Month: April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Transpetro, Eisa Shipyard and the National Development Bank (BNDES) signed the financing contracts for the construction of four Panamax tankers under the fleet modernization and expansion program (Promef).

6th April 2010

Brazil to build four more vessels under Promef program

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is worried that orders for nine container ships received from a German shipping company are about to be cancelled.

6th April 2010

Boxship cancellations worries HHI

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With thousands of engines still in operation that were produced before emissions regulations were in effect, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems and Caterpillar Emissions Solutions have been working for nearly two years to…

6th April 2010

Caterpillar to improve emissions for 3500 series

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has received several orders for propulsion systems from Russian organisations recently.

6th April 2010

Wärtsilä receives repeat orders from Russia for propulsion systems

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cummins has received a statement of compliance from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certifying the QSK60 HPI auxiliary engine to IMO Tier II emissions standards.

6th April 2010

Cummins auxiliary engine certified to Tier II

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nexus X-Tend, a new tie-coat from Hempel, could save shipping companies thousands of Dollars in drydock charges when re-docking vessels with fouling release coatings.

6th April 2010

New tie-coat speeds up docking for fouling release vessels

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kranendonk Production Systems in the Netherlands, specialist in one-piece production automation, has received a major order for a pioneering robotic production solution for welding bespoke pipe constructions for the offshore, shipbuilding and…

6th April 2010

World’s first robotized flange welding system

6th April 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Marine is supplying 24 lightweight waterjets for the UAE Navy’s fleet of fast patrol boats.

5th April 2010

Waterjets for lightweight patrol craft

5th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Australian shipbuilder Austal confirms an unconditional contract has been signed with Oman’s National Ferries Company (NFC) for the maintenance of seven large high-speed craft.

1st April 2010

Arabian Gulf service contract for Aussie shipbuilder

1st April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Singapore-based ST Marine announced that its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has signed a contract with subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) to build two 8,000bhp ATB tugs worth over $21…

1st April 2010

ST Marine to build two tugs for OSG

1st April 2010