Shipyard De Hoop wins order for Transmix vessel

MARCH 25, 2014 — Shipyard De Hoop, which has shipyards in Lobith and Foxhol in the Netherlands,has won an order to design and construct a 68.23 m x 15. 77 m offshore

Becker Cross Over Rudder promises major fuel savings

MARCH 25, 2014 — Although the inflow to the ship’s rudder area is mostly unfavorable to hydrodynamic efficiency, Becker Marine Systems, Hamburg, Germany, has developed a high-tech Cross Over Rudder that converts

Inmarsat data used to determine fate of lost plane

MARCH 25, 2014 — It was analysis of data from Inmarsat communications that enabled the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mr. Najib Razak (left), to announce that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

MHI to record huge loss on AIDA cruise ships

MARCH 24, 2014 — The two cruise ships that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is building for AIDA Cruises may come out of the shipyard emblazoned with AIDA’s kissy face grins, but bean

Rolls-Royce packages ordered for two more Chellsea PSVs

MARCH 24, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to provide integrated design and equipment packages for two more offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China for Singapore

Maersk Drilling names giant jack-up

MARCH 24, 2014 — In a ceremony held at the Keppel FELS shipyard, Singapore, March 21, Karen Tiffen, wife of Martin Tiffen, Managing Director of Total E&P Norge AS, named the ultra

Wärtsilä extends DF engine line

MARCH 24, 2014 — Wärtsilä has introduced the new Wärtsilä 46DF, extending its dual fuel engine line by covering the power range from 6.2 MW to 18.3 MW at 600 rpm. The

Houston Ship Channel closed by spill

MARCH 24, 2014 — The Houston Ship Channel remained closed this morning as efforts continued to clean-up after a massive spill of marine bunker fuel. The spill occurred Saturday. At approximately 12:35

Meyer Werft cuts first steel for Norwegian Escape

MARCH 21, 2014 — The first steel was cut at Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany yesterday for the construction of Norwegian Escape, the first of two new Breakaway Plus Class cruise ships for

ICS sets out its position on CO2 monitoring, reporting

MARCH 21, 2014 — The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) session that starts March 31 will try to make progress on developing a global system of monitoring and reporting of CO2

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