OceanSaver’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system has been chosen for two 162,000cbm LNG carriers being built by BW Gas.OceanSaver was selected due to its competitive pricing, low operating costs, and compatible technical system.BW Gas is…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
