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  Following her successful sea trials, Barkmeijer Shipyards has handed over the Marietje Marsilla to her owners, Danser Van Gent from Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The Marietje Marsilla is a multi-purpose dry cargo vessel, which is also suitable for transporting containers. For navigating the Baltic region and the Canadian lakes, the vessel is built to...

Uni-Safe Electronics are pleased to announce that they have obtained a DNV Type Approval for their BNWAS BW-800 system. The Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System BW-800 complies with regulations from IMO: MSC.128 (75) and the new IEC 62616 performance standard from February 2010. To this date, Uni-Safe Electronics has successfully delivered more than 800 BNWAS...

New products under development by Sartech in the UK will save shipowners a fortune in servicing and replacement costs. Sartech , one of the world’s leading specialists in search and rescue technology, is developing a new range of batteries that will remove the need for ship owners and operators to replace their handheld VHF...

Leading global marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has announced the expansion of its global fire servicing network with a new marine fire service division in the United Kingdom. The new division will offer certified servicing of marine fire equipment for offshore fixed rigs and marine ships, including fixed-price VIKING Shipowner...

Only months after opening its UK office, VSTEP has announced the opening of its first North American office in Deer park, New York. This new VSTEP office will facilitate support to VSTEP’s simulation and training clients based in North America and lead the business development effort in the region. VSTEP’s North American office will...

Dockwise Ltd. has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the commissioning of a newbuild vessel to serve the emerging demand for ocean transports of up to and above 100,000 metric tons. The decision is subject to approval by a Special General Meeting of shareholders to authorise the proposed USD 100 million rights...

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract for the supply of a comprehensive integrated systems package to be installed aboard an advanced research vessel currently under construction at the Spanish shipbuilders C.N.P. Freire, S.A. in Vigo for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The new vessel will replace NERC’s RRS Discovery, which has been in service...

UK-headquartered Hamworthy has secured an important contract with Al Fattan Goltens Shipbuilding & Repair to supply its latest generation sewage treatment plant to a vessel under construction in Abu Dhabi for the UAE Navy. Mr. Paul George (left), Sales Executive, Hamworthy Middle East, and Mr. Matthew Plumtree, Manager Supply Chain, Al Fattan Goltens Shipbuilding...

Alu Design & Services AS, a leading provider of advanced pilot chairs and deck rails, has announced a research and development project in cooperation with Aker Solutions. The development contract follows a frame agreement for the production of specially adapted offshore crane operator chairs announced earlier this year, which resulted in a successful delivery...

Recently Damen Shipyards Gorinchem (Netherlands) received an order for a DFF 4212 for Seaspovill in South Korea. As Damen has this type of ferry on stock the vessel has a short delivery time. The vessel’s hull was already built by Afai Southern Shipyard Guangzhou (China) and thereafter it was transported to Damen Shipyards in...

Phoenicia, the replica 600BC wooden ship, has arrived triumphantly back in Syria having completed a 20,000 mile circumnavigation of Africa. The journey was intended to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa, thought to have been achieved by Phoenician mariners around 600 BC. The Phoenicia expedition was conceived by Philip Beale, a former British Royal...

In October, Cargotec has secured EUR 10 million order from the Sinopacific Group in China for the supply of a further sixteen shipsets of MacGregor anchor-handling systems for Bourbon’s newbuildings. The shipsets will be delivered between April 2011 and February 2012. This contract follows an order placed in June this year for four ships...

Learning from operations and casualties is of great importance for state of the art rules and regulations, according to Rasmus Stute, GL‘s Head of Department Service Vessels in a presentation at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime conference in Dubai. Rules and regulations maintain safety standards and keep up with technical developments and improvements to...

ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) has promoted Darren Larkins (image) Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “Darren has been a vital part of ShipConstructor for many years and has been instrumental in our growth”, said the company’s chairman, Rolf Oetter. “With Darren at the helm I know that ShipConstructor is in very capable hands.” SSI is the...

The Board of the Damen Shipyards Group has the pleasure to announce the appointment of Arnout Damen as of 1 December 2010 as Chief Operations Officer of the Damen Shipyards Group. He succeeds Erik van der Noordaa who, after 22 years, has decided to leave the company and who has accepted the position of Chief Executive...

Hamworthy Serck Como has secured a new order for its Multi Stage Flash (MSF) Evaporators, the technology regularly specified by leading cruise ship owners as the means of producing fresh water from seawater to meet World Health Organisation potable water standards. STX Europe has selected the Hamworthy MSF Evaporator for installation on board a...

The Palfinger Group is acquiring the marine crane division of Palfinger systems GmbH, thereby expanding its marine portfolio. The business acquired from Palfinger systems GmbH, which is controlled by the Palfinger family, is well positioned in the marine crane segment and in addition is the market leader in cranes for offshore wind power plants....

Wärtsilä has introduced its Intelligent Combustion Monitoring system for two-stroke diesel engines. The system provides ship operators and owners with significant benefits by providing information that enables operators to optimise vessel engine performance, and to be aware of the condition of components in the combustion chamber. The Wärtsilä Intelligent Combustion Monitoring system integrates the...

Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered two customised DOP submersible dredge pumps, plus their ladders, to SeReAnt for the Antwerp harbour clean up project, which is running smoothly. The DOP pumps are mounted on trolleys over the settling tanks. The use of a standard DOP pump in a customised execution is another sound example of the relevance...

Mr. J.H. Hylkema (l) of IHC Merwede – on behalf of its subsidiary IHC Parts & Services – and Mr. J.M. Verhoeven (r) of Bakker Sliedrecht, have  signed a new joint agreement for the condition monitoring of dredging vessels. This will see the two companies combining forces to supply a unique range of specialist...

Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with the Peruvian government for the further deepening of the access channel to the port of Callao from its current 14 m to 16 m. The contract was signed on 28 September 28. This latest contract in Peru is a continuation of Jan De Nul Group’s...

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) received one of the highest honors in the maritime industry when it received The Classification Society Award at the Lloyd’s List Asia Awards 2010 held in Singapore last night. In awarding ClassNK, this year’s distinguished panel of judges recognised the Society as the leading class society Asia, and acknowledged ClassNK’s...

Unifire AB of Sweden has just released a new, exclusive video on its updated PirateSafe web site showing the testing of its SeaSerpent portable Anti-Pirate Water Cannon System. The portable version of the Unifire Anti-Pirate Water Cannon System was successfully tested in February, 2010, by the Admiral Danish Fleet and the Danish Ship Owners...

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72x Cat 3516C marine propulsion engines (2525 bkW @ 1800 rpm, ‘D’ Rating) and 72x C4.4 auxiliary generator sets (86 eKW @ 1500 rpm) to power 36 Interceptor Boats, which will be built by Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Mumbai. The patrol boats...

Håvard Notøy, who also is general manager of Havyard Ship Services is appointed Senior Vice President for the After Sales and Services division in Havyard Group. Tor Leif Mongstad, former leader of this division that was established in February this year, continues as Senior Vice President for the Ship equipment and Systems divisions in...