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Owners Warned: Pay Heed to Turkish SOX Regs

OW Bunker highlighted the potential safety issues that ship owners and operators will face in Turkish waters when new local sulfur legislation comes into force from January 1, 2012. The ruling, delivered by the Turkish…

People & Company News

SKF to Open Dedicated Marine Industry Service Centers

SKF is establishing a global, marine-focused network of specialized technology and service centers that will focus on providing a complete range of marine solutions to improve fleet efficiency and predictability in a…

People & Company News

LR Statutory Alert: Bio-Fuels

Statutory alert: Changes to the requirements for the carriage of blends of petroleum oil and bio-fuels. Applicabilty: All owners, operators and charterers of vessels carrying MARPOL bio-fuels and bio-fuel blend cargoes…

Contracts

IHC Merwede Wins €200m in Orders

HC Merwede won orders for vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200m. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; an…

Contracts

Voith to Propel 70-ton Tug for the Port of Haifa

The Port of Haifa is one of the largest ports in Israel and a key hub for trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. The port handles over 20 million tons of goods a year. Four Voith Water Tractors ensure safe berthing of the…

Technology

Ship Emissions First: Commercial Scrubber System in Operation

Hamworthy Krystallon announced that the first of four vessels installed with the company’s seawater scrubbers for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina & Co has come on line. Linea Messina is reported to be the first ever…