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Wärtsilä to Supply Main Engines for Kuwait Oil Tanker

Jul 19, 2012

Wärtsilä's RT-flex common rail engine technology provides environmental benefits including low fuel consumption and reductions in exhaust emissions. The engine waste heat is utilized to produce onboard electricity. These features help maintaining…

Trinity Marine Products Appoint Executives

Jul 19, 2012

Trinity Marine Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Trinity Industries, Inc. announce two new executive appointmentsTom Faherty has been promoted to President of Trinity Marine Products, replacing Paul Mauer, now Chief Operations Officer for TrinityRail…

Charitable Aid Ship 'Logos Hope' Floats Out

Jul 19, 2012

OM Ships' 'Logos Hope' leaves the floating dry dock in Subic Bay, Philippines, after 90 days technical maintenance.Further works remain to be completed before the vessel can resume sailing, but Logos Hope’s refloating is a major step towards…

Alfa Laval Names Sharbaugh SVP

Jul 18, 2012

Jeff Sharbaugh was appointed Senior Vice President, Parts and Service Division of Alfa Laval Inc. in February 2012. In this role, Sharbaugh is responsible for driving consistent profitable growth, and developing new sales opportunities for the parts and service business of Alfa Laval in the USA…

Autonomous Robot Maps Ship Hulls for Mines

Jul 18, 2012

Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also…

Graig and GMI Team up to Deliver Safe Havens for Shipping Lenders

Jul 18, 2012

The Cardiff-based Graig Group has teamed up with Global Maritime Investments to provide shipping lenders with tailor-made solutions for problematic shipping exposures.Working together the two groups will provide lenders with workout solutions…

Stoddart to lead GL Noble Denton - Americas

Jul 18, 2012

GL Noble Denton, the independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has appointed industry veteran Arthur Stoddart to lead its operations in the Americas.Stoddart will become Executive Vice President for the region, based in Houston…

Dan-Bunkering Appoints Huang

Jul 18, 2012

Dan-Bunkering has announced that as from 1 June 2012 Sarah Huang, 29 years old, has joined the Shanghai office as Marketing Executive.Sarah Huang was born in China and moved to Denmark as a child, but is now back in China. Sarah has a background in banking…

Mack Boring & Parts Co. Turns 90 in 2012

Jul 18, 2012

US diesel power engineering, assembly, service and distribution organization company celebrates its 90th anniversaryThe origin of the Mack Boring business name dates back to 1922 when Ed McGovern Sr. founded the company. His nickname was “Mack”…

eLearning Training for Jack-up Operators from Oilennium

Jul 18, 2012

UK-based Oilennium completes a series of customised eLearning training programmes for Seajacks, UK-based liftboat operatorInitially, Seajacks contacted Oilennium in search of a way to provide effective, cost-effective training for its employees…

Offshore Expansion: With Growth Comes Wage Pressure

Jul 17, 2012

Higher salaries paid in the expanding offshore sector are putting wage pressure on other industry segments like classification societies and port state administrations, employment consultant Spinnaker Consulting says.“With demand for personnel continuing to grow in the offshore sector…

Savisaari New MD of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Finland

Jul 17, 2012

Jaakko Savisaari (56) was appointed new Managing Director of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Finland Oy, a subsidiary of ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, a leading supplier of naval electronics. In previous positions, Savisaari has been an officer in the Finnish Navy, most recently as a military attaché in the USA…

3rd CIMAC CASCADES: Seminar for Younger Engineers

Jul 17, 2012

Towards the Elastic Engine – Developing Major Engine Systems in the Digital Electronic AgeThe third staging of the CIMAC CASCADES seminar for younger engineers and students took place at the ETH Swiss Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland on June 8…

Rolls-Royce Wins OSV Contract

Jul 17, 2012

Rolls-Royce signed a £10 million contract with Simon Møkster Shipping for a wave piercing offshore vessel with a new bow design that will go into service for Statoil in the Arctic region. The vessel is designed to pierce through the waves under harsh weather conditions…

Aker Solutions Acquires Subsea Companies

Jul 17, 2012

Aker Solutions has acquired the Norwegian companies Subsea House and SSH Engineering and plans to further expand and recruit 50-100 people in Stokke, located in the Vestfold county of Norway.The transaction value is undisclosed. Subsea House and SSH Engineering…

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