Equipment
B+V to sell parts unit
The new owner of Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss is to sell off its components division. UK private equity company Star Capital Partners’ (SCP) boss Tony Mallin told German media that potential buyers were already in talks over a deal. SCP is...
2012-03-21 08:07:31
Thick plate drops endlessly
Thick-plate price in South Korea keeps on falling, along with decreasing newbuilding contracts and increasing thick-plate output. Retail price of thick plate in Korea, which exceeded KRW 1.1m ($973.5) per ton in early last year, fell to KRW 900,00...
2012-03-20 12:17:30
Jinhai-KOMAC in partnership
Korea Maritime Consultants (KOMAC) and Jinhai Heavy Industry of China are cooperatively working on 74,500-dwt bulker design, amid active R&D on new ship sizes. It is known that the designing work is just to be completed. The Chinese shipbuilder...
2012-03-20 10:29:49
True hybrid OSV
A true hybrid energy system is currently being developed for installation on board the offshore supply vessel Viking Lady. An impressive battery pack for energy storage will soon be installed. When the new system is complete, the operation of the...
2012-03-20 08:01:50
Wartsila lands dual-fuel power plant
The advanced Wärtsilä dual-fuel technology enables the engines to switch smoothly while operating to an alternative fuel. Another important factor in the award of this contract was that the Wärtsilä generating sets meet the State ...
2012-03-19 07:56:50
Korea records BWTS for 500 ships
'Korea-Japan BWTS Technical Exchange Seminar' was held on March 8 in South Korea. During the seminar, it was revealed that Korea's Ballast Water Treatment System order intake reached a cumulative of 500 vessels - two companies won BWTS for 200 sh...
2012-03-16 10:47:40
Baosteel freezes April prices
China's major steel manufacturer Baosteel has frozen prices of its every product in April. Therefore, prices of hot-rolled steel plate, cold-rolled steel plate, thick plate and marine thick plate have all remained at CNY 5012 ($789), CNY 5366, CN...
2012-03-16 09:48:47
Peene-Werft turns offshore block
Germany's P+S Werften wants to focus the construction work at Peene-Werft on parts for the offshore sector. Peene-Werft in Wolgast would be just another victim of the German yard crisis, which has seen a number of traditional names become insolven...
2012-03-15 08:16:55
Mitsubishi wins FPSO compressor
Tokyo, March 14, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order for six compressor packages to be installed on a floating production, storag...
2012-03-15 07:27:30
KR-Bioneer sign MOU
Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and Korean leading biotech/nano tech company Bioneer signed a memorandum of understanding on March 13 to cooperate in bio/nano tech and marine technology. KR and Bioneer both agreed to joint development of nano fil...
2012-03-14 10:05:49
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