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Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore-based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor-handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self-propelled accommodation barge. The value of the order is approximately EUR 12 million and it was booked in...

Austal‘s next generation 102m trimaran has impressed during sea trials, achieving a speed of 39 knots at 90% MCR with 340 DWT. The high speed vehicle ferry – available for purchase – utilises Austal’s patented trimaran technology to deliver improved sea keeping, fuel efficiency, passenger comfort and payload...

Schottel has inaugurated a new spare parts warehouse at its headquarters in Koblenz / Spay, which is responsible for procurement and global distribution of spare parts for its azimuthing propulsion systems. Rapid provision of spare parts reduces downtime and is therefore vitally important for every shipowner and ship...

RWE Innogy has awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) the contracts for two jack-up crane vessels. As its designer, Wärtsilä – in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH – has been engaged to provide the basic design and consultancy services for these vessels, which are to be used for constructing offshore wind...

Europort Romania (20 – 22 April 2010, Constanta, Romania), by word of organisers Ahoy Rotterdam, has announced an official visit to the  Daewoo Mangalia Shipyard by invitation of president Vasile Iorga is, among other things, now on the agenda.   The shipyard is a joint venture of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea and the “2 Mai”...

Imtech Schiffbau-/Dockbau-technik, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, will open a new Service Branch Office in the USA in May 2010. The branch will offer the full range of mechanical Imtech services, e.g. HVAC conversions, maintenance, and spare parts. Refurbishments for chillers and compressors will be done in Imtech’s own...

The Hamburg-based Hellespont group has extended its fleet of Platform Supply Vessels with the delivery of the 3,250DWT Hellespont Dione, a UT755LN type PSV with a length over all of 73.6 m and a beam of 16 m. Built at Drydocks World Southeast Asia, Batam, the vessel is the fifth sister ship to join...

Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) has supplied additional licenses of its Autohydro hydrostatics and stability calculations software to Keppel Shipyard of Singapore. Autohydro is the main hydrostatic and stability program used at the offices of Keppel Offshore & Marine for new design and conversion projects in the offshore...

Last Saturday 6 March Mrs. Balkenende-Hoogendijk, wife of Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende, christened the Stemat Spirit. Built by Stemat Marine Services, it is added to the fleet to support VolkerWessels subsidiary Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC) with its cable installation projects.  The ceremony in Rotterdam was also attended by Mr. Balkenende himself, who...

Lloyd’s Register is to play a major role in a two year programme to test the suitability of bio-diesel for use in powering marine engines The feasibility study will take place on board the Maersk Line container ship, Maersk Kalmar. The project is being part funded by the Dutch government and co-ordinated by Maersk...

During the past three weeks, the Hamburg staff of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) – numbering more than 1,600 – have moved to the new Head Office at Brooktorkai 18 in Hamburg’s HafenCity district. With this relocation, the company is bringing fourteen separate sites in Hamburg together all under the same...

The latest addition to the North Star Shipping managed fleet is the aptly christened Grampian Confidence. Launched early this year the Confidence creates a further thirty jobs for officers and crew in the North Sea. An NSS-IMT 948 designed ERRV (Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel) the Confidence is a multi-million pound vessel that is...

To meet the growing market in Brazil, STX Europe will expand its shipbuilding capacity for offshore & specialised vessels by setting up a new shipyard. The yard will be located in Fortaleza, in the Ceará state of Brazil. Together with its Brazilian partner, the equity holding and ventures management company PJMR, STX Norway Offshore...

Wärtsilä has received an order to power the new cruise vessel of Carnival Corporation, USA carrying the preliminary name Carnival Dream 3. The vessel will be built by the Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard in Italy and its launch is scheduled for August 2011. Carnival Dream 3 will enter service in the spring of...

Due to the increasing number of maritime clients in Western and Southern Sweden, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is restructuring its organisation in Sweden. From March 1, the Country Office is located in Gothenburg. The country management is sited in the existing GL Gothenburg Station Office, Hantverksvägen 15, SE- 436 33 Askim (t +46 31 748...

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the STX Finland Oy shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to deliver four Wärtsilä 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The Owner of the vessel will be the Republic of South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs, and it will be operated by SMIT Amandla Marine of South...

Kongsberg Maritime‘s HUGIN AUV is featured in an intriguing new documentary – ‘Roald Amundsen – Lost in the Arctic’ – which investigates the disappearance of Roald Amundsen and his Latham 47 sea-plane in the Barents Sea during a rescue mission in...

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has relocated its St Petersburg offices to upgraded premises. “The key reason for our move is that the new office space allows for the expansion that we are seeing as we achieve our planned growth of business in this area,” commented James Parsons, Area Director Eastern Europe for Wilhelmsen Ships...

Investments in new ships totalling EUR 2.4 billion are needed for the predicted growth of offshore wind. By 2020, the installation of thousands of offshore wind turbines, as well as the necessary substructures and cables, is foreseen. The offshore wind industry currently employs 19,000 people, a level which is expected to rise to 156,000...

Early Sunday morning 28 February 2010 the Celebrity Eclipse, the new cruise ship for the US cruise operator Celebrity Cruises (Miami), will be floated out of the covered building dock II of Meyer Werft. Undocking will start around 7.30 am, but the schedule may change due to weather...

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the German shipowner Jüngerhans, located in Haren (Ems), Germany, to refit two of its vessels – the 1.900TEU Klaus J and Helene J – with Wärtsilä Slow Steaming Upgrade Kits to cut fuel costs. The 1997-built vessels are equipped with 7-cylinder Wärtsilä RTA62U main...

Wencon from Denmark, who are primarily known for providing epoxy-based repair kits for emergency repairs aboard the world’s merchant fleet, have during 2009 focused on finding, training and certifying marine-oriented workshops, in some of the world’s major ports around the world, to perform durable repairs with...

The global maritime environmental congress (gmec) is the first inter-industry, international conference on maritime environmental protection. The conference will be held at CCH-Congress Center Hamburg on 7 and 8 September 2010 – on the occasion of SMM, the world’s premier shipbuilding trade fair. In the future, gmec is to take place every two...

Stone Marine Propulsion have announced the appointment of Lyn Bodger to the position of Managing Director, following the recent retirement of Dr. Graham Patience. Mr Bodger joined Stone Manganese Marine, as the company was then known, from Brookes Bell where he was a surveyor, in 1979, having previously graduated from Plymouth and serving eight...

Marlink has signed a new five year agreement with Hellespont Hammonia GmbH & Co. KG. The contract includes the delivery and installation of Marlink’s Sealink C-band services onboard four new build chemical tankers. In addition, Marlink will provide a range of Value Added Services including Prepaid Talk for crew telephony and VPN for communication...