regasification vessel GDF Suez Cape Ann
    News

    Second shuttle and regasification vessel delivered

    2010-06-03T14:29:00Z

    The second shuttle and regasification vessel (SRV) co-owned by Höegh LNG and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) was recently completed at Samsung Heavy Industries and delivered to the GDF Suez group. It will serve on a long-term charter contract between the parties.

  • BW Nisa heading to Cosco Dalian for conversion
    News

    Cosco to convert VLCCs into FPSOs

    2010-06-03T14:22:00Z

    COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of the COSCO Corporation’s (Singapore) 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co, has secured two contracts totalling over $100 million to convert two large tankers to FPSO vessels for a Singapore ship-owner and a Norwegian ship-owner respectively.

  • Executive vice president Remi Eriksen of DNV
    News

    DNV champions LNG

    2010-06-02T11:54:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has reiterated that it is looking towards natural gas fuels as the single most significant solution to shipping''s carbon footprint.

  • Artist impression of the Stena Bulk Suezmax newbuildings ordered from Samsung
    News

    Stena orders another Suezmax

    2010-06-02T11:49:00Z

    The Gothenburg-based Stena Bulk, which recently confirmed an order at Samsung Shipyard for six in-house designed Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2011/2012, has now placed further one order of a Suezmax tanker, the seventh in the series.

  • News

    ESS to absorb 580,000 TEU

    2010-06-02T11:45:00Z

    Extra slow steaming (ESS) has created employment for almost 100 ships with a total capacity of 554,000 TEU as at the end of May according to Alphaliner. It has grown from only 5 ships for 46,000 TEU 12 months ago.

  • News

    SCI to float newbuilding tenders for fleet expansion

    2010-06-02T11:40:00Z

    State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) said it would float global tenders for acquiring 30 ships by 2012 which is likely to entail a Rs 8,000 crore ($1.7 billion) investment.