Month: February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The latest Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) confirms a high degree of polarisation between the best and worst flag states.

12th February 2015

ICS highlights best and worst flag states

12th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GE Marine has delivered its IMO Tier III compliant V250 marine diesel engine to Norwegian ferry operator Bastø Fosen – one of its first Northern European customers.

12th February 2015

GE delivers first IMO Tier III compliant engine

12th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Brazilian ship owner CBO has ordered a design and equipment package for Ulstein’s PX105 PSV.

12th February 2015

CBO orders Ulstein PSV

12th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

More than half of all hull and machinery insurance claim costs are caused by navigational incidents, The Swedish Club has reported.

12th February 2015

Navigation incidents most costly, insurer claims

12th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Attitudes to green ship technologies will be the focus of an online survey and roundtable discussion organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst) and the UK Science &…

12th February 2015

IMarEST studies green shipping agenda

12th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Damen Group subsidiary Van der Velden Marine Systems has revealed three partnership-driven innovations aimed at improving propulsion efficiency.

11th February 2015

Van der Velden reveals efficiency innovations

11th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has renewed its contract with Chinese two-stroke licensee, China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) for a further ten years.

11th February 2015

MAN renews contract with Chinese shipbuilder

11th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 37th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, to take place in Hamburg on 4-5 March, will welcome several leading companies from the shipping world.

11th February 2015

Ship owners and operators at P&E 2015

11th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new shipbuilding cluster is to be established in Kaliningrad, the Russian port city sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, writes Eugene Gerden.

11th February 2015

Russia plans Kaliningrad shipbuilding cluster

11th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Norwegian operator Fjord1 has placed an order for two new vessels with local firm Multi Maritime, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

11th February 2015

Fjord1 orders ferries from Multi Maritime

11th February 2015