Month: April 2012

Lloyd’s Register has published what it says is the first dedicated set of rules for stern-first ice-class ships, in response to the demands of polar transportation routes and new energy reserves in…

ClassNK has announced the release of the 2012 edition of the ‘Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships’.

SKF has introduced an integrated condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution, known as SKF Thruster Monitoring, for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.

Fathom, a provider of market intelligence products and services, has joined with Lloyds Register to produce a 111-page guide to ECAs (emission control areas).

Cargotec has confirmed a contract worth around €10 million from a Chinese shipyard to deliver 20 MacGregor GLH cargo handling cranes, each of 120-tonne capacity, for 10 general cargo vessels.

ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in their fleet, cutting costs for each…