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Aglaia
Ship&Offshore
05.12.2008
Shipbuilding

New upgrade kit for low-speed engines

Wärtsilä has introduced a new upgrade kit for slow steaming for RTA and RT-flex low-speed engines to enable shipowners and operators to make major savings in fuel costs while slow steaming their ships. The upgrade kit allows Wärtsilä low-speed marine…

Ship&Offshore
04.12.2008
Shipbuilding

STX Europe laid keel of large cruise vessel

The keel of "Allure of the Seas", the second in the series of two of the world's largest cruise ships was at the Turku yards of STX Europe.The keel laying ceremony marked the placement of the very first block of "Allure of the Seas" in the dry dock…

Ship&Offshore
04.12.2008
Shipbuilding

USCG approval for bilge water system

The Senitec sludge and bilge water treatment system of Wärtsilä has received US Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval. Tests have confirmed the system's ability to remove oil in water levels to well below required by the International Maritime…

Ship&Offshore
02.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä and CSSC-MES Diesel sign licence agreement

Wärtsilä and Chinese CSSC-MES Diesel Co Ltd (CMD) have jointly signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä low-speed marine diesel engines by CMD in China.

Ship&Offshore
02.12.2008
Shipbuilding

Japanese shipbuilders extend use of AVEVA marine solutions

AVEVA, one of the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, announced that key Japanese shipbuilders Namura Shipbuilding, Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, Shin Kurushima Dockyard, Sumitomo Heavy Industries…

Ship&Offshore
01.12.2008
Ship Operation

New roro service between Denmark and Norway

Starting in January 2009 the British shipowner Seatruck Ferries Ltd. will offer a new roro trailer cargo service.

Grimaldi roro carrier
Ship&Offshore
28.11.2008
Ship Operation

Grimaldi Group expanding shortsea services

A new maritime connection, Salerno-Cagliar-Valencia, was added to Naples based Grimaldi Group's liner services. It opens up the Sardinian Island to the whole network of shortsea links.

 

Ship&Offshore
28.11.2008
Ship Operation

GAC opens office in Mozambique

The Dubai based provider of shipping, logistic, marine and offshore services, Gulf Agency Company Ltd. (GAC), is now operational in Maputo, Mozambique, with a second office to follow in Beira. The company's focus is on supporting the country's…

"Taisun"
Ship&Offshore
28.11.2008
Shipbuilding

YRS celebrates "Taisun's" first commercial lift

Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Shandong, the largest rig builder in China, started the commercial use of its 20,000 t gantry crane. The "Taisun" lifted the massive 14,000 t deckbox of the semi-submersible drilling rig, the ‘COSL Pioneer’ for COSL…

Ship&Offshore
27.11.2008
Shipbuilding

Three new tugs in Le Havre

SNRH (societe Nouvelle De Remorquage Du Havre), the French subsidiary of the fast growing European tugboat company Kotug, expanded its fleet by three new tugs. They were christened during a ceremony which took place in front of their office at Le Havre.