Equipment
Japanese rely on green, high-spec ships
Japan’s shipbuilders are leaning on the next generation of environmentally friendly ships and top-notch, super-fuel-efficient designs to secure their future against competition from low-cost Asian rivals. The country’s major players have rush...
2010-11-01 07:12:33
STX Turku faces big hole in orderbook
Workers at STX’s Turku yard in Finland will be laid off until at least next summer as Royal Caribbean’s huge Allure of the Seas nears delivery. The 225,000–gt cruiseship – due to sail on Friday - marks the last work at the yard un...
2010-10-29 07:35:48
MAN scores significant Dual-Fuel reference
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the South Korean shipbuilder, recently delivered the ‘Castillo de Santisteban’ to Empresa Naviera Elcano, the globally active Spanish shipping group. Five MAN dual-fuel 8L51/60DF engines will power the 300-metre l...
2010-10-28 07:57:56
Rolls-Royce, STX sign gas turbine deal
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed an agreement with STX Engine Co. Ltd. STX Engine, based in Korea, will become a packager of Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbine generating sets in the Asia Pacific region. The agreemen...
2010-10-27 13:03:37
Japanese in race to develop green engine
Major Japanese shipbuilders are developing engines that produce less exhaust gas in preparation for more stringent international emissions regulations in 2016. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in December will begin testing a large next-generati...
2010-10-27 07:32:05
STX orders Hamworthy technology
Hamworthy Serck Como has secured a new order for its Multi Stage Flash (MSF) Evaporators, the technology regularly specified by leading cruiseship owners as the means of producing fresh water from seawater to meet World Health Organization (WHO) pota...
2010-10-27 07:23:08
MHI, Doosan sign turbocharger deal
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Korea's Doosan Engine have signed an agreement under which MHI will license manufacturing and marketing of its MET Turbocharger, a supercharger for marine diesel engines, to the Korean firm. By establishi...
2010-10-27 07:09:38
Meyer Werft wins 143,500-gt cruiseships
Following the successful launch of Norwegian Epic, the Company’s largest and most innovative ship to date, Norwegian Cruise Line announced on October 25th that it has reached an agreement with MEYER WERFT GMBH of Germany to build two new next gener...
2010-10-26 07:58:29
Rongsheng adds 1,600t gantry crane
Currently Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group convened an opening ceremony for the installation of a 1,600-ton gantry crane, which was the world’s largest gantry crane. The crane’s contract value reached CNY115m ($17.2m). It entered Rongs...
2010-10-25 06:35:43
Remontowa wins LNG-powered ferry quartet
Poland’s Remontowa Shipyard has won an order for four new LNG-powered ferries. The shipbuilder held off competition from Norwegian, Dutch and German yards to clinch the deal from Norway’s Torghatten Nord. The 4,200-gt ships are intended f...
2010-10-25 06:17:33
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