Month: March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to combine with Aker Solutions to develop a new and environmentally sound concept for offshore wind farm installation vessels.

29th March 2011

New wind turbine ship concept developed

29th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US company GE has announced that its GE Energy division has entered into an agreement to acquire about 90% of the shares of electric power specialist Converteam.

29th March 2011

GE looks to add Converteam to portfolio

29th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A fourth generation of Miko Salvage Patches has been introduced following upgrades to the design of the Norwegian company’s hat-shaped patch.

29th March 2011

Salvage patches redesigned

29th March 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Factory ships are not a new concept, writes Dag Pike. Probably the best known examples are the whaling factory ships of the post war days that followed the whaling fleets into the…

29th March 2011

The future of factory ships

29th March 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The German shipbuilder, Flensburger Schiffbau, is building two 195m ro-ro ships to LR Ice Class and ‘green passport’ notation for Rettig Group, Bore of Finland which will be fitted with ballast water…

28th March 2011

Finnish newbuildings to be fitted with Hyde BWT systems

28th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mad Rock Marine Solutions of Canada, which develops and builds marine emergency evacuation systems, is joining with Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) to develop a FMEA tool for lifeboat release gear systems.

28th March 2011

FMEA tool for lifeboat release gear

28th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Zodiac SOLAS’s latest rescue boats is the RIBO 450N, which at 4.5m overall length replaces Zodiac’s RIBO 420 and provides ship owners with a high quality RIB that is fully compliant with…

28th March 2011

New SOLAS rescue boat and first order for new liferafts

28th March 2011

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Under scrutiny from regulatory, legislative and environmental bodies, as well as consumer groups, the pressure remains on the shipping industry to address the continuing challenge of delivering against fuel emission regulations. Martin…

28th March 2011

Future-proofing for fuel systems

28th March 2011

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK company Mac’Ants Group has announced a new system for stripping coatings from ships and other large structures which is claimed to be both effective and to reduce waste material for disposal…

25th March 2011

Large-scale coating removal with environmental benefits

25th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Swedish maritime safety company CM Hammar has introduced new technology claimed to ensure that liferafts and Epirbs can be released automatically so that they float freely when a vessel is in listing…

25th March 2011

Detector automatically releases safety gear on capsize

25th March 2011