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Lloyd Werft to build pipelay/construction vessel

JULY 9, 2013 — Ceona has finalized an agreement with Germany’s Lloyd Werft for the construction of a large multi-function, dynamically positioned construction vessel, the Ceona Amazon. At the contract signing ceremony

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Thordon launches ThorPlas-Blue for deck machinery

JULY 9, 2013 —Burlington, Ontario, based Thordon Bearings Inc. has launched ThorPlas-Blue, an addition to its grease-free polymer lineup that can be back-fit into virtually all deck machinery applications where greased bronze

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Navy moves ahead on TAO-(X)

JULY 8, 2013 — The U.S.Navy is moving ahead with its plans for a new generation of fleet oilers. NAVSEA’s PEO Ships has awarded shipbuilders NASSCO, Ingalls and VT Halter Marine firm-fixed

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Fosen shipyard delivers LNG-fueled cruise ferry

JULY 8, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has today completed the successful delivery of MV Stavangerfjord to Fjord Line. The 170 m vessel can carry 1,500 passengers and 600 cars

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MOL to carry out onboard test of SCR system

JULY 8, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to install a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system that it has jointly developed with Yanmar and Namura Shipbuilding on all three power

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Singapore cancels another bunker supplier license

JULY 8, 2013 —The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has canceled Palmstone Petroleum Pte Ltd’s bunker supplier license with effect from today. The action is the latest in a continuing

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Dubai Drydocks preps QE2 for conversion in China

JULY 7, 2013 — The legendary cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 is currently in Dubai Drydocks undergoing extensive preparatory work prior to sailing under her own power to a Chinese shipyard that

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Fire breaks out on MOL Comfort

JULY 7, 2013 — A fire has broken out on the fore part of MOL Comfort, the five-year old containership that fractured into two parts June 17 after encountering heavy weather in

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MacGregor to deliver Quantum Class North Star system

JULY 5, 2013 — Cargotec subsidiary MacGregor has won the contract to deliver North Star, the jewel-shaped, glass capsule that will lift passengers on Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum Class cruise ships more

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Panamax floating dock arrives in Walvis Bay

JULY 5, 2013 — Ship repair company Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia says that its Panamax sized third floating dry dock arrived in Walvis Bay today. EBH Namibia announced its plans