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The UK?s Fleet Support Ltd (FSL) has won its first offshore conversion project. The 30,000dwt crude carrier Blue Star is being converted into a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) for deployment…

The largest capacity all-reefer container ships in the world have been delivered to Dole Fresh Fruit from HDW, Germany. Two examples of a new class of open top all-reefer container ship with…

The RCI fuel purifier is said to remove 99 per cent of water from MDO without the need for a full centrifuge system. Inside the purifier the chamber has a central vertical…

Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group (KHZ) has completed the purchase of Keppel Marine Industries marine related businesses for approximately S$167 million ($99.97 million), and is rationalising operations to remain competitive. Headcount has been…

Passenger ferry operators in the EU are counting the cost in lost revenue following the demise of duty free sales in the middle of last year. Across the European Union, ferry companies…

Baudouin has added the 6R123 engine to its range ? a slightly smaller version of its 6R124. The straight-six 123 is based on a Mack truck engine, has a swept volume of…

Croatia?s Viktor Lenac has entered into an agreement to purchase another floating dock, increasing capacity at its yard in Rijeka. The aframax floating dock will be much larger than the yard?s two…

Lloyds Register is making over 400 people redundant at its UK headquarters and while both DNV and GL has instigated a number of cost cutting measures. The redundancies at LR come as…

Positioning : Cable layer gets auto track Alstom Drives & Controls has won an order for three dynamic positioning systems from DG Electrical, the electrical engineering arm of Cammell Laird, for three…

Newbuilding orders rise In the quarter to June, newbuilding orders rose by 43 per cent to 6.5 million gross tonnes (mgt), says Lloyds Register.However, the world orderbook dropped by 1.7 mgt to…