Month: January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vehicle/passenger ferry newbuilding ‘Spirit of Britain’ has been handed over by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard. The ship is scheduled to enter service with P&O Ferries between Dover and Calais at the end…

5th January 2011

First of P&O ferry pair delivered from STX Finland

5th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has won an optional contract to build a third multipurpose platform supply vessels (MPSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, a subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited…

4th January 2011

Colombo yard wins order for MPSV

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two twin-screw complete propulsion packages, based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, for two new Chinese rescue vessels.

4th January 2011

MAN to power new Chinese rescue ships

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Athens-based DryShips announced that its 78% owned subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. successfully took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the ‘Ocean Rig Corcovado’.

4th January 2011

Dryships takes delivery of its first newbuilding drillship

4th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval of Sweden has signed an agreement to acquire Danish group Aalborg Industries Holding A/S for a total cash consideration of SEK 5.0 billion ($747 million).

4th January 2011

Alfa Laval acquires Aalborg

4th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Thermal imaging company Flir, whose products may be familiar to readers through their use in night vision, engine monitoring and hydraulic leak detection on board, acquired marine electronics specialist Raymarine earlier in…

1st January 2011

Thermal imaging integrates with navigation displays

1st January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Channel Islands-based company Marine Electronics Ltd recently demonstrated the first obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker. The See Echo sonar has been developed in Guernsey, and has been installed aboard a…

1st January 2011

First obstacle avoidance sonar fitted to a tanker

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Earlier in 2010, Tognum subsidiary L’Orange GmbH celebrated the production of its 500,000th injector. The company says this achieves a new record for the manufacturer of high pressure injection systems for diesel…

1st January 2011

Injection milestone for L’Orange

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Alfa Laval has recently launched a new version of its S-separator, incorporating enhancements to improve robustness, while offering greater efficiency to allow the same amount of fuel oil to be handled with…

1st January 2011

Separator designed for efficiency and robustness

1st January 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

GEA Westfalia’s Eagleclass separator was launched two years ago, and the company says that it has been well received, forming some 90% of contracted orders. This is said to because of the…

1st January 2011

Good take-up for lower-energy separators

1st January 2011