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  • Seal Beach Dredging Contract for R.E. Staite Engineering

    30 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    R.E. Staite Engineering Inc., from San Diego, California, has won a $9.3 million contract for maintenance dredging of Naval Weapons Station Harbor at Seal Beach, California. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). “Work will be performed in Seal Beach, California, with an estimated completion date of April […]

  • Wallaby Engineering and Subsea Tooling Services Join Forces

    15 March 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Perth-based Wallaby Engineering has formed an alliance with UK-based Subsea Tooling Services (STS). The formal agreement allows Wallaby Engineering the right to distribute and support the Subsea Tooling Services range of subsea dredgers. “This is an extremely significant alliance for both companies, that will allow us to use our respective key strengths, developed through solid […]

  • Technical Toolboxes Gets New Engineering Performance Advisor

    19 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Houston-based desktop and cloud-based pipeline engineering software provider Technical Toolboxes has appointed Joseph Ladner as engineering performance advisor. Ladner will work alongside the sales and services teams in Houston on all aspects of technical support, lead generation and account growth. He joins Technical Toolboxes from Alliantgroup, where he served as a senior associate team lead […]

  • Texas A&M University Launches Ocean Engineering Department

    25 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University has announced the establishment of the Department of Ocean Engineering. The department combines two existing programs within Texas A&M University, one on the campus in College Station, Texas, and one on the marine-oriented campus in Galveston, Texas. The merger brings together the infrastructure of one of the […]

  • James Fisher Buys Hughes Sub Surface Engineering

    11 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    James Fisher has acquired the entire share capital of Hughes Marine Engineering Limited, the holding company of Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Limited. The initial consideration is GBP 9 million in cash, with further future consideration of up to GBP 1 million subject to certain profit targets being met by February 28, 2017, the company explained. Hughes Sub Surface […]

  • University of Maine Secures Funding for Ocean Engineering Laboratory

    24 November 2015
    Research & Development

    During a laboratory dedication at the University of Maine, the Harold Alfond Foundation announced a $3.9 million grant to the University of Maine to match $9.98 million already raised, formally establishing the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus. “We are investing in […]

  • Industry Players Aim to Set Standards for Offshore Engineering

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    McDermott has joined with 14 other offshore companies in signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish engineering industry standards. Known as the Standardization Unified Joint Industry Project (JIP), the one-year agreement sets out the terms and conditions upon which the signing parties shall establish industry standards for offshore engineering. The objective is to reduce […]

  • KCA Deutag partners up with India’s Kavin Engineering

    6 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    RDS and Kavin Engineering and Services have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly pursue design and engineering projects across the upstream and midstream oil and gas market. 

  • Chief Engineer Found Guilty of Using ”Magic Hose”

    19 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    The chief engineer from the 2000-built, 75,600 dwt bulk carrier M/V Trident Navigator was convicted by a federal jury in New Orleans after a week-long trial, of knowingly falsifying the vessel’s oil record book in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), obstruction of justice and witness tampering, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]

  • Wärtsilä, CSSC Finalize 2-Stroke Engine JV

    19 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The joint venture deal between Wärtsilä and shipbuilding conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for the take-over of Wärtsilä’s 2-stroke engine business, which was announced in July 2014, has been finalized. The required government and merger control approvals having been received, official closing took place on 19 January 2015. The joint venture assumes ownership of Wärtsilä’s […]

  • China: JV Shanghai MHI Engine Begins Operation

    11 March 2013

    Shanghai MHI Engine Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and marketer of diesel engines jointly established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Shanghai Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (SDEC) – a major Chinese diesel engine manufacturer – has launched operation. The JV aims to establish a solid position in the rapidly expanding Chinese market for industrial-use diesel […]

  • Synergy Engineering Uses AVEVA Laser Modeller (Malaysia)

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    AVEVA announced today, November 5, that Synergy Engineering, a leading Engineering Consultant based in South East Asia, has successfully executed a brownfield modification project using AVEVA Laser Modeller. A true as-built model of the facility was not available, as a result of significant modifications made over a number of years. The use of laser scanning to […]

  • Samsung Engineering Appoints New Offshore Division COO

    14 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Samsung Engineering has appointed Michel Laine as chief operating officer of its newly established offshore segment, effective December 20, 2012. Laine’s career in offshore began in 1982 with ETPM, followed by Technip and Bouygues Offshore S.A. (acquired by Saipem). Since 2002, he held key management positions such as managing director of Saipem Indonesia and Saipem […]

