General News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the NEC Corporation are collaborating in the development of an energy demand forecast system for ships to enable energy savings for operators and increased environmental efficiency.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard is to build two 3,600 teu containerships for Matson Navigation Company – an order with a total value of US$418m.

The ailing Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) is being renamed Shipbuilding Industry Corp (SBIC) and downsized to eight subsidiaries after approval by the Vietnamese government.

Vard Holdings is to build a survey vessel for Kazakhstan’s Circle Maritime Invest JSC (CMI) as part of a NOK 55m (US$8.94m) contract.

A Dutch company, RRIsis, says that its intelligent fuel monitoring system can help cut fuel consumption and emissions without increasing the workload onboard.

PSM Instrumentation is flying the flag for robust and reliable PSM level transmitters to replace older obsolete technology for level measurement such as bubbler systems.