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Seatrium wins repair and upgrade projects
Seatrium has announced that it has secured a series of repairs and upgrades contracts with an aggregate value of S$180 million
MacGregor completes 670-TEU upgrades for CSCL ships
MacGregor has carried out optimised cargo system upgrades for two 14,000 TEU container vessels owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The vessels have now re-entered service, with upgrades designed to increase their payload capacity. MacGregor...
Viking alert over Breathing Device deadline
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has alerted shipowners to replace onboard Ocenco M-20.2 Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBDs) as their 15-year lifespan draws to a close at the beginning of 2017. In July 2002, when SOLAS amendment regulations II-2/13.3.4 and 13.4.3...
Lagersmit choose Subsea Global for America and Caribbean
Subsea Global Solutions have been named exclusive U.S.-based service agent for Lagersmit, the Netherlands-based manufacturer of sealing solutions for the maritime, dredging, industrial, water and energy markets. SGS will provide service, installation and repair...
Shaft system nominated
Thordon Bearing’s revolutionary COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing system has been nominated in the Auxiliary Machinery category of the European Marine Engineering Awards, to take place in Amsterdam, next month. Thorn offer a 15-year guarantee for...
3-month report on Damen tug
Iskes Towage & Salvage took delivery of a new Damen ASD 2411 in November 2015. In its first 100 days, the tug has been performing vessel assistance duties in the locks and canals around the Dutch Ports of Amsterdam and IJmuiden. Three months after delivery of the...
Gibdock mobilises world’s largest windfarm jack-up
Gibdock has confirmed its role as one of the offshore industry’s pre-eminent shiprepair and conversion yards through its selection for the afloat mobilisation of Seajacks Scylla, the largest and most advanced windfarm installation jack-up ever built. Following...
24-hour underwater rudder repair in Rotterdam
Hydrex report one of their diving teams recently mobilized to a 170-meter container vessel in Rotterdam to install a doubler plate over the cavitated area of the ship’s rudder during a scheduled maintenance stop in the port. The plate had been pre-shaped in advance to...
ABB technology to help vessels operate safely 5 kilometers below sea level
ABB will be providing technology to help three vessels safely carry out construction and maintenance tasks up to 5 kilometers under water.The vessels will be equipped with ABB’s OCTOPUS software, using sensors and the 'Internet of Things, Services and People' (IoTSP)...
Hydrex complete underwater propeller blade cropping in Uruguay
A diver/technician team from Hydrex performed a successful propeller blade cropping operation on a 229-meter bulker under difficult weather circumstances, with the vessel was at anchorage in Punta Del Este. When the propeller blades of the bulker were damaged, a fast...
First LNG short-sea dry bulker completes trial of sea-water bearing
Sea trials of Thordon Bearings COMPAC propeller shaft have completed aboard Greenland, the world’s first LNG-fuelled short-sea dry bulk vessel. Greenland, a 5800dwt self-loading/unloading cement carrier built under the EU-TEN-T funded Pilot LNG project for the JT...
Selektope antifouling receiving “good market response”
Following the approval of Selektope ® under the EU’s Biocidal Products Regulation, developer I-Tech reports a good uptake for antifouling coatings the anti-fouling agent. I-Tech CEO Philip Chaabane says there is higher than anticipated demand from shipowners, and...
Historic cruise ship “SS United States” to be restored
SS United States Conservancy and Crystal Cruises have announced they will save “America’s flagship,” the SS United States. The ship is to be brought into compliance with the latest standards and returned to oceangoing service. Crystal will create new itineraries for...
Drydocks world celebrates five star grading from the British Safety Council
Drydock World have announced their receipt of a five star rating from the British Safety Council for Occupational Health and Safety. The company underwent a detailed, quantified and objective audit conducted by the British Safety Council on occupational health, safety...
Hempel point to ‘significant fuel savings’ on supramax bulk carriers
Global marine coatings supplier, Hempel have announced that Lemissoler Navigation obtained "significant fuel savings" through Frontmarine Co. Ltd., after four of its eight newbuild 58,500 DWTsupramax bulk carriers received Hempel's Dynamic antifouling fuel-saving...
Man B&W to power largest Ethane Carriers ever constructed
JHW has ordered 5 × 85,000 m3 Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) for a JACCAR/Hartmann Reederei joint venture, called UEC (United Ethane Carriers). Each vessel will be powered by a single MAN B&W 6G60ME-GI main engine. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co. Ltd....