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Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has signed a letter of intent for two more Eagle class cruise ships from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland (see Cruise).These ships would be the fourth and fifth in the…

PBE says the latest version of its AutoLog AL20 programmable logic controller gives a higher specification with bigger power and performance on a smaller footprint. It is mounted on a printed circuit…

Labroy Shipbuilding & Engineering has been awarded ISO 9002 accreditation by ABS. It is the first shipyard in Batam, Indonesia to receive this certification.Labroy repaired a record number of non-group vessels in…

Short-term uncertainty dogs shipping sector

Struggling German shipyard Kvaerner Warnow Werft has been awarded an order for a pair of 2,524 TEU container ships based on its CV2500 design.Due to be delivered in the first half of…

A new web site designed to help engineers and maintenance professionals find solutions to problems in vessel mothballing, industrial lay-ups or corrosion prevention is available at: www.protec-inc.com.The site shows the evolution of…

AESA repair yard Astilleros de Cadiz has started converting the 7,000 dwt supply vessel Viking Lady into a cable layer for Norwegian owner Eidesvik & Co.The vessel is being lengthened from 92.4m…

Emissions heat MEPC debate

Daewoo Heavy Industries (Daewoo) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Korea are to share an order for a total of ten 6,700 TEU post-panamax container ships from Mediterranean Shipping Company.Due to be…

Berendsen says it supplies its new range of Lynx hydraulic power units with valves mounted and tested, the unit painted, mountings designed-in, lifting eyes provided and, optionally, the motor wired to a…