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New Commercial Director at Anemoi Marine Technologies
Anemoi Marine Technologies – a global leader in wind-assisted propulsion technology for commercial vessels – has announced the appointment of Claes Horndahl as the company’s new Commercial Director
MacGregor to supply hatch covers for JML
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract for the design and delivery of key components and the fabrication of steel structures for the hatch covers on board five 14,000 TEU container vessels under construction at Japan Marine United's (JMU) Kure shipyard....
Petronas selects Intellian to connect floating LNG production vessel
A triple installation for the next generation Petronas Floating Liquid Natural Gas (PFLNG) vessel emphasizes increased demand for Intellian’s 2.4m product line in the Offshore Energy and Enterprise market segments. Built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in...
Blend-on-board oil system wins volume retrofit order
Maersk Fluid Technology new cylinder oil ‘Blending-On-Board’ (BOB) system, has its first volume order, for retrofit of the SEA-Mate B1000 system onto 12 Maersk tankers. The vessels include ten equipped with Wärtsilä (WinGD) RTA and RT-Flex engines and two vessels with...
Two Damen Stan Pontoons for Silverburn
Silverburn Shipping Group has taken delivery of two Stan Pontoon 8916 ICE vessels. Capable of taking on diverse heavy transport duties, these ice-classed vessels are robust enough to operate in all seasons. Built for stock, the pontoons left Rotterdam earlier this...
A NEW VOICE FOR THE BULK TRADES
A new trade association has been established to provide the world’s bulk terminals with a united front at governmental level in order to ensure the sector can better face the environmental and commercial challenges ahead. The Association of Bulk Terminal Operators...
Smooth operation of the LNG Hybrid Barge in Hamburg
The low-emission power supplied to AIDAsol by the HUMMEL LNG Hybrid Barge at the Port of Hamburg continues to work perfectly, say Becker Marine Systems. Hybrid Port Energy, the operating company and a Becker subsidiary, is delighted that the cruise ship now receives...
DP1 jack-up vessel Thor completes short stay at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
The DP1 jack-up vessel Thor owned by the DEME Group has completed a short stay at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu). During her time at the yard her hull was repainted in the new DEME livery and her thrusters inspected. Measuring 70 metres by 40 metres, she spent four...
LSM reefers save money with optimisation
London Ship Managers (LSM) made substantial savings across its fleet of 9000gt refrigerated cargo vessels following an extensive refrigerant plant optimisation programme carried out by Oceanic Technical Solutions. An engineering team from the Asia division of the...
Integrated Operations: ABB‘s digital business transformation for the maritime industry
Often described as conservative, the Maritime Industry has woken up to the potential offered by connectivity and digitalization resulting from improved satellite coverage and cloud computing. Owners and operators are increasingly looking for suppliers that can deliver...
Meercats bullish after Brexit
Portchester-based boat builder Meercat Workboats are moving to new larger premises in Hythe, near Southampton, and expecting to reignite its export business after the recent EU Referendum. The company has built 28 boats to date, exporting two to Norway, two to the...
Fast crack repair in Zeebrugge
Hydrex divers have carried out a crack repair on a 163-meter roro vessel during the ship’s stop in Zeebrugge. Divers located the 600 mm external crack in the engine room ballast tank, and installed a blank over the area, then worked on the crack inside the engine room...
China research vessel to get MacGregor cranes
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply MacGregor offshore cranes and a Triplex handling system for a 14,300gt polar research vessel being built for the Polar Research Institute of China. Designed by Aker Arctic Finland, it will be the first vessel of...
Jack-up leaves Damen Shiprepair
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has concluded major modification works on the Sea Installer, an A2Sea-owned jack-up Amsterdam which is now able to handle bigger offshore wind installation projects. The principle scope of work involved the extension of the main crane boom,...
Gibdock’s growing offshore status underlined by Solstad return
Gibraltar’s Gibdock shipyard has completed an extensive package of work on Solstad Shipping’s Normand Cutter. The 127m long, 10,979grt construction support vessel (CSV) left the yard on June 29th following a 22-day drydock programme, which included a comprehensive...
Zamakona Yards add Wärtsilä servicing hub in Canary Islands
Zamakona Yards and Wärtsilä are opening a new custom-built maintenance hub in the Canary Islands. Wärtsilä will offer maintenance and repair services at the new maintenance hub for marine and power plant operators with special focus on the offshore market. "The common...