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Wärtsilä Corporation and Metso Corporation have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing and delivering exhaust gas scrubber systems for marine applications. Metso is to supply the scrubber units, while Wärtsilä is responsible for world-wide sales and integration of complete, certified, documented marine scrubber systems, including automation, water treatment, and ...

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII), has been awarded a construction contract for the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer DDG 113.The award amount is considered source selection-sensitive information as it represents Phase I of a competitive two-phased acquisition approach to procure FY11/FY12 DDG 51's. Phase II includes the ...

Interspeed(R)5640, International Paint's, copper-free antifouling, has received U.S. Navy approval to MIL-PRF-24647 Type I Classes 1 & 2, Grades A & B, Applications 1 & 4. This approval follows many years of research dedicated to meeting the US Navy's stated aims of metal-free fouling control. "This approval now allows government specifi ...

Drammen, Norway, headquartered OceanSaver says that its next generation ballast water treatment (BWT) system will reduce energy use by over 50 percent compared to its previous technology.   OceanSaver's on-going research and development initiatives have led to the introduction of the Mark II system, which features an optimized filtration step, not available a ...

In partnership with Fleetway, Inc., Denmark's Knud E. Hansen A/S  recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada for the basic design of a series of six ferries for operation on the intra-provincial south shore routes off Newfoundland.This is the second such arrangement in which Knud E. Hansen has been involved, with the basic ...

Singapore's NOL Group today signed letters of intent to build 12 new containerships for its APL subsidiary. The ships, all to be built in South Korean shipyards, will include ten 14,000-TEU vessels to be constructed by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd; and two 9,200-TEU vessels to be constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.NOL also said it is up ...

Cardiff, U.K., based Graig Ship Management Limited has taken delivery of the 79,600 dwt bulk-carrier King Peace. It is providing full technical management and crewing of the ship on behalf of Shanghai-based Zhong An Shipping. The vessel was built at China's Wu Jia Zui Shipyard under the supervision of Graig China Ltd.Ian Morgan, CEO of G ...

Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced several technologies designed, among other things, to reduce seasickness among workers traveling to offshore wind farm sites, which it says is "a very real business consideration for wind farm operators."BMT has introduced an active motion damping system to a number of its designs. It s ...

Singapore Technologies Engineering announced today that its ST Marine unit has won a shipbuilding contract worth about S$171million (about US$ 179 million) from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (Swire Pacific Offshore), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited.The contract covers the building and outfitting of four anchor handling tug supply (A ...

Morgan City, La., based Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) provided an update today on the impact of the rising waters of the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya River on its operations.Johnny Conrad, President and CEO stated, "On May 11, 2011 we announced the potential adverse impact on our business of the rising water levels along the Mississippi and ...