Month: June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

US motor and repair company Louis Allis has assisted Sealion Shipping after an azimuth thruster failure left it unable to use dynamic positioning during a project off the coast of Mexico.

Importer · 1st July 2015

Louis Allis solves Sealion Shipping emergency

Importer · 1st July 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Huber+Suhner has completed its RADOX MFH-S cable family with cross-sections of up to 6mm2 - suitable for installation on ships and oil and gas platforms.

Importer · 30th June 2015

Huber+Suhner completes cable portfolio

Importer · 30th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rocol has developed a new wire rope umbilical lubricant to meet tougher global marine ecology regulations.

30th June 2015

Rocol releases VGP-compliant rope lubricant

30th June 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Organization of Standardization (ISO) is to circulate a draft of ISO 19030 Parts 1 and 2, prescribing methods for measuring hull and propeller performance and defining performance indicators for maintenance,…

30th June 2015

Hull performance standard reaches draft stage

30th June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Evergreen Group is to refit 15 of its L-type container vessels after a bow design modification introduced by ship builder CSBC to vessels delivered this year led to fuel efficiencies.

30th June 2015

Bow efficiencies spur Evergreen refit programme

30th June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Engineering company Technip is to provide topside engineering and procurement services for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel conversion to be carried out at Jurong Shipyard in Singapore.

30th June 2015

Technip joins Jurong FPSO conversion

30th June 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has received type approval from Lloyd’s Register for its WTT11 tunnel thruster. The approval means thrusters will not be subject to a design review for each vessel or hull number, with…

30th June 2015

Type approval for Wärtsilä tunnel thruster

30th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK ship repair and conversion group A&P and ballast water management system (BWMS) retrofit specialists Goltens Green Technologies have completed BWMS installation on the SD ‘Northern River’, a 93m multipurpose vessel operated…

29th June 2015

A&P and Goltens fit ‘Northern River’ BWMS

29th June 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navigation system manufacturer, Raytheon Anschütz, has secured new contracts for the delivery of Synapsis Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) to five 14,500 teu container vessels being built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co Ltd in…

29th June 2015

COSCO opts for Synapsis INS

29th June 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bergen Tankers chemical and product tanker ‘Bergen Viking’ has been converted from diesel-electric to LNG-electric propulsion.

29th June 2015

‘Bergen Viking’ LNG retrofit completed

29th June 2015