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Former East German shipyard Volkswerft Stralsund has won an order for a quartet of 2,900 TEU container ships, but has declined to name the ships? owner. Due to be delivered in 2001,…

A new shiprepair yard will commence operations in the Bahamas in January 2000. A 35,000tl, 280 x 35.5m floating dock is already en route to the islands, and a newbuilding order for…

Rolls-Royce has reached a $1 billion agreement to supply 25 marine Trent gas turbines to FastShip for propulsion of the operator?s high speed container ships. Rated at 47.5MW (64,580 bhp), the turbines…

Orskov Christensens Staalskibvaerft will convert the 9,975g former Scandline roro-passenger ferry Heimdal into a cable layer for new owner Tele Danmark International Marine. The vessel arrives at Orskov?s Frederikshavn yard on September…

Ship operators are increasingly seen as a prime target for tough environmental regulations, especially in the USA. One particular challenge is the demand to segregate out hazardous wastes. Unfortunately such actions depend…

Ody: Recently Wärtsilä NSD has secured orders for 25 Sulzer engines totalling 525MW, along with a host of medium-speed engines. The low-speed units include a 6RTA72 (16.4MW), two eight- and three seven-cylinder…

Colombo Dockyard has been awarded ISO 9001 certification for ?Design and construction of small and medium crafts, including high speed aluminium crafts, drydocking of ships up to 130,000dwt, and major repair of…

With the market flat in all sectors companies in the tanker trade are looking much further ahead for an upturn. The picture painted by charterers and owners is bleak. There are no…

MAN B&W is applying for a patent on a system which can be used to disengage the engine from the propeller shaft to accommodate a power take in (pti) emergency drive. The…

Astromaritima Navegacao, the largest Brazilian offshore vessel owner, is investing $4.5 million in upgrading three of its 55m OSVs. A third engine and second bow thruster unit will be installed on two…