Month: November 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The German repair sector has been varied and interesting in the second half of the year with a balance of specialised and routine work keeping many yards active, writes Germany correspondent Tom…

20th November 2015

German yards report varied repair sector

20th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The shift from preventative to predictive maintenance decisions is one of the key means by which the industry can cut costs and extend the useful life of vessels, argues Larry Rumbol, marine…

20th November 2015

Engineers prefer reliability centred maintenance

20th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Design, installation, commissioning and maintenance all have an impact on safe operations, but owners must understand that no two installations are the same, explains Erik Christensen, global technical solution manager at Wilhelmsen…

20th November 2015

IMO addresses water mist systems maintenance

20th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The medical team at Drydocks World Dubai have successfully completed collaborative research with the UK’s Imperial College London into the health and wellbeing of its yard employees.

19th November 2015

Yard worker health research

19th November 2015

LNG

LNG

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Swedish operation has acquired the marine fuel and bunkering business of Cryo AB, a Linde Engineering subsidiary that also makes cryogenic equipment for handling LNG.

19th November 2015

MAN acquires Cryo Marine fuel interests

19th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Eaton has launched a next generation marine UPS, the Easton 9PHD, specifically designed to withstand harsh working conditions and secure the reliability of critical systems.

19th November 2015

Eaton launches new uninterruptable power supply

19th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB is now monitoring equipment onboard nearly 100 vessels from a new integrated operations centre in Billingstad, opened in September and introduced to press yesterday.

19th November 2015

Integrated operations centre enhances ABB monitoring

19th November 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Royston Limited has completed an engine overhaul on the Bluewater-owned offshore floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Haewene Brim.

18th November 2015

Bluewater FPSO gets engine overhaul

18th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bestobell Marine has secured two new orders to supply its new range of high pressure globe and check valves to be used in fuel gas systems on board ships.

17th November 2015

Bestobell secures high-pressure valve orders

17th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyde Marine has been awarded with another retrofit contract for Hyde GUARDIAN Gold Ballast Water Treatment systems by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL).

17th November 2015

Seven ship RCL deal for Hyde Marine

17th November 2015