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Rolls-Royce Lands Live Fish Carrier Contract

Apr 25, 2013

Rolls-Royce gets a repeat Sølvtrans AS order for the design & propulsion package of a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish.The first ship is due for delivery in June this year and this latest contract also includes options to build two more vessels of the same type…

NorSea Invests in First Scotland Supply Base

Apr 25, 2013

NorSea Group and the Scrabster Harbour Trust in Caithness have agreed on construction of the new supply base for the oil & gas sector.Under the agreement NorSea Group will work with the Trust to bring in new business and develop Scotland’s…

GofM Energy Hub: LNG Exports to India Planned

Apr 25, 2013

United LNG, LP and Petronet LNG Limited, India's largest LNG importer, agree to supply LNG from the Main Pass Energy Hub™ project in the Gulf of Mexico.The (conditional) agreement was signed by Petronet LNG Managing Director & CEO, Dr. A.K…

STX Wins Seaspan Ferry Design Contract

Apr 25, 2013

STX Marine (STXM) has been awarded the contract for the engineering package for Seaspan Ferry Corporation’s fleet replacement program. The completed concept design will form part of a bid package, expected to be released to shipyards for tender in July 2013…

Middle East Owner Clocks Up MAN Engine's 500th Sale

Apr 25, 2013

MAN Diesel & Turbo makes the 500th sale of its 48/60 medium-speed engine to Huta Marine of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who ordered a pair for its new dredger.The milestone was reached with the order of two common-rail variants of the engine by Huta Marine of Jeddah…

'Home is the Sailor,' via Maersk

Apr 25, 2013

Troels Kløvedal has sailed the seven seas in his yacht Nordkaperen since 1967, but now returns to his native Denmark with his boat.This summer, Troels will be travelling by sea around his home country, filming for a TV show on the new TV2 FRI channel…

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 55 Million Order from MAN

Apr 24, 2013

Alfa Laval – a heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling company – won an order from MAN Diesel and Turbo to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for two cruise ships. The order for four scrubbers is booked in the Marine and Offshore Systems segment…

Alfa Laval Win Big Cruise Ship Order

Apr 23, 2013

Alfa Laval to supply PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for two cruise ships to MAN in a SEK 55 million contract.The Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems will be installed onboard two luxury cruise liners, where they will remove…

Raytheon IBNS for New Italian Coast Guard Ships

Apr 23, 2013

Germany-based Raytheon Anschuetz with Italian provider Seastema, to deliver Integrated Bridge & Navigation Systems (IBNS) for two Italian Coast Guard military patrol vessels.The vessels are currently being built at Fincantieri's Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard…

Port of Houston to Order Container Cranes

Apr 23, 2013

Port of Houston Commission to negotiate a contract for the purchase of 4 new electric cranes for Barbours Cut Container Terminal.Demonstrating continued investment in infrastructure improvements to better serve customers, the Port Commission…

Odfjell Buys Chemical Tankship

Apr 23, 2013

Odfjell buys long-term chartered vessel 'MT Bow Engineer', a 30,086 dwt chemical tanker.Odfjell, a leading company in the global market for transportation and storage of bulk liquid chemicals, acids, edible oils and other special products…

TORM Product Tankship Deal With Oaktree Capital

Apr 23, 2013

Denmark's TORM agreed to sell five MR product tankers to a company controlled by Oaktree Capital Management as part of an earlier restructuring agreement.The sale is a consequence of the specific option rights, which one bank group exercised in connection with the Restructuring Agreement…

U.S. Military Biofuel Development Contract Placed

Apr 23, 2013

BioProcess Algae LLC awarded $6.4-Million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop advanced drop-in biofuels for military jets & ships.BioProcess Algae LLC has been selected to receive a grant of up to $6.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…

Valuable Maritime Services Contract Continuation for CDI

Apr 23, 2013

CDI Corp. gets a new U.S. Navy SEAPORT task order to continue to provide watercraft engineering & marine services for the Naval Surface Warfare Center.The watercraft engineering and marine services contract is for the Naval Surface Warfare Center…

Greek J/V to Acquire HSH Debtors' Fleet

Apr 23, 2013

Navios Maritime Holdings & Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp. in J/V sign LOI to buy 10 ships from debtors of HSH Nordbank.The new Joint Venture company, named Navios JV,  has executed a binding letter of intent to acquire ten vessels, composed…

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