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  • News

    Greek owner orders VLOC trio

    2010-03-24T10:23:00Z

    Athens-based OceanFreight announced that it has entered into an agreement to build three 206,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) at Shanghai Waigaichao Shipbuilding in China.

  • Launch of the Seven Pacific pipelay vessel at IHC Merwede shipyard
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    Naming and launching of ‘Seven Pacific’

    2010-03-23T13:38:00Z

    Subsea 7, UK, and IHC Merwede, the Netherlands, recently named and launched the ‘Seven Pacific’ at Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands.

  • The ‘Sanko Mercury’ took Liberia over the 100 million ton mark
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    Liberian Registry develops pilot scheme for extended drydocking

    2010-03-23T13:16:00Z

    The Liberian Registry has developed a pilot scheme to extend compulsory drydocking intervals to seven-and-a-half-year intervals to help provide the flexibility urgently required by shipowners and operators in the current difficult economic climate.

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    Keppel bags contract for German offshore wind farm

    2010-03-23T13:07:00Z

    Keppel Verolme (Keppel Verolme) and consortium partner AREVA Energietechnik, German subsidiary of French energy company AREVA, have secured a Euro 62 million contract from Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy to build a mobile offshore application barge (MOAB) for a new offshore wind farm in the German EEZ in the North Sea.

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    New RINA website points the way on certification

    2010-03-23T13:02:00Z

    Genoa-based classification society RINA has launched a new website (www.leonardotest.com) which is designed to enhance access to its wide variety of certification services in the marine sector.

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    STX wins bulker orders

    2010-03-23T12:59:00Z

    South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has won nine bulk carrier orders totalling $260 million in March, suggesting the shipbuilding industry''s escape from recession, the company said.

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    Strategic Marine’s Singapore success

    2010-03-23T12:56:00Z

    Strategic Marine’s Singapore shipyard has seen success after success after the company recently took the opportunity to purchase the lease of the yard and its existing 1,260m2 covered shipbuilding hall.

  • News

    MOL develops marine diesel particulate filter

    2010-03-23T12:52:00Z

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the joint development with Akasaka Diesels, a marine diesel engine manufacturer in Japan, of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for vessels using heavy fuel oil.

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    Fresh capacity influx threatens liner recovery

    2010-03-23T12:49:00Z

    The return of idle capacity and an increase in the level of newbuilding deliveries over the first four months of the year will add an estimated 785,000 teu of new capacity (net of scrapping) into the liner trades.

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    China's new ship orders skyrocket

    2010-03-23T12:46:00Z

    China''s new ship orders increased by a factor of 7.7 to 5.72 million dead weight tonnes in the first two months of this year, accounting for 51.9% of the world''s total, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

  • News

    Aegean takes delivery of two bunkering tanker newbuildings

    2010-03-23T12:43:00Z

    Aegean Marine Petroleum Network announced that it has taken delivery of the Andros, a 4,600 dwt double-hull bunkering tanker newbuild from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessel is expected to be deployed in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Keppel-J. Ray joint venture has secured Brazil’s P-61 TLWP contract worth about $1 billion
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    Keppel-J. Ray jv wins Brazil’s P-61 TLWP contract

    2010-03-23T10:43:00Z

    FloaTEC Singapore, an equal joint venture between Keppel FELS and J Ray McDermott, signed a contract worth about $1 billion with the Papa-Terra joint venture, consisting of Petrobras and Chevron, to build and operate the P-61 tension leg wellhead platform (TLWP).

  • Ecospeed inspector at work on one of the existing Cobelfret ro-ro vessels
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    Ecospeed for thruster tunnel protection

    2010-03-23T10:30:00Z

    After successful results with four existing ro-ro vessels, Cobelfret has ordered the coating of the thruster tunnels of five newbuild vessels, four of which have been coated recently.

  • PrimeServ engineers fitting the Sassnitz’s new propeller blades
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    Retrofit improves ferry propeller efficiency

    2010-03-23T10:14:00Z

    An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped the Scandlines 21,154 grt ro-pax ferry Sassnitz achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Trelleborg, Sweden and Sassnitz, Germany.

  • Feg Success running her sea trials
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    Kawasaki delivers Dunkirkmax bulk carrier

    2010-03-22T14:37:00Z

    Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered the Feg Success bulk carrier to Cape 4 International S.A. at its Sakaide shipyard.

  • Medium speed gensets at Hyundai Heavy
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    Hyundai achieves milestone in medium-speed engines

    2010-03-22T11:56:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced an aggregate of 20 million horsepower in 4-stroke engines in the record time of 19 years and 7 months.

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    Wärtsilä and Samsung to develop gas-fuelled ships

    2010-03-22T11:49:00Z

    Wärtsilä and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a co-operation agreement to develop gas-fuelled merchant vessels. The intention is to jointly develop next-generation ships with efficient and competitive propulsion machinery concepts that meet or exceed the demands of future environmental regulations.

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    DNV challenges shipping executives on competence

    2010-03-22T11:43:00Z

    Still in the grip of an economic downturn, the shipping industry is struggling to manage the gap between shrinking budgets and the costs of maintaining quality safety and environmental performance through competence. But according to DNV, the issue is widely misunderstood.

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    Save our shipyards message from German politicians

    2010-03-22T11:34:00Z

    Politicians from Germany’s coastal states called on the government to help save the country''s shipbuilding industry.

  • Ulstein Verft’s new crawler crane can lift 600 tonnes
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    Ulstein is upbeat about the future

    2010-03-22T10:06:00Z

    Ulstein Group says that it has invested nearly NOK 200 million in new projects of late. “It is during downturns that it’s important to invest in the future,” says Ulstein deputy CEO Tore Ulstein.