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Russia and China may delay a natural-gas accord until later this year as wrangling continues over how much China needs to pay the world’s largest energy exporter for the fuel.Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Russia for a four-day visit and had been expected to sign a gas-supply agreement with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev

The fourth edition of Lloyd’s Register’s popular guide, Ballast Water Treatment Technology, has been released.With the International Maritime Organization's Ballast. Water Convention potentially coming into force as early as next year, ship-owners, managers and operators should be planning now for retro-fits of their operational ships,

Dutch offshore and ferry operating companies Workships Contractors and the Doeksen family announce their continued expansion into the service sector of the offshore wind industry by signing a Heads of Agreement for an Anglo-Dutch co-operation with Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd,

The European Commission has requested Belgium, Estonia, France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom to adopt national legislation to implement EU rules setting up a vessel traffic monitoring and information system . The rules in question, an important measure to prevent loss of life and environmental damage from shipping accidents

On 15 June 2011, DNV signed a MoU with the Korea Finance Corporation (KoFC) to cooperate on verification of the green ships.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels.

World's largest gas engine - Wärtsilä 18V50SG. The new Wärtsilä 50SG is a four-stroke, spark-ignited gas engine operating on the Otto cycle and incorporating the lean-burn principle. It has been designed using the proven gas technology used in the smaller Wärtsilä 34SG engine. An important feature of this new gas engine in Wärtsilä’s portfolio is its exceptionally high power plant net electrical efficiency rating - more than 50% in combined-cycle mode.

The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the "Company") wishes to announce that COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd (“COSCO Zhoushan”), a subsidiary of the Company's 51% owned

A report released today from the U.S. Maritime Administration shows more ships are stopping at U.S. ports. The stops, or vessel calls, rebounded by 13 percent in 2010

Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) has ordered 81 MW for base load operation. The public bid for the expansion of the Miraflores Power Plant has been concluded by , awarding the contract to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. for two engines of the, MAN B&W 12K80MC-S design.

Plans to build nuclear facilities for power generation in Jordan will go ahead the country’s energy minister has announced, despite calls to find other methods of production.

In an attempt to counter huge power shortages in the country, the Iraqi government has announced the construction of a new $130m 500 megawatt power station in the south of the country.

GE Marine reports that it will provide Austal USA with two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to power the United States Navy’s fourth LCS-Class-Independence variant.

ABB has expanded its marine and crane services team to help UK-based cruise ships, ferries, offshore support, semi-sub, jack-up, FPSO, specials and merchant vessels to upgrade, retrofit and replace equipment.

Wärtsilä Corporation, the global leader in complete power lifecycle solutions and services, and Metso Corporation have signed an agreement to co-operate in developing and delivering scrubber systems for marine applications. Under the terms of this agreement, Metso is to supply the scrubber unit, while Wärtsilä is responsible for world-wide sales and integration of complete, certified, documented marine scrubber systems, including automation, water treatment,

The proposed maritime regulatory Bill, which would regulate all the major and non-major ports in the country under one body, is facing opposition from various state governments, according to Union shipping minister GK Vasan.

After a long wait, the port of Mombasa will be dredged of mud and silt to finally accommodate bigger ships — as size continues to rule the marine industry. Having lost some trans-shipment business to the port of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, the Kenyan port is playing catch-up with the Kenya Ports Authority managing director Gichiri Ndua’s announcement Wednesday that the dredging would start this month and be completed in 18 months.

SHANGHAI will build two more offshore wind farm projects by 2015 to increase the use of clean energy, the city’s planner said yesterday.

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £15 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for ship owner Brasil Supply.

Knud E. Hansen A/S in partnership with Fleetway Inc. have recently signed a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL) in Canada for the Basic Design of a series of six ferries for operation on the intra-provincial south shore routes off Newfoundland.