Month: March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Oslo-based Fred Olsen Windcarrier, which is indirectly owned 50/50 by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, has entered into agreements with Lamprell Energy for the construction of two transport and installation vessels…

29th March 2010

Dubai to build offshore construction vessels

29th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hydrex Spain recently performed cleaning work with its own developed equipment on two large container vessels at anchorage 2km off the coast of Algeciras.

29th March 2010

Fast underwater ship hull cleaning

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Korea regained its top spot in the global shipbuilding industry beating China in terms of new orders in the January to February period.

29th March 2010

Korea shipbuilding ahead of China

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) officially accepted the proposal to designate waters off the North American coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA), a move that will result in cleaner air for…

29th March 2010

IMO adopts proposal for North American ECA

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

India’s biggest private shipbuilder, Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard, is set to win a $114 million (Rs518.7 crore) order to construct four cement carriers for Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers.

29th March 2010

ABG set to win Singapore order

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval says that it has sold more than 30 PureBallast systems in the past year; a prominent new order involving two PureBallast systems for the Royal Australian Navy, confirming PureBallasts suitability…

29th March 2010

PureBallast selected for Royal Australian Navy

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The merger announced between MAN Diesel SE and MAN Turbo AG to form MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, is now complete, the corresponding entry having been made in the…

29th March 2010

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE merger complete

29th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Last Friday Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard delivered the 116,000 grt Azura, the new flagship for P&O Cruises, part of the Carnival Group, which is the 27th passenger vessel built at the yard out…

29th March 2010

New flagship for P&O Cruises delivered

29th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

What is claimed to be the most environmentally-friendly ship afloat was on view recently at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen (COP15).

28th March 2010

Viking Lady – commercial ship debut for fuel cell technology

28th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Birkenhead-based Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders won a major contract to lengthen a cable laying ship for Nexans AS of Norway, a subsidiary of the international French based Nexans Group.

28th March 2010

Cammell Laird lengthens cable layer

28th March 2010