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Cruise & Ferry repairs in the spotlight
A cruiseship conversion at Remontowa, 10 cruise retrofits for Seatrium, significant growth at APCL, biocide-free coatings for Finnlines, power upgrades for Finnlines and Hamlet and an LTSA between MAN Energy Solutions and Carnival Corporation
Live from SMM: Canadian operators opt for environmental protection with coating
Océan Taiga, North America’s most powerful ice-going tug, nearing completion at the Industrie Océan shipyard in Ile-aux-Coudres, QC, will feature Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed, following the operational success of the hard coating applied in 2012 to Groupe Océan’s 60t...
Live from SMM: ACO Marine Clarimar for environmentally-sound ecocoasters
Wastewater streams aboard the two state-of-the-art EcoCoasters Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes is building for Finland’s VG-Shipping will be managed by a bespoke treatment system designed by ACO Marine. Both 4700dwt EcoCoasters Eeva VG and Mirva VG, due to be delivered...
Live from SMM: Cummins and Seacor install first of new engines
CUMMINS TEAMS UP WITH SEACOR® MARINE ON FIRST QSK95 MARINE INSTALLATION Cummins recently delivered the first four QSK95 engines for a marine application, with four additional units to be delivered in December. The engines were delivered to longtime Cummins partner...
Live from SMM: New High Performance Rudders for largest container ships
Despite the continuing global shipping crisis, the world market leader for high-performance rudders and energy-saving solutions in the field of manoeuvring technology is appearing at SMM 2016 with a good order situation. Becker Marine Systems will also be presenting a...
Caterpillar Marine to Power World’s Most Efficient Ferries for Stena Line
Caterpillar Marine has announced that Cat power solutions have been selected to power four 3100 LM RoPax Ferries for Stena Line. Each ferry will be equipped with two MaK™ 12 M 43 C propulsion engines. “By combining a set of proven technologies Caterpillar’s solution...
“Act now” warning over refrigerant prices
The cost of refrigerant and regulatory compliance in the next five years will become as commercially important to vessel operations as regulations governing sulphur emissions are today, warns Robert Chesters, Managing Director Oceanic Technical Solutions. “If...
VG Shipping applies Ecospeed hard coating on Eco coaster
VG-Shipping, the ship management arm of the Meriaura Group has selected Subsea Industries’ non-toxic Ecospeed hull coating for its second environmentally-safe cargo ship newbuild. The Royal Bodewes built Mirva VG will join the first of class Eeva VG, which will be...
New digital system maximises uptime on vessel shaft lines
Wärtsilä has launched a new system for monitoring the condition of tail shaft equipment. The system uses digital technology to monitor shaft bearings and seals to help customers maximise uptime and lower lifecycle costs of vessel shaft lines. The Wärtsilä Sea-Master...
Gibdock strengthens German ties
Returning customers and a new client saw Gibdock prominent in the repair schedules of German ship managers in the first half of 2016, with sterling’s post Brexit depreciation also sharpening the Gibraltar yard’s competitive edge for the rest of the year. Seven...
Viking promoting streamlined safety and convenient compliance at SMM
Marine safety equipment manufacturer and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment plans to combine hands-on demonstrations and presentations when introducing shipowners to both market-proven and new ways to deliver increased safety, predictable costs and cost...
Wärtsilä BWM systems to go in 3 Maersk tanker newbuilds
Maersk Tankers has selected Wärtsilä's Electro Chlorination (EC) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) for three new 50,000 DWT medium range (MR) tankers being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) yard in China. The order was signed in the second quarter of...
Caterpillar and SpecTec aim to raise maintenance management efficiency and cut costs
Caterpillar Marine Asset Intelligence has announced a new innovative project with maintenance management specialist SpecTec focused on optimizing ship maintenance. The joint accomplishment promises to reduce ship maintenance costs by enabling unnecessary maintenance...
LNG carrier Coral Medusa completes repairs under gas at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen
The gas carrier Coral Medusa, owned and operated by the Anthony Veder Group, has completed her intermediate survey at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen. The intermediate survey was scheduled and executed while the ship was under gas vapours from her last cargo. Damen...
Guest Editorial: Prudent Agents have to move with the times
Mike McMahon is a Master Mariner who has worked in the Marine Service Industry for over 27 years, the last 20 years as a Ship Repair yard agent. His time at sea was served on Chemical Carriers so tankers has always been his strongpoint. Now at the age of 62 he looks...
Esvagt makes Vestdavit MissionEase first choice for mission bay
Norway-based boat system and davit-handling specialist Vestdavit has secured a breakthrough order for its unique MissionEase multi-boat handling solution for mission bays, under contract to offshore support vessel owner Esvagt. Multi-boat handling on the high seas...