Month: December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Every second is critical if things turn out badly enough to require abandoning ship, but as Benny Carlsen of Viking tells Stevie Knight, there is the ‘last man’ issue.

16th December 2013

Getting out alive

16th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

There are media reports that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has won a US$400m order to build five new tankers.

16th December 2013

Multi-million tanker order for DSME

16th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply four 7G70 ME-GI engines for two new Norwegian LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS Shipping.

16th December 2013

MAN ME-GI engines for LNG carriers

16th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first tug to use LNG as its sole fuel source is undergoing sea trials prior to its delivery to Norwegian operator Buksér og Berging from the Sanmar shipyard in Turkey.

15th December 2013

The first tugs with pure gas propulsion

15th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Offshore support sector vessels are more likely to find themselves working in difficult conditions, close up and personal with very expensive bits of kit which can endanger life and limb, says Stevie…

15th December 2013

Rough waters for contracts

15th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-based Sherwin-Williams Protective and Marine Coatings is making it easier for port engineers and fleet managers to assess protective coating for vessels with a new interactive app.

13th December 2013

Marine coating app launched

13th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has placed an order for three newbuild Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers with the Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group, China.

12th December 2013

GE Shipping newbuilds

12th December 2013

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

ClassNK tanker expert, Hayato Suga, has been appointed as the chairman of the Tanker Structure Co-operative Forum (TSCF).

12th December 2013

ClassNK expert appointed TSCG chairman

12th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society ClassNK has released its second version of the ‘Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships’ based on the requirements for the design of natural gas fuelled ships.

12th December 2013

ClassNK updates guidance for gas fuelled ships

12th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has announced an order to provide a full propulsion package for a new North Sea passenger ferry being built for German company Reederei Cassen Eils.

12th December 2013

Dual-fuel propulsion system contract for German ferry

12th December 2013