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Korea is likely to remain the world?s leading shipbuilding country until at least 2015 with a 40% market share according to Ms. Hong Sung In, a research fellow of Korea Institute for…

Plans to build 95 bulk carriers by 2016 were revealed at a recent meeting between Korean Shipowners? Association and Korea Shipbuilders Association. The two associations discussed proposals to build dedicated vessels for…

Russia's largest shipper by tanker capacity, Sovcomflot, is competing with Korean and Japanese shipping companies for a $350 million order from Royal Dutch/Shell's Russian venture to ship liquefied natural gas.Sovcomflot is bidding…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a topical new e-mail newsletter called ?GL-Infomail? to keep its customers up to date on new and revised regulations, interpretations and information about IMO, IACS and GL…

Emulsion offered as an alternative to injection .MAN B&W has tested direct water injection but has opted to go down the emulsified fuel route to reduce emissions. "Of course we see, as…

Alfa Laval?s standardised test method ? a new five micron standard based on separation performance ? can enable buyers of fuel treatment systems to truly compare the different separators available.Based on a…

Pipework anti-fouling system can also help stop unwanted mussel growth.Barnacle and mussel fouling is becoming a bigger problem around the world. "This is one of the unforeseen consequences of having cleaner seawater…

New main-engine lube oil pump.Allweiler AG has introduced a new main-engine lube oil pump. Allmarine MELO (Main-Engine Lube Oil) as it is called, is said to be an exceptionally efficient, robust, and…

Progressive engine room pump design delivers through-life benefits to shipowners.One way in which Hamworthy KSE recently demonstrated its commitment to innovation is with the introduction of the spacer-coupled C2G engine room pump…

The all-electric ship is making progress.In both naval and commercial operations, the drive towards the all-electric ship, quite literally, is taking place on the back of advances in high-power semiconductors, and Integrated…