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Spanish merchant fleet first
Marflet Marine (Marflet), one of Spain’s longest standing private shipping companies, has signed a contract with bound4blue for the installation of four 22m eSAILs on the 49,999dwt oil and chemical tanker Santiago I
Dutch dredging operation avoids unexploded ordnance
Damen DOP submersible dredge pumps are being used by Dutch contractor Martens & Van Oord in Cadzand, the Netherlands in an operation involving unexploded Second World War ordnance. The Cadzand old marina entrance needed to be updated and the harbour was to be...
Becker to open up in Japan
Hamburg-based Becker Marine Systems are opening an office in Kobe, Japan with a display of manoeuvring systems and energy-saving devices at the “Sea Japan” exhibition. “We have been able to establish ourselves on the Japanese market in the past few years”,...
FRSUs get 15-25 year anti-cavitation coatings
Newbuild Floating Storage and Regastification Unit (FSRU) vessels built for EXMAR nv have been receiving superstrength EcoLock coatings in China. The FSRUs are built in individually coated blocks, leaving some areas inaccessible after assembly. The Ecolock system...
MacGregor to provide loose lashings for container ships
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order to provide loose lashings for five 10,500 TEU Hapag-Lloyd container ships under construction in South Korea by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The order builds on a previous contract, which MacGregor announced in...
MacGregor to provide equipment packages for new eco-bulkers
MacGregor have confirmed an order to deliver hatch covers, cranes, deck machinery and steering gear to two new 25,600 dwt dual-fuelled handysize bulk carriers for Finnish owner ESL Shipping. The ice-class vessels are the first to be built to new classification society...
PSV conversions an answer to low oil prices
Damen Shipyards are proposing conversions as an answer to to the increasing number of laid up Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) resulting from low oil prices. The Dutch company’s solution involves converting idle PSVs into vessels capable of taking on roles in...
New anti-fouling shortlisted for European Marine Engineering Award
Gothenburg-based I-Tech’s Selektope antifouling system has been shortlisted in the Environmental Performance category by the judging panel for the European Marine Engineering Awards. The winner of the award is to be announced next month. The Environmental Performance...
Crowley Maritime test Caterpillar technology for vessel monitoring and diagnostics
Crowley Maritime is installing Caterpillars Cat®Asset Intelligence software on the tugboat Guide, a ship-assist vessel operating out of Seattle. The tug is being fitted with a custom vessel monitoring and diagnostics solution, which will keep non-stop watch over its...
First of two energy efficient dry cargo vessels coated with Ecospeed
The newbuild m/s Eeva VG, the first of two highly energy efficient dry cargo carriers owned by the Meriaura Group, has received an Ecospeed hull coating prior to launch. The sister ships ships are VG EcoCoasters and will operate in the Baltic region, and have been...
New 5.3KW power packs to go on show
AKASOL will be showcasing its modular designed lithium-ion battery system AKARack at the Electric & Hybrid Marine Expo in Amsterdam, June 21-23. The new pack is specifically developed for electric and hybrid power trains in ferry boats, tug boats, drill ships,...
Royal Navy strategic choice for Gibraltar
Gibdock recently completed a recent 19-day maintenance project on HMS Scott, the largest vessel in the Royal Navy's Hydrographic Squadron. Works took place as part of a UK Ministry of Defence contract with main contractor Babcock. The contract, which runs to 2018,...
Emma Mærsk completes works at Damen Shiprepair Brest
The Emma Mærsk, one of Maersk Line’s longest container vessels, has recently departed from Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr) following drydock services, a Special Survey and maintenance works. DSBr, in Brest, Northern France, is conveniently positioned along Emma Mærsk’s...
SIMRAD launch new CAT 3 Radar for commercial ships
SIMRAD have announced a new IMO type approved radar solution for use aboard CAT 3 SOLAS vessels, workboats, tugs and coastal fishing boats. The R3016 12U/6X has a 12-kilowatt X-Band transceiver and 6-foot open array scanner, designed for high reliability and low...
ABB to power new Crystal Cruises ‘Exclusive Class’ ships
ABB has won a wide scope of orders to deliver propulsion systems for two new cruise ships to be built by the Lloyd Werft Group in Germany, for Crystal Cruises’ ‘Exclusive Class’ announced last year. ABB will deliver four of its acclaimed Azipod XO units – a gearless...
‘Scrubber ready’ classification announced
DNV GL has created a new class notation to help shipowners prepare their newbuildings for the installation of a scrubber. SCRUBBER READY ensures that the necessary preparations are in place for a smooth and cost-efficient scrubber retrofit at a later stage. “There is...