Month: January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cellular containership capacity is expected to grow by an average annual rate of 8.7% over the next two years, with 1.26 Mteu due to be added in 2011 and 1.33 Mteu in…

18th January 2011

Container capacity growth to reach 8.8% in 2011

18th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) recently celebrated a milestone in its marine residual fuel testing service. Following its launch on Jan 1, 1981, DNV says that ship operators could, for the first time,…

18th January 2011

30 years of progress in bunker testing

18th January 2011

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

In its February 1961 issue, The Motor Ship was given over mostly to talk of large-bore, powerful engines.

18th January 2011

The larger engine becomes reality

18th January 2011

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

As ‘The Motorship’ enters the decade leading up to its 100th anniversary, something that few other technical maritime publications can emulate, our first 90 years have given us plenty of food for…

17th January 2011

A few words as we get closer to our centenary

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Exxon Mobil Corporation and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) recently selected Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, to build four LNG carriers in China.

17th January 2011

China wins first export order for LNG carriers

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a newbuilding and three major upgrading contracts totalling S$215 million ($167 million).

17th January 2011

Sembawang wins newbuild and upgrade contracts

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) will be focusing on building offshore facilities this year to offset the slow recovery of the shipbuilding business according to the company’s president & chief executive…

17th January 2011

Daewoo to focus on offshore facilities

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Flagship, the Pan-European maritime transport project part funded by the EU, has developed software that can forecast the condition of a ship’s hull to help improve the efficacy of surveys and reduce…

17th January 2011

Hull condition assessment software reduces maintenance

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce will supply gas turbines and waterjets for ten of the US Navy’s littoral combat ships (LCS) representing the company’s largest ever marine naval surface ship contract.

17th January 2011

Rolls-Royce powers US warships

17th January 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Drydocks World and DNV have entered into a cooperation agreement focusing on innovation and operational efficiency.

17th January 2011

Drydocks, DNV work on LNG fuelled vessels

17th January 2011