Fuels & Lubricants – Page 74

  • Roger Bounds, shell VP Global LNG and HE Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of Drydocks World, have agreed an LNG MoU
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    Drydocks World and Shell to cooperate in Dubai LNG fuel supply

    2013-09-17T13:58:00Z

    Drydocks World, based in Dubai, has announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Shell and Dubai Maritime City.

  • At the signing ceremony: from Lloyd’s Register: Nick Brown, area general manager and marine manager, Greater China (4th from left); Dr. Xue Maogen, general manager, greater china technical and business (3rd from right); Wei Ying, principal speci...
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    LR supports Chinese LNG carrier newbuilds

    2013-09-12T23:30:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register says it has signed a classification contract for six 174,000m³ LNG tankers to be built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China.

  • Online footage is available from www.motorship.com/gfsconference
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    GFS footage online

    2013-09-12T17:55:00Z

    If you missed the opportunity to attend the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2013, you can now view footage of the Chairman''s welcome address online.

  • Live ship to ship bunkering kicked off the second day of the Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    LNG bunkering demonstration starts GFS second day

    2013-09-12T14:22:00Z

    The second day of the Motorship gas fuelled ship conference began very early in the morning, as the ‘Viking Grace’ arrived in Stockholm after her overnight passage from Turku.

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    Danes to produce marine bio fuel

    2013-09-12T08:46:00Z

    Plans have been announced for a new refinery in Denmark to produce biomass fuels specifically for marine use.

  • Ed de Jong (standing), Kari Granberg, Martin L Shaw and Oscar Bergheim offer their experiences of operating various types of ships on LNG; dual-fuel, gas-only and mixed fuel
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    Operational experience with gas fuelled ships

    2013-09-12T08:12:00Z

    Three shipowners gave their differing operational experiences at the fourth Gas Fuelled Ships conference. First, Kari Granberg of Viking Line returned to the podium to talk specifically about the ''Viking Grace''.

  • Engine room tours formed an important part of the Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    LNG ships actually work

    2013-09-12T08:12:00Z

    The first day of the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference concluded with tours of the ‘Viking Grace’ machinery rooms and the GE-sponsored conference dinner.

  • Over 160 people attended the firsy day of the Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    The economics of gas fuelled ships

    2013-09-11T15:11:00Z

    The Gas Fuelled Ships conference continued through the morning onboard the Viking Line cruise ferry ‘Viking Grace’

  • The ro-pax Canadian ferries will operate on LNG
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    Wärtsilä solutions for LNG ferries

    2013-09-11T15:04:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply integrated solutions for two duel-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) ro-pax passenger ferries for Canadian ferry services provider, Société du Québec (STQ).

  • Chairman Martin L Shaw gets the fourth Gas Fuelled Ships conference off to a flying start onboard the 'Viking Grace'
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    Gas fuelled ships are a global solution, says GFS4 chairman

    2013-09-11T09:05:00Z

    The fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference has begun, on the Viking Grace cruise ferry sailing out of Stockholm en route for Mariehamn and Turku. Day One chairman, Martin Shaw of MOAMS, introduced the conference with his view of the prospects of LNG as a GLOBAL maritime fuel for the ...

  • Maran Gas’s latest delivery, ‘Woodside Rogers’ is to be joined by four more tri-fuel LNG carriers, all using GE electric propulsion
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    GE motors for more LNG carriers

    2013-09-10T14:46:00Z

    Paris-based GE Power Conversion is supplying induction electric propulsion motors to power four new LNG carriers being built at Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries for Maran Gas Maritime.

  • LNG valves from Bestobell, as supplied to Wärtsilä for the ‘Osfriesland’ retrofit
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    Cryogenic valves for ferry LNGPac retrofit

    2013-09-06T16:23:00Z

    UK-based Bestobell Valves reports an order from Wärtsilä Gas Power Systems, with which it formed a partnership in April 2013 as a preferred supplier of cryogenic valves for Wärtsilä’s LNGPac fuel system.

  • ‘Balder’ – first scrubber-equipped ship to legally use high sulphur fuel in the US ECA
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    Scrubber proves itself in US ECA

    2013-09-04T15:16:00Z

    Norwegian company Clean Marine says that its exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) from has clocked up a world first, by becoming the first EGCS to operate in the US emission control area (ECA).

  • The 2013 Gas Fuelled Ships conference, to be held onboard the ‘Viking Grace’, will include live ship-to-ship bunkering
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    Gas Fuelled Ships Conference draws near

    2013-09-01T18:59:00Z

    It is not too late to book places at the 4th Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference, to be held on 11-12 September 2013, onboard the LNG-fuelled cruise ferry ‘Viking Grace’, as it sails between Stockholm and Turku.

  • The Insatech/OW Bunker S3 Smart Sulphur Switch
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    ‘Inexpensive’ solution for dealing with ECA limits

    2013-08-15T15:34:00Z

    Danish company Insatech has announced its S3 system, developed in collaboration with OW Bunker, and described as being capable of blending and adjusting two fuels to the desired sulphur content at lower cost than other solutions.

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    Vickers' bio-lubes meet EAL requirements

    2013-08-08T17:38:00Z

    Vickers Oils has confirmed its range of bio lubricants meet the detailed ecological definitions and requirements laid out in the Vessel General Permit (VGP) published by the US Environmental Protection Agency, which comes into force on 19 December 2013.

  • Teekay has exercised options for two additional LNG new builds
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    Teekay LNG newbuilds

    2013-07-29T17:16:00Z

    Teekay LNG Partners LP has exercised two of its three options with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the construction of two 173,400m³ LNG carriers.

  • TOTE’s 3,100TEU container ships, the world’s first LNG-fuelled boxships, will be powered by MAN ME-GI engines with DSME’s HP-FGS technology
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    MAN agrees use of DSME HP gas system

    2013-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has announced a patent license agreement with MAN Diesel & Turbo for use of the DSME high pressure-fueled gas supply (HP-FGS) system.

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    GE to supply propulsion for Chinese LNG carriers

    2013-07-12T12:05:00Z

    GE Power Conversion says that it has been contracted to supply power and propulsion systems for the first electrically propelled LNG carriers to be built in China.

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    Shell Marine targets Oman

    2013-07-04T21:08:00Z

    Shell Marine Products is expanding the reach of its range of marine lubricants further into the Middle East-South Asia (MESA) market.