Month: November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The classification societies recognised by the EU and authorised to work on behalf of one or more of the EU member states’ maritime administrations, have founded a company responsible for the quality…

25th November 2010

Independent entity to monitor EU ROs

25th November 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

US engine company GE Marine recently announced that its LM2500 aero-derivative marine gas turbines will be used to power the United States Navy’s new Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyers. GE has…

24th November 2010

US and Australian success for LM2500

24th November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK shipping minister, Mike Penning MP has presented the 2010 British Shipping Safety Awareness Awards at the Chamber of Shipping. The top three awards have been given to cadets who have suggested…

23rd November 2010

Shipping safety awareness cadet winners announced

23rd November 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, has appointed Alastair Evitt as its new president with immediate effect.

22nd November 2010

New Intermanager president named

22nd November 2010

OPINION

OPINION

One question we have been asked recently is “why do you write so much about workboats nowadays?”

18th November 2010

Technology transfer

18th November 2010

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Jan Slooter has joined US company Advanced Polymer Coatings as director, business development, Europe. He will be responsible for sales in this region to customers using MarineLine-coated tankers.

17th November 2010

New European director for coatings company

17th November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

‘Disney Dream’, the biggest cruise ship built by Meyer Werft to date, was recently floated out of the yard’s covered building dock.

15th November 2010

Disney’s dream nearing completion

15th November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has introduced its ‘intelligent combustion monitoring’ (ICM) system for two-stroke diesel engines.

12th November 2010

Intelligent combustion monitoring for two-stroke diesels

12th November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seadrill in Norway has entered into a turnkey contract to build up to four new ultra-deepwater drillships at the Samsung yard in South Korea.

12th November 2010

Seadrill orders ultra-deepwater drillship quartet

12th November 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured a long-term contract from Carnival Corporation to provide ship-repair, refurbishment and upgrading services for some of its cruise vessels.

12th November 2010

Sembawang secures Carnival contract

12th November 2010