Month: January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sensors for machinery and cargo monitoring are to be produced in the Far East.

11th January 2010

New Kongsberg sensor factory in China

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US yard Eastern Shipbuilding has secured an order for six OSVs.

11th January 2010

Harvey Gulf orders six from Eastern

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries recently launched the first and biggest crude oil tanker ever built in the Philippines at its Subic shipyard.

11th January 2010

Hanjin launches largest Philippine built tanker

11th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has signed a three-year training contract with its long-time customer Wagenborg Shipping of the Netherlands.

11th January 2010

Machinery training contract with Dutch shipowner

11th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped a ferry achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Sweden and Germany.

11th January 2010

Fuel savings claimed for propeller retrofit

11th January 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Propeller efficiency is becoming even more important with rising fuel costs and the drive to reduce carbon emissions.

11th January 2010

The quest continues for the better propeller

11th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinas shipbuilding industry is likely to speed up consolidation in 2010 in accordance with the policy of adjusting the industrys structure.

8th January 2010

Chinas shipbuilding to consolidate

8th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has been authorised by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea as a verification body for its pilot greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme.

8th January 2010

KR to verify emissions

8th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The South Korean shipyard Daewoo has won an order from Russia’s Gazprom for four LNG carriers at a total cost of $2 billion.

8th January 2010

Gazprom orders four LNG carriers

8th January 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Environmental and fossil resource issues pose great challenges to the shipping industry and, although ships are the most efficient means of transport, shipping traffic accounts for about 3% to 5 % of…

8th January 2010

Stena E-MAXair – probably the greenest tanker in the world

8th January 2010