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Saga Shipholding (Norway) has signed a contract with Dualog for its Crew Surf service. Saga, the open-hatch carrier subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), is an international shipping company specialising in the transportation of forest products and breakbulk cargoes. Saga has opted for Crew Surf, which provides optimised internet access to Saga's crew. Crew can monitor their own data usage and can buy more Internet time on a self-serve basis. With the Dualog solution, Saga Shipholding is demonstrating its focus on crew welfare as a mean to retain qualified crew. "We are pleased to sign this contract with Dualog" said Nils Otto Berntsen Bjørhovde, Technical Manager in Saga Shipholding (Norway). "Saga is committed to our crew and we asked them for the top reasons to stay with Saga. On the top list came good Internet services on board! With Crew Surf from Dualog, we are confident of offering good and controlled internet to the crew." The inclusion of the Saga Shipholding fleet brings the total family of vessels running Dualog services up to 2.200. "This contract strengthens Dualog as the world's leading independent supplier of ship-shore communication services to the global shipping industry" said Morten Lind-Olsen, CEO of Dualog. Source ...

The first of five 19,000 TEU containerships for China Shipping Container Lines Image: Groundbreaking ceremony for 19,000 TEU Containership Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has began building the first of five 19,000 TEU containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.The shipowner upgraded the original order for five 18,400 TEU containerships to ones capable of delivering 600 more containers. These new ships will be the largest containerships ever built.The world's largest containerships will feature a 77,200 bhp electronically-controlled main engine and two EcoBallast seawater treatment systems.The main engine will maximize fuel efficiency, and reduce noise, vibrations, and carbon emissions by automatically controlling fuel consumption to suit sailing speed and sea conditions.The EcoBallast system can treat 3,000 m3 of seawater per hour by filtering and sterilizing bacteria and plankton bigger than 50 m with ultraviolet rays.The first containership, measuring 400.0 m in length, 58.6 m in width and 30.5 m in depth, is scheduled to be handed over by November this year. The remaining four containerships are slated to be delivered by the end of the first quarter 2015.Hyundai Heavy has won orders for 102 ships out of the 372 ultra large containerships.Source & Image Credit : HHI

The four UST plants on order consist of four marine turbines and eight boilers

Kongsberg Maritime has recently been awarded separate contracts with three major shipyards in Asia for major technology deliveries to specialist offshore vessels.

HHI Secures Order for Moss Type LNG Carriers

UASC teams up with HHI and FutureShip for new super-efficient container ships

DNV to Class UASC Ultra Large Container Ships, Some of largest and greenest container ship

HHI Delivers Newbuild LNG Vessel

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) announced that its electrolysis-based ballast water treatment system, HiBallast, was accepted as Alternative Management System (AMS) by the United States Coast Guard. This comes after the company won type approval from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2011.

Five 18,400 TEU containerships to be classed by GL