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E.R. Schiffahrt cancels AHTS orders at Korean shipyard

Hamburg-headquartered shipowner and ship manager E.R. Schiffahrt reports that it has cancelled orders placed with the Korean shipyard Sekwang for four anchor handling tug supply vessels “due to ongoing delays in completion

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Technip launches floating offshore wind turbine project

Technip (Paris:TEC) is launching Vertiwind, a project that will test a pre-industrial prototype of a floating offshore wind turbine with a vertical axis. Associated with Technip in the project are Nénuphar, Converteam

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Northrop Grumman gets long lead time contract for NSC 5

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a firm fixed-price contract for long-lead material procurement on a fifth National Security Cutter. The contract is for $89 million, with options

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Pirates set new hostage taking record

Pirates captured 1,181 seafarers and killed eight more last year, making 2010 the worst year on record for hostage taking at sea. The latest global piracy report from the International Chamber of

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Sembawang Shipyard to build research vessel for Australia

Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard, a unit of Sembcorp Marine, has received a S$123 million (US$95.5 million) contract from Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) of a

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ExxonMobil and MOL order LNG ships in China

Chinese shipyards continue to make inroads into even the most challenging sectors of the market. China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding  Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, is to build four LNG

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Emissions controls, back to the basics says Ron Oyer

“We have to remember the basics before getting a real handle on emissions control for large marine and stationary plants,” says one well-known marine industry commentator. “In today’s world of automation and