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MacGregor secures crane order for MMA Offshore
MacGregor wins order for a 50-tonne active heave compensated crane to be installed on board MMA Valour
Wärtsilä to optimise maintenance and engine performance of Tallink’s new M/S Megastar
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with Estonia based AS Tallink Grupp for their new RoPax ferry M/S Megastar on the Tallinn - Helsinki route across the Gulf of Finland. Megastar starts operation on 29 January 2017. The ferry is powered by Wärtsilä...
Rotterdam Offshore Group upgrades world’s largest jack-up vessel – Seajacks Scylla
The world’s largest jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla, has recently visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project. During the vessels stay at the Waalhaven...
Guest Editorial: Fitting a quart into a pint pot – a radical approach to machinery retrofits
By ACO Marine Managing Director Mark Beavis The wastewater treatment plant is, sadly, rarely at the forefront of naval architects’ minds when designing a vessel, yet it is one of most crucial components onboard ship. Without an effective wastewater management solution...
Rotterdam Offshore Group expand operational capabilities
Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has has started to upgrade their facilities in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam. ROG has acquired the neighbouring land and buildings to their existing premises allowing the significant expansion of their quayside, storage as well as office...
Peter Döhle sign 70-ship service agreement deal
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a three-year MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) service agreement with the German shipping company, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts Group, for an annual inspection of deck machinery, steering gear and cranes on a mixed fleet of 70 vessels....
Hull biofouling more environmentally damaging than Ballasting?
The entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September will not prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species (IAS) unless there is mandatory legislation in place to prevent biofouling on ships’ hulls, according to a recent report delivered to the IMO....
Africa focus at NorShipping
African economies are growing, and becoming more connected to the world economy than ever before. Still, many companies have not discovered the great business opportunities on offer In Africa. In 2017, Nor-Shipping, one of the world’s leading maritime events, will put...
Detyens gets $13.6 million contract to overhaul USNS Medgar Evers
Detyens Shipyards of Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $13.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Medgar Evers. Work will include clean and gas-free tanks, voids,...
Sewage treament units get approval for Great Lakes
ACO Marine has received Transport Canada type-approval for its advanced Maripur NF and Clarimar MF wastewater management systems. “We are delighted to have received approval from Transport Canada. Certification delivers added assurance to Canadian shipowners that our...
Grand Bahama celebrate a good year and healthy order book
Grand Bahama Shipyard enjoyed a busy 2016 performing repairs, refurbishments and retrofits on vessels from all segments of the commercial maritime industry. The Caribbean's largest shipyard worked on 49 commercial vessels and 20 cruise ships throughout 2016. Scope of...
Feature: Replacing oil with water
Leaking stern tube seals are a regular source of business for underwater seal repair companies, however they represent an unwelcome headache for ship owners. The problem has afflicted most ship owners at one time or another, often with expensive denial of port entry...
Repowering of Italian ferries continued
Italian ferry company Moby S.p.A has chosen Wärtsilä to carry out the repowering of its passenger ferry MV Moby Zaza, the last in a series of repowering projects that started with MV Moby Corse and continued with MV Moby Kiss. The scope of the agreement covers...
MOL sign up for Condition Based Monitoring from Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year maintenance agreement with MOL LNG Transport Europe Ltd., covering two LNG carriers. The service agreement includes all scheduled engine maintenance activities, workshop services and online remote support. Wärtsilä's Condition Based...
Underwater stern tube seal renewal averts Panama Canal delay
Hydrex Underwater specialists have assisted an excavation vessel hemorrhaging oil from a stern tube seal entangled with steel wire to pass safely through the Panama Canal. A 156m long, Dutch-owned vessel was unable to make the canal transit until the propeller shaft...
Feature: Ballast water Goldrush
With implementation of the IMO’s Ballast Water Convention coming in September 2017 the problem for yards is looking like one of supply, not demand. It should be welcome news, but it is also bringing its own headaches. There should be a goldrush of retrofit business...