Month: April 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK-based marine metal fabrication specialist IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of contracts for three ship operators.

30th April 2014

Varied work on tanker and ferries

30th April 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

According to Patrice Flot and Alain Meslati of diesel control and instrumentation company CMR Group, various challenges in the marine industry are leading to the greater use of bio-fuels in the form…

30th April 2014

Monitoring for safety with bio-fuels

30th April 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Ingeteam of Spain says that for the past two years, under a framework agreement with Ulstein, its Ingedrive frequency converters have been integrated into Ulstein Power & Control offshore vessel projects.

30th April 2014

Electric offshore drives

30th April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Danish coatings manufacturer Hempel first produced a silicone-based marine coating in 1999, based on technology patented by the company in the early 1970s. The product, Hempasil, provided a smooth non-stick surface on…

29th April 2014

Coating system combines foul release and biocide technologies

29th April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

According to Michael Aamodt, group marine product manager of Hempel, the cost of marine corrosion worldwide is somewhere between US$50 billion and US$80 billion.

29th April 2014

Protection in a sea of uncertainty

29th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A pioneering venture from International Paints promises to provide an additional revenue source in the current difficult shipping market, and offers potential to smash the barriers that make investment in environmental technology…

29th April 2014

Owners can earn money from coatings

29th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

TTS Group is, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, to supply cargo access equipment for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a total value of NOK 118m (US$19.7m).

29th April 2014

TTS signs US$19.7m contract

29th April 2014

LNG

LNG

The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining force to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Marin-Danube corridor.

29th April 2014

EU ports enter LNG joint venture

29th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A leading Bulgarian bank has acquired the assets of local shipbuilding and repair yard Bourgas Shipyards, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

28th April 2014

Bulgarian Fibank buys Bourgas Shipyards

28th April 2014

LNG

LNG

Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd is to build two LNG carriers at its Saijo yard for Spanish shipping company, Elcano.

28th April 2014

Imabari Shipbuilding carriers for Spain

28th April 2014