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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that the energy-saving Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) device has now been ordered for 2,000 vessels worldwide. The PBCF breaks up the hub vortex generated behind the rotating propeller, giving a 3-5 percent reduction in fuel consumption in the case of a large containership.Developed by MOL, West Japan Fluid Engineering Laboratory Co., Ltd. ...

Gustav Johan Nydal is leaving his position as President and CEO of Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards to return to Norway where he has been appointed Yard Director of STX Norway Florø AS. He will assume his new role in early October 2011.As of an August 4 court filing with the Quebec Superior Court, Mr. Nydal was actually then the only remaining employee of Davie Yards, its assets h ...

The U.S. Coast Guard published today in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) designed to improve safety on towing vessels. The rule could impact more than 5,100 vessels that operate on the inland waterways and the coastlines of the U.S.“This NPRM, which proposes an inspection regime for a prev ...

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., recently delivered a new high-speed ferry to Fire Island Ferries, Inc., for operation on the south shore of Long Island in New York. The new 387-passeng ...

The two 92.4 m platform supply vessels that Fincantieri Marine Group's Bay Shipbuilding Company is to build for Tidewater Marine LLC (see earlier story) are to have Siemens diesel electric propulsion.Siemens Industry, Inc. (NYSE: SI) today announced that it ...

China's Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has delivered Bourbon Front, the first Ulstein PX105 platform supply vessel, to Bourbon Offshore Norway. As well as the Ulstein X-bow, this new class of large PSV includes many other innovative features.With a cargo deck area 1,017 sq.m,  the Multi Application Cargo So ...

SeaArk Marine, Inc., Monticello, Ark., reports that Engineering Department Manager Ronald "Ronnie" McGehee has succeeded VP of Engineering Casmer "Cas" Kirby who has retired after a career with the work and patrol vessel specialist that began in 1991. Mr. Kirby was promoted to VP Engineering in 2006 and was well known for incorporating extreme durability into every design d ...

Here's something else to use your smart phone for. Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched what it says is the world’s first mobile after-sales services (A/S) for ships. Called m-PASS, enables shipowners to use smart phones to monitor the status of equipment installed in ships, retrieve information about ships and equipment makers, and find contact points for maintenance staff. ...

Norway's Ulstein Group has established a new company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions. This company will take over the activities of former IDEA Heavy Equipment b.v, a Dutch company with which Ulstein has cooperated with in recent years.Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions will be engaged in the development and manufacturing of innovative mission and interface eq ...

Paris-headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon reports second quarter and first half revenues that include an 18.8  percent growth in half-year revenues to 482.7 million euros at current exchange rates and an increase in utilization rate up to 84.7  percent. "The steady increase in the fleet's utilization rates, particularly in shallow water offshore, i ...