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Sandwich plate technique reduces bulker repair timescaleJul 6, 2009

In a breakthrough project, SPS Overlay (sandwich plate system) has been used for the first time by a Greek shipping company. In an 18 day project completed in June at China Shipbuilding Industry Corp’s Shanhaiguan yard, tanktops were reinstated on board the 150,940 DWT Capesize bulk carrier Star Ypsilon, owned by Greek company Starbulk, a wholly ...

Canadian company gets two new cargo shipsJul 6, 2009

Groupe Desgagnés has christened, in Quebec , two new vessels built for its subsidiary Transport Desgagnés in Shanghai , China . “With each a length of over 138m , a total carrying capacity of 20,000m3 in their holds and on their main deck, two cranes of 180 tonnes which may be twinned to lift 360 tonnes, with their ice class...

Confidence returns, but too many newbuildings cause worriesJul 6, 2009

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry have shown a slight improvement over the past three months, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. But there are high levels of concern about the harmful effects of the glut of newbuildings that will continue coming onto ...

LPG equipment order for Chinese newbuildJul 6, 2009

Hamworthy is supplying equipment and engineering services for a 5,000m3 fully pressurised LPG carrier being built in China for a regular customer, Pertamina. Hamworthy recently signed a contract with Taizhou Wuzhou Shipbuilding Co Ltd for an LPG cargo handling system, its first in China . Its scope includes equipment and engineering services fo...

Equipment makers' body supports EU sulphur capJul 6, 2009

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has called for factions within the shipping industry to refrain from what it describes as "counter-productive calls for the postponement of EU Directive 2005/33/EC". This EU ruling will see the mandatory use of bunker fuel that contains no more than 0.1% of sulphur by January 2010 in European Union ...

Equipment makers' body supports EU sulphur capJul 6, 2009

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has called for factions within the shipping industry to refrain from what it describes as "counter-productive calls for the postponement of EU Directive 2005/33/EC". This EU ruling will see the mandatory use of bunker fuel that contains no more than 0.1% of sulphur by January 2010 in European Union por...

Siem raises NOK 900 millionJul 3, 2009

   Norwegian Siem Offshore has raised NOK 900 million in a private placement directed at professional Norwegian and international investors. Around 105,9 million new shares will be issued in relation to the private placement at a price of NOK 8,50 per share. The share issue represents approximately 41.7 per cent of the current outstanding number o...

More Hamworthy cargo systems ordered for Pertamina shipsJul 3, 2009

   Ocean carrier Safmarine is adding a direct link between Asia and Mozambique and the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar and Mauritius.    Safmarine, a subsidiary of Maersk Line, is naming the new service Safari 3 and will use five 1,700-TEU vessels on a rotation of Tanjung Pelepas, Port Louis, Toamasina and Maputo. The new service la...

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