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APRIL 30, 2013 — Classification society ABS has released the ABS Advisory on Exhaust Gas Scrubber Systems to help vessel owners and operators assess the viability of meeting environmental requirements by using exhaust scrubbers. As the industry seeks ways to meet increasingly stringent limits on sulfur in fuel, says ABS, owners an ...

APRIL 30, 2013 — Lindblad Expeditions' 112 m x 16.5 m adventure cruise ship National Geographic Explorer is at Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany. The ship, which specializes in voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic, is scheduled for a three-week stay at the shipyard during which she will undergo comp ...

APRIL 29, 2012 — Classification society ClassNK has signed an agreement with the Government of Myanmar granting ClassNK authorization to carry out statutory surveys on its behalf. The signing ceremony took place in the Park Royal Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar, on 26 April 2013, with Director General of the Department of Marine Admini ...

APRIL 29, 2012 — Hong Kong based Kuma Shipping is to build two platform supply vessels of the new Ulstein P128 design at a Chinese shipyard for planned delivery in 2014. The design has been developed to serve the general PSV market related to work-over barges and jack-up rigs. "This is a des ...

APRIL 29, 2012 — ABB Turbocharging high-pressure tuning (HPT), has been added to MAN Diesel & Turbo's two-stroke engine tuning options. HPT is a new engine tuning for part and low loads designed to fully leverage pressure ratio and turbocharger efficiency, two critical factors in a turbocharger that are often not used to ...

APRIL 29, 2012 — President Obama plans to nominate Anthony R. Foxx, the Mayor of Charlotte, N.C., to succeed Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx (born on April 30, 1971 in Charlotte) was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005 and won election as mayor in 2009. Among his first term accomplishments ...

APRIL 26, 2013 — Hard to believe, but the first Disney Cruise Line ship, Disney Magic, is now around 15 years old (her maiden voyage was in July 1998) and Disney has decided it is time for a "reimagineering" transformation that will take place during drydocking Sept. 7-0ct. 10, 2013 in the Navantia shipyard Cadiz, Spain. ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Oslo-listed Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has unveiled what it says is the "ultimate seismic acquisition platform," the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named today at the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship, which is the first in a series of four from the same shipbuilder, will be the most powe ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Singapore's Viking Offshore & Marine Limited is to invest up to S$15 million (about US $12 million) to set up a dedicated innovation hub in Singapore to house and invest in promising offshore and marine-companies. Viking Chairman Mr. Andy Lim, today broke ground for the Viking Innovation Center ("VIC"), a 120,000 sq ft ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Growing U.S. coastwise demand could spur construction of new tank barges, Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Grzebinski told analysts Thursday, during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call. He said that Kirby is in conversations with several customers "a ...