Month: April 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants has introduced Mobilgear SHC MT 68, which the company says is a fully synthetic extreme pressure (EP) marine gear oil formulated to optimise the performance of equipment operating under…

29th April 2011

Marine gear oil designed for thrusters operating in extreme conditions

29th April 2011

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mechanical power transmissions company Centa Transmissions, which designs, manufactures and supplies flexible couplings, gears and gearboxes, says that it can now offer larger marine drive solutions.

29th April 2011

Transmission partnership offers bigger drive products

29th April 2011

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Ulstein’s popular PX105 design received further endorsement when yard number 288, the platform supply vessel ‘Rem Hrist’, was delivered to a Norwegian offshore operator at the beginning of March 2011.

28th April 2011

Ulstein delivers another X-bow PSV

28th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The €50 million conversion of Mein Schiff 2 – the second big cruise ship for the new TUI Kreuzfahrten venture in Germany - was completed in Bremerhaven on schedule just before the…

28th April 2011

Germans complete second big conversion

28th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas’ US office says that, following an extension of DNV’s authorisation from the US Coast Guard, it is now the only class society that can issue the full suite of…

28th April 2011

DNV offers full ship certification in USA

28th April 2011

REGULATION

REGULATION

Bureau Veritas reports that it is currently working on solutions for LNG use as fuel for passenger vessels.

28th April 2011

Clean air, clean ships

28th April 2011

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

There are now just 12 days to the Motorship conference in Copenhagen. Don’t miss the pre-event reception hosted by MAN, then on 11/12 May are two days of presentations, with the DNV-sponsored…

27th April 2011

Two weeks to go to Propulsion Conference

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German company Vulkan Couplings has introduced a new version of its Rato DS coupling which is directly connected to a composite shaft.

27th April 2011

Combined coupling and composite shaft

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK says that it has issued the first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.

27th April 2011

First approval issued for corrosion resistant steel for crude oil cargo tanks

27th April 2011

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SAM Electronics reports that its L-3 subsidiary Lyngsø Marine is completing upgrades of existing integrated navigation facilities aboard three Star Cruises’ vessels, Star Pisces, SuperStar Aquarius and SuperStar Libra.

26th April 2011

Navigation upgrades for Star cruise ships

26th April 2011