General News

Castrol Marine has spoken on the latest recommendations to ship-owners from MAN Diesel & Turbo, supporting Castrol’s advice that misapplication of mid-range base number (BN) cylinder oils can cause corrosion.

Despite some indications to the contrary, Germanischer Lloyd believes that compliance with the incoming requirement for a ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) is a high priority for many ship operators.

Danish naval architect, Knud E. Hansen is behind the design of a new double end ferry which has just been delivered to Swedish domestic ferry company, Ven-Trafiken.

Dutch gas shipping company, Anthony Veder, has scheduled the christening of its new LNG carrier to take place on 7 December 2012 at the Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam.

Sweden’s SKF Group, an expert in global marine services and solutions, has launched a marine condition monitoring kit aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of shipboard maintenance.

According to UK company Cathelco, its cathodic anti-fouling systems have been specified for the box coolers on a new 96m Finnish Border Guard patrol vessel being built at STX Finland’s Rauma yard.

Rolls-Royce has won orders worth over £70m to supply large thrusters for high tech offshore drilling vessels form a variety of customers including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling and Ensco.