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DWT BC(HUll No.:SF060138), the second sister vessel being built for Indian MSPL company by SF shipyard, finished sea trial smoothly and came back to shipyard. It is reported that this vessel will be named as well as delivered at the end of June.

BL reported that the Indian steel makers may have to pay more for the imported coking coal in the next quarter beginning July 1.Steel industry insiders told Business Line that the forthcoming quarterly contracts, which would be finalized by the third week of this month, could see upward price revision. The last revision saw 47% jump.

Oil traders and companies holding stocks of crude and fuel oil ready to cash in on a surge in demand from Japan's power plants may have bought more than needed. Japan's oil demand for power consumption has shown little of the expected rise. If traders decide to give up the wait and sell elsewhere, prices of the stockpiled sweet crude grades from Indonesia, Vietnam and Sudan and fuel oil could slide in the weeks ahead.

The International Energy Agency, the West's energy watchdog, stands ready to release strategic reserves of crude oil to ensure adequate supply and support the global economy, Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said on Thursday.

The risk of demand destruction in the United States is underestimated by the market, an Investec fund manager said, predicting a weaker U.S. summer driving season and a fall in the oil price as a result.

European refiners may be forced to reduce processing rates this summer as rising crude prices erode profits, according to Singapore-based researcher Facts Global Energy Inc

Singapore’s stockpiles of residues, or fuel oil, fell to the lowest in four months, data from a unit of the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed. Onshore inventories of residues, including fuel oil and low-sulfur waxy residue and excluding bitumen, dropped 13 percent to 18 million barrels in the seven days to June 15,

Russia and China may delay a natural-gas accord until later this year as wrangling continues over how much China needs to pay the world’s largest energy exporter for the fuel.Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Russia for a four-day visit and had been expected to sign a gas-supply agreement with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev

The fourth edition of Lloyd’s Register’s popular guide, Ballast Water Treatment Technology, has been released.With the International Maritime Organization's Ballast. Water Convention potentially coming into force as early as next year, ship-owners, managers and operators should be planning now for retro-fits of their operational ships,

Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd,

The European Commission has requested Belgium, Estonia, France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement EU rules setting up a vessel traffic monitoring and information system . The rules in question, an important measure to prevent loss of life and environmental damage from shipping accidents

On 15 June 2011, DNV signed a MoU with the Korea Finance Corporation (KoFC) to cooperate on verification of the green ships.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels.

World's largest gas engine - Wärtsilä 18V50SG. The new Wärtsilä 50SG is a four-stroke, spark-ignited gas engine operating on the Otto cycle and incorporating the lean-burn principle. It has been designed using the proven gas technology used in the smaller Wärtsilä 34SG engine. An important feature of this new gas engine in Wärtsilä’s portfolio is its exceptionally high power plant net electrical efficiency rating - more than 50% in combined-cycle mode.

The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the "Company") wishes to announce that COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd (“COSCO Zhoushan”), a subsidiary of the Company's 51% owned

A report released today from the U.S. Maritime Administration shows more ships are stopping at U.S. ports. The stops, or vessel calls, rebounded by 13 percent in 2010

Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) has ordered 81 MW for base load operation. The public bid for the expansion of the Miraflores Power Plant has been concluded by , awarding the contract to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. for two engines of the, MAN B&W 12K80MC-S design.

Plans to build nuclear facilities for power generation in Jordan will go ahead the country’s energy minister has announced, despite calls to find other methods of production.

In an attempt to counter huge power shortages in the country, the Iraqi government has announced the construction of a new $130m 500 megawatt power station in the south of the country.

GE Marine reports that it will provide Austal USA with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy’s fourth LCS-Class-Independence variant.