Fuels & Lubricants – Page 29

  • Fuel tanks at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre (credit: Alfa Laval)
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    Alfa Laval to carry out marine biofuel testing in Aalborg

    2020-11-09T16:48:00Z

    As the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 m2 testing space – already equipped for today’s oil and gas fuels – has been readied for testing with biofuels. In coming years, the ...

  • Headway Technology Group's OceanGuard® FGSS was awarded approval in principle (AiP) by classification society DNV GL on 6 October (credit: Headway)
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    FGSS RECOVERS METHANE FROM HIGH-PRESSURE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES

    2020-11-09T14:58:00Z

    Qingdao-based marine technology developer Headway Technology Group has developed a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) which includes a step-down gas recovery function that minimises methane release from high-pressure dual-fuel engines during extreme load changes.

  • The new Arc7 vessel design features three 17MW ABB Azipod electric propulsion units, compared with the 45MW total propulsion in the Christophe de Margerie (credit: SCF)
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    NEW Arc7 LNGS WILL HAVE 6MW MORE POWER THAN PREDECESSORS

    2020-11-04T23:56:00Z

    A new series of Arc7 LNG carriers will feature more advanced icebreaking hulls to permit year-round deliveries from the Arctic LNG 2 project.

  • Dr. Gunnar Stiesch, Senior Vice President, Head of Engineering Engines at MAN (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    MAN REVEALS TIMELINE FOR FOUR-STROKE METHANE SLIP SOLUTIONS

    2020-11-04T13:19:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions anticipates a 2025 market launch for one of its key technologies for eliminating methane slip from four-stroke gas-burning dual-fuel engines. The other, switching the engines from the Otto to the Diesel combustion principle, will be validated in conjunction with the use of future fuels such as methanol ...

  • LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax with Mark III membrane tank
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    NEWCASTLEMAX DESIGN RUNS ON LNG WITHOUT LOSS OF CARGO CAPACITY

    2020-11-02T16:49:00Z

    Deltamarin and GTT''s LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax design has the same cargo capacity and dimensions as a standard 210,000dwt Newcastlemax but can carry enough LNG for two round trips from Australia to China or one round trip from Brazil to China.

  • ABB Azipod Photo: ABB
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    Azipod to power newbuild LNG carriers

    2020-11-02T10:29:00Z

    ABB has secured a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering worth more than US$300 million to supply a power and propulsion package for six new vessels that will transport LNG along the Northern Sea Route.

  • Privately-held Norwegian ship owner Viken Shipping will take delivery of 2 x 110,000dwt dual-fuel Aframaxes, similar to the diesel-fuelled Breiviken (pictured), after inking a term charter agreement with Total (credit: Viken Shipping)
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    Hafnia and Viken Shipping agree term charter with Total for dual-fuel Aframaxes

    2020-10-28T17:11:00Z

    Viken Shipping and Hafnia have signed long-term charters for two LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers apiece with energy major Total.

  • Charlotte Røjgaard, Global Head of VeriFuel at Bureau Veritas (credit: Bureau Veritas)
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    Four-Stroke Engine Experience with VLSFO: Time Will Tell

    2020-10-23T14:41:00Z

    While the initial experience with burning VLSFO in four-stroke engines has been positive, the true test of the switchover could come at overhaul time.

  • BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression have agreed a fleet management solution Photo: Burckhardt Compression
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    BW LNG and Burckhardt sign service agreement

    2020-10-22T09:50:00Z

    BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression have signed a ten-year service agreement covering nine LNG carriers with Laby-GI compressors on board.

  • DNV GL awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Headway Technologies' fuel gas supply system on 6 October (credit: Headway Technologies)
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    Headway Technology's FGSS awarded AiP by DNV GL

    2020-10-19T17:43:00Z

    Qingdao-based marine technology developer Headway Technology was awarded approval in principle (AiP) for its fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for high-pressure LNG-fuelled main engines by classification society DNV GL on 6 October.

  • By incorporating double-shell small size vacuum-insulated type tanks as well as an optimised Tank Connection Space, the innovative FGSS offers installation and maintenance efficiencies. (credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
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    BV awards AiP to Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for LNG FGSS

    2020-10-19T12:56:00Z

    Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has been granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for an LNG fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for marine four-stroke dual fuel engines.

  • The CMA CGM ‘JACQUES SAADE’ Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Largest LNG container ship delivered

    2020-10-16T12:16:00Z

    The first 23,000teu container vessel in the world to be powered by liquefied natural gas and equipped with a range of solutions from technology group Wärtsilä has been delivered.

  • The ‘Avenir Advantage’ Photo: Avenir LNG
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    Avenir takes delivery of first LBV

    2020-10-15T13:09:00Z

    Avenir LNG has taken delivery of its first dual purpose liquefied natural gas bunkering and supply vessel (LBV) from Keppel Offshore & Marine at the Nantong Shipyard, Jiangsu Province, China.

  • Nozzle with three concentric gas needles and one central diesel needle (credit: Woodward L'Orange)
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    NEW MULTI-FUEL INJECTORS READY FOR FUTURE FUEL FLEXIBILITY

    2020-10-14T21:27:00Z

    A new family of Woodward L''Orange high-pressure, dual-fuel injectors has been released to deliver future fuel flexibility.

  • Eastern Pacific Shipping recently took delivery of its first LNG-fuelled vessel, the boxship Tenere. (Photo credit: EPS).
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    ME-GI engines for EPS Newcastlemaxes

    2020-10-14T15:36:00Z

    Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has, according to MAN Energy Solutions, placed an order for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax vessels with dual-fuel main engines.

  • Vindskip harnesses wind power Photo:  Høglund Marine Solutions
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    Høglund acquires stake in wind vessel concept

    2020-10-12T11:30:00Z

    Høglund Marine Solutions has taken a two-thirds stake in Vindskip, a company developing a wind and LNG-powered vessel concept.

  • WinGD is developing systems to combine real time engine performance data with real time fuel and cylinder oil data, WinGD’s Konrad Räss noted. (credit: WinGD)
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    Transparency at heart of WinGD cylinder oil guidance

    2020-10-09T18:29:00Z

    Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD''s Project Engineer Tribology Fuels & Lubricants discussed the company''s list of validated cylinder oils in an interview with The Motorship in September.

  • Picture of test personnel at the MAN 32/40R-DF TAT in Augsburg (credit: MAN ES)
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    Successful TA test for MAN 32/40R-DF

    2020-10-08T17:00:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions’ new dual-fuel retrofit kit for its MAN 32/40 four-stroke engine has been approved by three major classification societies after successfully passing type approval tests (TAT) between 15 to 18 September 2020.

  • David Jung, Business Development Manager at Alfa Laval (credit: Alfa Laval)
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    Alfa Laval PureCool at heart of iCER's 50% methane slip reduction

    2020-10-07T13:29:00Z

    Alfa Laval PureCool is a cascade exhaust gas cooling system that was developed in close cooperation with global Swiss engine developer WinGD. The Alfa Laval PureCool system is the main component in WinGD’s iCER technology, an option for next-generation WinGD X-DF engines that slashes methane slip and significantly boosts fuel ...

  • Four of the series of product tankers are aimed at fleet renewal opportunities in northern Europe and the UK (credit: FKAB)
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    NEW BRAZILIAN-BUILT BUNKER TANKERS AIM FOR FLEXIBILITY

    2020-10-06T13:35:00Z

    Waterline Maritime has ordered a series of 8,000cbm product tankers, four to fill a gap in the Brazilian bunker market and four for export.