New Technology and ProductsNew liner diameter measurement (LDM) instrument  Chris Marine's LDM instrument does not require removal of the cylinder head or exhaust valve. Chris Marine of Sweden has launched a new liner diameter measurement (LDM) instrument in order to quickly [ ... ] |
New Technology and ProductsLloyd’s Register Test Bio-Fuels Lloyd's Register is to play a major role in a two year program to test the suitability of bio-diesel for use in powering marine engines The feasibility study will take place on board the Maersk [ ... ] |
Maritime Industry NewsTerror threat to Malacca Strait tankers  Tankers in the Malacca Strait may face terrorist attacks similar to the 2002 suicide attack in which an explosives laden boat holed the French tanker Limburg. |
Maritime Industry NewsGreek owned Panama flagged Bulk Carrier the MV NAVIOS APOLLON has been released  EU NAVFOR can now confirm that the Greek owned Panama flagged Bulk Carrier the MV NAVIOS APOLLON that was hijacked on the 28 of December has been released this morning of 28 February. The NAVIOS APOL [ ... ] |
Port NewsFuel Ops Resume at Haiti’s Main Terminal On Feb. 9, WIN Group, the Haitian enterprise that owns and operates Terminal Varreux in Port-au-Prince, and Seacor Holdings Inc. announced that emergency repairs have enabled tanker shipments of fuel [ ... ] |
| Port NewsHaiti, Port-au-Prince damaged main port worse off than realized. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- U.S. Coast Guard officers said Wednesday that Haiti's main port is more badly damaged than they first realized, a finding that has created another significant obstacle to reli [ ... ] |
Bunker NewsSECAs, will be called Emission Control Areas (ECAs) from July 1, 2010 ABS holds Athens seminar on low sulfur fuel issues. |
Bunker NewsCrude oil imports are likely to go up Crude oil imports are likely to go up by 9.1 percent this year to 212 million tons, according to a report from oil and gas producer China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC). China: Crude oil imports to i [ ... ] |
AlertsThe Port of Trieste in contravention of EU Directive will prosecuted with fine  The Port of Trieste has advised that, with effect from 3 March 2010, vessels using fuels with a sulphur content exceeding 0.10% by mass (in contravention of EU Directive 2005/33/EC) will be prosecuted [ ... ] |
AlertsPersonal Cost of Poor Maintenance And Repairs This safety alert serves as a reminder to vessel Owners / Operators, Port Captains / Engineers, crewmembers, and marine inspection personnel of the importance of properly maintaining and repairing ves [ ... ] |
Manufacturers NewsWartsila Upgrade Kit Slow Steaming 2-stroke Engines Due to the ever rising fuel oil prices and emission reduction targets, owners and operators of 2-stroke low-speed engines have been looking for different ways to save on fuel expenses without having t [ ... ] |
Manufacturers NewsNew Discovery ? Energy from bread loaf sized Bloom Box Dr. K.R. Sridhar, a mechanical engineering graduate from Madras has an energy plan anyone could get behind - electricity in a box. That's the promise of the "Bloom box," the fuel-cell-powered inventi [ ... ] |
Big Jobs
Big JobsHydrex In-situ repair of 40 ton azimuth thruster on crane barge in Gabon When one of the four 40 ton swing-up azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge which was servicing rigs on an oil field off the coast of Gabon malfunctioned, Hydrex was called in to remove the thru [ ... ] |
Big JobsTitan Salvage works hard to open up Port-au-Prince  A Titan Salvage team is working in Haiti to remove navigational hazards, including the collapsed Washington gantry crane, in Port-au-Prince for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in an effo [ ... ] |
Shipbuilding NewsWartsila 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the STX Finland Oy shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to deliver four Wärtsilä 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The owner of the vessel will be the R [ ... ] |
Shipbuilding NewsAnangel Maritime Services Inc. is the first Greek company to enter the VLOC market Anangel Maritime Services Inc. the Group"s bulker arm, is the first Greek company to enter the VLOC market. “We have now converted three VLCCs into VLOCs and the fourth will be delivered early next [ ... ] |
Maritime Events3rd Optimising Ship Maintenance 27th & 28th of January 2010, Hamburg, Germany ACI’s 3rd Optimising Ship Maintenance Conference will build on the success of our previous event in Hamburg 2009 by addressing the challenges ship owners, managers and technical directors ar [ ... ] |
Maritime EventsDigital Ship Athens 2009 1-2 Dec  Maritime information technology conference and exhibition. |
Marine casualtiesConcordia sank off the coast of Brazil  Students safe after capsizing of N.S.-based ship Dozens of students travelling aboard a Nova Scotia-based ship that sank off the coast of Brazil Thursday are safe and suffered no serious injuries in [ ... ] |
Marine casualtiesAegean Wind to be towed to Houston after fire A Greek cargo ship damaged by a fire that killed nine crew members in the Caribbean is being towed to Houston for repairs, Venezuelan authorities said Saturday. Officials initially said the Aegean Wi [ ... ] |
General Feeds maritime newsMaritime union demands inquiry over asbestos claims The Maritime Union of Australia is demanding an inquiry after claiming workers had been exposed to asbestos while working on the $43 billion Gorgon project on Barrow Island. |
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