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MB92 Group acquires superb superyacht painter Pinmar
MB92 Group has completed its acquisition of GYG Ltd., a leading superyacht painter, and service and supply company which trades under the Pinmar, Pinmar Yacht Supply and Technocraft brands.
Wijnne Barends chooses Sonihull8 for box-cooler anti-fouling
Wijnne Barends, the Netherlands’ oldest active shipping company, has chosen the Sonihull8 ultrasonic anti-fouling system to protect two of its vessels. The ships, Lady Ariette and Lady Anne Beau are both 88m long 2,544 GT general cargo ships that were built in 2016 at...
Guadalquivir shipyards complete February repairs
Guadalquivir shipyards in Spain report two new repairs for February. The first reefer-type ship arrived, a refrigerator, to the dry dock of the Seville shipyard. The "Green Magic", with Nassau flag and built in 1990, has 135.7 meters in length by 16.33 in beam. It has...
Royston completes dredger engine overhaul
Power specialist Royston has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates’ owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed. Engineers undertook the service work onboard the 100m, 3,610 gross tonnage Britannia...
Opinion: Hype over open loop scrubber discharges risks loss of key issue
from the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association The guidelines for the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), also known as marine scrubbers, have been exhaustively examined and revised three times by the organisation’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and...
Europe’s first LNG dual-fuel conversion dredger launched
19 months after the contract was awarded, Europe’s first conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO is close to completion. This is the first conversion of its kind to take place in Europe. Damen will deliver a turnkey package that included...
Full steam ahead for RIMS in certification as Remote Inspection Specialist using drones
RIMS BV have received a further two certifications from DNV GL and the Indian Class Register, for the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of enclosed spaces. New regulations issued by IACS, ensure a certain quality standard to service suppliers...
Concerns over EU scrubber proposal
The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 today expressed strong concerns about a proposal submitted by the European Commission (EC) which urges the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to change its Exhaust Gas Cleaning System guidelines. The proposal, which the...
Shell claim cost savings with multi-speed oils for Hainan RoRos
Shell Marine’s recommendations on medium-speed engine oils selection have saved the equivalent of around $123,000 annually for its customer Hainan Strait Shipping Co. Ltd, one of China’s leading operators of ro-ro tonnage. On Shell’s advice, Hainan Strait Shipping had...
App aims to help drydock inspection
Developers Maindeck have just released a mobile inspection app, built in close cooperation with the industry and the first of its kind in the industry. It gives access to all Drydock project information on the go, and lets users upload images, comments and progress...
Le Crunch is coming for BWT installations
Owners will face mounting difficulties in getting BWT retrofits completed in time for the 2025 regulatory deadline unless they take fast action to complete planning, and place orders for both their chosen system and the yard slots to fit them. Already, with about 250...
Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Miami Announces First Conference Speakers
Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Miami is a free-to-attend event catering exclusively to the cruise interiors industry. Industry experts from Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Seabourn, and Studio DADO will speak at the conference. The inaugural expo will take...
Opinion: Alfa Laval mark 10 years of PureSOx scrubbers
from Alfa Laval The arrival of 2019 leaves just one year until the global sulphur cap becomes reality. But as the marine industry scrambles to ready itself, an important milestone has already been reached. The new year marks a decade since the first vessel set sail...
ASRY announce sharp increase in scrubber business
Bahrain yard ASRY have announced that Ballast Water and Scrubber Installations are on the rise. As expected, with deadlines looming, the number of enquiries and orders regarding installations of ballast water treatment systems and sulphur scrubbers has risen sharply....
Opinion: Fujairah ban on scrubber discharge
The EGCSA (Exhausts Gas Cleaning Systems Association) has issued a statement concerning the ban by the Port of Fujairah on open-loop exhaust gas cleaning system wash water discharge. Don Gregory, director of the EGCSA, says, “We are disappointed to learn of the ban by...
Survitec wins global safety inspections certification
Survitec has received DNV GL Z-17 certification as a class-approved service provider for all DNV-GL classed vessels operating various brands of safety and survival equipment, including lifeboats, liferafts, marine evacuation systems (MES) and fire-fighting equipment...