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ABB has expanded its marine and crane services team to help UK-based cruise ships, ferries, offshore support, semi-sub, jack-up, FPSO, specials and merchant vessels to upgrade, retrofit and replace equipment.

Wärtsilä Corporation, the global leader in complete power lifecycle solutions and services, and Metso Corporation have signed an agreement to co-operate in developing and delivering scrubber systems for marine applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Metso is to supply the scrubber unit, while Wärtsilä is responsible for world-wide sales and integration of complete, certified, documented marine scrubber systems, including automation, water treatment,

The proposed maritime regulatory Bill, which would regulate all the major and non-major ports in the country under one body, is facing opposition from various state governments, according to Union shipping minister GK Vasan.

After a long wait, the port of Mombasa will be dredged of mud and silt to finally accommodate bigger ships — as size continues to rule the marine industry. Having lost some trans-shipment business to the port of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, the Kenyan port is playing catch-up with the Kenya Ports Authority managing director Gichiri Ndua’s announcement Wednesday that the dredging would start this month and be completed in 18 months.

SHANGHAI will build two more offshore wind farm projects by 2015 to increase the use of clean energy, the city’s planner said yesterday.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £15 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for ship owner Brasil Supply.

Knud E. Hansen A/S in partnership with Fleetway Inc. have recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL) in Canada for the Basic Design of a series of six ferries for operation on the intra-provincial south shore routes off Newfoundland.

A bunker levy on ship fuel use to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is gaining support of interests inside and outside the maritime sector. At the end of the day, however, any financial impost drawn up for shipping needs to do more than collect money, it must incentivise

Discarded cargo vessel MV Wisdom that has run aground at Juhu beach has alarmed environmental groups which have demanded strict norms to prevent such ships from being dumped in Indian waters.

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has decided to manage on an entrustment basis Daehan Shipbuilding (DS) under the on-going workout program (the enterprise recovery program), starting from next July.

ST Engineering, its marine arm ST Marine, has won a shipbuilding contract worth about S$171m from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited.

Chemring Marine, the world’s top marine distress signal company, has had a busy Nor-Shipping show marketing products and networking.The company exhibited its world-leading Comet and Pains Wessex marine distress signals at the bi-annual show in Oslo, Norway, from 24-27 May.

Jamaican seafarers and the country’s whole maritime sector are benefiting from the country’s close association with The World Maritime University (WMU).

The latest figures from shipbrokers indicate that ship owners appear to still be active in the second hand vessel purchase market, in fact with rejuvenated interest, although, the sellers’ reluctancy to put more vessels to the market, is trimming

We have seen how the “concept” ship – a design which incorporates clever ideas but awaits serious investment – has emerged. Classification society DNV, which introduced their “Quantum” containership concept in 2010, has been busy again

With demand failing to improve enough to contain the colossal increases in supply, the dry bulk freight market stayed near the dreadfully low levels witnessed last month. The Baltic Dry Index edged up by nine points to an average 1,352 from 1,343 in April.

Noreco 'surprised' at Dong's Siri plan Denmark’s Dong Energy said it had found a permanent solution for repairing the damaged subsea structure of the Siri platform in the Danish North Sea but faces resistance from project partner Noreco.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced its new two-staged turbocharged 18V48/60TS diesel engine. The 18-cylinder vee engine is rated for 1200 kW/cyl at 500 r/min with specific fuel oil consumption of 171.1 g/kWh, while retaining an output of 1050 kW/cyl. Bore and stroke is 480 mm and 600 mm, respectively.

The construction of a 250 megawatt backup power plant in Estonia, valued at $189 million, has been awarded to Wartsila.

H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, has met with a US delegation to discuss the importance of coordination and collaboration among different parties concerned with commerce. The visit was also intended to highlight the bilateral economic and commercial relationships between the UAE and the USA.