Fuels & Lubricants – Page 27
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NewsME-GI ENGINES FOR SEASPAN ULCS SERIES
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that Samsung Heavy Industries has confirmed the order of 10 × 8G95ME-GI10.5 engines in connection with the building of 10 × 15,000-teu containerships for Seaspan Corporation.
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NewsGREATER FLEXIBILITY IN CYLINDER LUBRICATION DELIVERY FOR TWO-STROKE ENGINES
The shipping industry’s ambitions for reducing CO2 emission are likely to follow several technological pathways, so a more flexible and modular lubrication system is now available, says Dr Rathesan Ravendran, Technology and Innovation Specialist at Hans Jensen Lubricators.
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NewsMAN ES DEMONSTRATES NEW OTTO CYCLE ME-GA ENGINE PLATFORM
Engine designer MAN Energy Solutions held a public demonstration of its new low-pressure dual-fuel engine platform at its Copenhagen Research Centre in mid-March 2021. The demonstration, which was held remotely to comply with Covid-19 public health requirements, was accompanied by the announcement of the first orders for the company’s new ...
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NewsPutting the market at the heart of MAN’s development programme
Speaking just after the first demonstration of MAN Energy Solutions’ new low-speed, two-stroke Otto Cycle engine platform on 18 October, Wayne Jones OBE, Chief Sales Officer, discussed the ME-GA project and wider market trends.
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NewsLNG bunker vessel for Port of Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp, Fluxys and Titan LNG are celebrating the christening of a new LNG bunker barge which will make LNG more widely available to vessels bunkering in the port.
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NewsTeam-up makes LNG prices more transparent
S&P Global Platts and SEA-LNG, the coalition for promoting LNG as a marine fuel, have joined forces to improve the visibility of LNG fuel pricing.
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NewsME-GI ENGINES FOR VLCC SERIES
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply ten dual-fuel ME-GI engines to a series of ten very large crude carriers. The order is the first for MAN ES’s low-speed, high-pressure LNG-fuelled engine from the VLCC segment.
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NewsBV classification for new Torman LNG FRU
Bureau Veritas has completed the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana in sheltered waters.
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NewsFirst USA ship-to-ship Aframax LNG bunkering
Sovcomflot and Shell have broken new ground with the completion of the first ever ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of an Aframax tanker in the USA.
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NewsShipyard inertia preventing wider adoption of water-based lubrication
Shipowners want to return to a water lubricated propulsion arrangement, but shipyards are preventing the wider take up of the environmentally sustainable solution, writes Patrik Wheater.
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NewsShell expands LNG offering with new vessel
Shell will add further flexibility to customers on key trade routes when it takes receipt of a new LNG bunkering supply vessel being constructed in Spain.
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NewsBiodegradable oil for submersible motors test
Bakker Sliedrecht is carrying out tests to determine whether biodegradable oil can be used in the submersible motors that the company supplies for Van Oord.
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NewsONE cuts its carbon footprint
Container shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has taken steps to cut its carbon footprint with a sustainable marine biofuel trial in collaboration with sustainable cargo initiative GoodShipping.
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NewsHøglund signs German LNG FGSS deal
Høglund has signed a contract with Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) to supply the fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for three multipurpose LNG-fuelled vessels built for the German government for use on pollution control, emergency towing and firefighting.
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NewsKongsberg wins strategic Arctic LNGC contract
Kongsberg Maritime has won a significant and strategic new equipment contract with Russian LNG producer Novatek.
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NewsMSC to trial emulsion-based MSAR fuel
An emulsified fuel made from waste refinery products and water may make a leap from the lab to long-haul shipping, reports Paul Gunton
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NewsWärtsilä and SAACKE team up on gas
Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SAACKE, the Germany-based global supplier of marine firing plants for seagoing vessels, offshore plants and LNG tankers.
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NewsDNV GL AiP for GTT NO96 system
GTT has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the NO96 containment system application as an LNG fuel tank for Ultra Large Container Vessels from DNV GL.
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NewsSaacke launches new GCU solution for LNG carrier market
SAACKE Marine Systems is introducing a new Gas Combustion Unit to its product range. The new GCU offers a smaller footprint, reduced emissions and lower installation and maintenance costs, the company announced.
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NewsWärtsilä to power Arctic LNG project
Wärtsilä is to supply the dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500cbm LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia’s Arctic waters.
