Month: March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hapag Lloyd will be equipping its 13,200 teu Hamburg Express class and other vessels with the Colfax CM-1000® pump control system.

Importer · 31st March 2015

Hapag Lloyd chooses Colfax

Importer · 31st March 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery and Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) has released UE Engine Technical Data on its website.

Importer · 31st March 2015

MHI-MME releases engine data

Importer · 31st March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Condor Ferries has launched the 102m trimaran ferry Condor Liberation, built by Austal, on its service between Poole and the Channel Islands.

30th March 2015

Condor launches high-speed Austal trimaran

30th March 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Viking Life-Saving Equipment presented its LifeCraft alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships to the IMO Ships Systems and Equipment Sub-Committee on 25 March.

30th March 2015

Viking targets approvals for LifeCraft

30th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL addressed the increasing problem of cyber threats and cybersecurity in the maritime and offshore industry at this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Shipping event.

30th March 2015

DNV GL addresses cybersecurity

30th March 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DBB Jack-Up Services new wind turbine service jack-up vessel has just been launched, with a full complement of Kongsberg Maritime control and automation technology on board.

30th March 2015

Kongsberg equips DBB jack-up vessel

30th March 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN Diesel & Turbo demonstrated its methanol-burning ME-LGI engine in front of customers and partners in March.

30th March 2015

MAN demonstrates two-stroke methanol engine

30th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Sembcorp subsidiary Jurong Shipyard will build a semi-submersible crane vessel for Heerema Offshore Services that it claims will be the biggest crane vessel in the world.

30th March 2015

Sembcorp Marine to build biggest crane vessel

30th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Carnival Corp has split responsibility for nine next-generation ships between German shipbuilder Meyer Werft and Italian counterpart Fincanteri.

30th March 2015

Carnival carves up nine newbuild orders

30th March 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Korean Register (KR) has become the first Asian class society to gain authorisation as an “independent laboratory” for testing ballast water management systems (BWMS).

27th March 2015

USCG certifies Korean Register for BWM testing

27th March 2015