  • STX Heavy Industries of Korea Unveils Hybrid Engine

    23 April 2013

    STX Heavy Industries of Korea has held a celebration ceremony for successful domestic development of hybrid engine (DF engine) for onshore and offshore uses to be installed on LNG carrier at its Changwon yard in South Gyeongsang Province on April 15. The newly developed STX-MDT 51/60DF engines are designed to run on both gas and […]

  • Corps of Engineers Unveil Plan for Duxbury Harbor Dredging

    13 September 2010

    At the request of the Duxbury harbormaster and the Duxbury Bay Management Commission, the Army Corps of Engineers is planning to dredge Duxbury Harbor. The harbor needs to be dredged every 10 years, according to Harbormaster Don Beers. In fact, plans for this project began as soon as the last dredging ended in 1997, he […]

  • Wärtsilä Finds Faults in Marine Engine Fuel Tests

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Following its recent inspection of test processes, Finnish engineering company Wärtsilä Corporation said that the probe revealed some defects in certain fuel consumption measurement tests conducted for marine engines in Wärtsilä Delivery Centre Trieste in Italy. Based on the current analysis, the deviations have been caused by a “limited number of personnel, who have clearly acted against […]

  • HHI Slashes NOx Emissions from Marine Engines

    3 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    South Korea-based shipbuilder and marine engine maker Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has produced the world’s first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR) system for the dramatic reduction of NOx emission from 2-stroke marine engines. According to HHI, the HP SCR can reduce NOx emission up to 99 percent by using ammonia as a catalyst, and thus […]

  • Split-cycle engine simulations suggest fuel saving

    17 January 2011

    Massachusetts-based engine-developer Scuderi has disclosed that results from vehicle simulations conducted on its split-cycle engine have shown that it could use between 25-36 per cent less fuel than a conventional engine.

  • Wartsila X92 Engines to Power Ciner’s New Boxships

    9 December 2013

    Wartsila is to supply its Wartsila X92 main engine for a series of four Post Panamax 9000 TEU container ships to be built for the Ciner Group, based in Istanbul, Turkey. There is also an option for a fifth vessel. Each vessel will be powered by an 8-cylinder Wärtsilä X92 engine. The ships will be […]

  • Terntank Opts for Wartsila’s New Dual-Fuel Engines

    2 December 2013

    Wartsila has announced that its new 2-stroke, low pressure, dual-fuel engine has been selected by Terntank Rederi A/S, the Denmark based tanker operator, to power two new environmentally advanced, 15,000 DWT tankers. These will be the first installations of this engine. The new Wärtsilä technology was just recently introduced at a customer event held at […]

  • Zhongxing Engineering to Build Two Oil Tanker Superstructures

    23 August 2013

    Recently, Zhongxing Sea-Land Engineering Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of the COSCO Shipyard Group, entered into a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International Company (GSI) to build a pair of 115,000-dwt oil tanker superstructures, as well as an LOI (letter of intent) to build two more superstructures for a pair of 308,000-dwt very large crude carriers […]

  • Wärtsilä Retrofits German Ferry with Dual-Fuel Engines

    18 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded an important retrofitting contract by the German shipyard, BVT – Brenn – und Verformungstechnik Bremen GmbH. The project entails converting the m/v Ostfriesland, a car and passenger ferry owned by Aktien-Gesellschaft “EMS“, so that it can utilise liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel. […]

  • Navis Engineering Outfits ‘Baltika’ with DP System and Autopilot

    29 April 2014

    Dynamic positioning control systems from Navis Engineering have met performance expectations set out in the sea trials of the innovative multifunctional icebreaking rescue and emergency vessel Baltika. The state-of-the-art icebreaker, commissioned in early April, is fitted with the Nav DP4000 (DP System) and the Navis AP4000 Heading control system (autopilot). Designed by Finnish company Aker […]

  • Finland: Wartsila Brings New Dual-Fuel Engine

    24 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    With the introduction of its new Wärtsilä 46DF engine, Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s provider of innovative products, solutions and services, has raised the technology bar in the dual-fuel engine market. At the same time, it has strengthened its offering in the medium-speed engine sector. The fuel flexible Wärtsilä 46DF engine has been specifically developed for […]

  • Port Engineers Attend BMT’s Fit for Purpose Training

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    BMT Designers & Planners, Inc. (BMT), an operating company of BMT Group Ltd,  has delivered its training program to assist Port Engineers (PEs) with maximizing investments in the repair and sustainment of their maritime assets. With the complex management of ship repair constantly changing, PEs are tasked with understanding many challenging requirements. These include surface […]