General News 13-18 – Page 124

  • The Wärtsilä RT-flex50DF low-pressure 2-stroke dual-fuel engine
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    Second order for low-pressure DF two-stroke

    2014-03-25T20:28:00Z

    Wärtsilä has announced a further order for its low-pressure two-stroke, dual-fuel engine, for an LNG carrier ship being built in China for a Chinese owner.

  • The new LPG carrier order is identical to another vessel ordered by Astomos Energy late in 2013
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    Newbuild LPG carrier order

    2014-03-25T15:38:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier to be built at MHI''s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.

  • Rolls-Royce will provide a range of equipment for the new PSVs
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    Rolls-Royce package for COSCO vessels

    2014-03-25T15:12:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is to provide an integrated design and equipment package for two offshore supply vessels to be built at COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard for Singapore-based Chellsea Group.

  • MHI has lost around 60 billion yen because of difficulties encountered in the construction of two cruise vessels for AIDA Cruises
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    MHI newbuild cruise ship loss

    2014-03-24T18:17:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has made a loss in its cruise ship business, according to its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2014.

  • The Wärtsilä 46DF engine
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    Dual fuel engine developed for fuel flexibility

    2014-03-24T17:28:00Z

    Wärtsilä has added another dual fuel four-stroke engine, the 46DF, to its marine portfolio, a move which the company claims has “once again raised the technology bar in the dual-fuel engine market.”

  • News

    Damen opens new yard in Vietnam

    2014-03-24T17:27:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has added a new yard, one of the largest in the group, to its portfolio, following the formal opening of the Damen Song Cam shipyard, a joint venture between Damen and several local partners.

  • Simon Bennett: “It is unfortunate that the debate has been complicated by the parallel proposal from the EU.”
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    ICS wants IMO to speed up carbon monitoring and reporting

    2014-03-24T17:22:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) wants IMO to give greater priority to developing a global system for monitoring and reporting of carbon emissions from ships.

  • Danelec's third generation VDR will comply with the new IMO VDR standard
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    Danelec unveils new VDR

    2014-03-24T12:46:00Z

    In response to customer demand and in view of the new upcoming IMO standard, Denmark-based Danelec Marine is launching its third generation Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), built around an entirely new ‘concept’ to help shipowners save time and cut costs, it told The Motorship.

  • Puttgarden should be a cleaner port when ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (seen here) and her sisters are refitted for hybrid power (Scandlines)
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    More hybrid power systems for Scandlines ferries

    2014-03-21T15:47:00Z

    Canadian company Corvus Energy says that it is to supply three more energy storage systems to Scandlines for its next hybrid ferry refits.

  • ABB Turbocharging and Van Oord have concluded a three-year maintenance agreement
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    Turbo maintenance agreement cuts dredging costs

    2014-03-21T15:47:00Z

    ABB has announced a three-year maintenance agreement with dredging specialist Van Oord, covering global maintenance of turbochargers for 2014-2016.

  • Praveen Kumar Mishra has proposed an alternative to onboard ballast water treatment, on behalf of IRClass
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    IRClass proposes alternative to BWTS

    2014-03-21T15:46:00Z

    A different approach to the ballast water controversy has been proposed by Praveen Kumar Mishra, vice president of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), the most recently-appointed member of IACS.

  • News

    Korean Register launches CSR-H software

    2014-03-21T15:46:00Z

    Classification society Korean Register (KR) has released new software, SeaTrust-HullScan, to analyse and appraise a ship hull structure in accordance with IACS harmonised common structural rules (CSR-H).

  • The first pilot of Build2Design carried out on the Green Dolphin 38 design showed that a saving of 2% can be achieved
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    DNV GL launches new Build2Design service

    2014-03-20T18:19:00Z

    DNV GL has launched a new service called Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in the shipbuilding process.

  • The 80m ice-class ferries will operate in Canada. Photo: Cargotec
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    Cargotec secures ro-ro equipment contract

    2014-03-20T11:11:00Z

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to design and deliver key components for ro-ro access equipment for two Damen ice-class ro-Pax ferries.

  • Patrick Janssens: “The visionary project teams who properly plan their path to compliance can be successful”
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    LNG bunkering regulation report

    2014-03-19T17:29:00Z

    Marine and offshore classification society ABS has released a report on LNG bunkering in North America.

  • Russia's plans for Crimea include development of shipbuilding
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    Shipbuilding features strongly in Russia’s plans for Crimea

    2014-03-19T15:30:00Z

    Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first deputy prime-minister, has said that Russia is considering the establishment of large commercial shipbuilding along the Crimean coastline, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • The EU is providing funding to the IMO camapign to improve the African maritime industry
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    €1.2m pledged to support African administrations

    2014-03-19T12:42:00Z

    The European Union is funding a €1.2m grant contract, signed between the IMO and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), to support training and capacity-building activities in Africa.

  • Wärtsilä Ship Design has adapted its established Norwegian vessel designs for the Asia-Pacific market
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    PSV designs aimed at Asia-Pacific owners

    2014-03-18T17:42:00Z

    Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) Singapore has unveiled a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) design package aimed at ship owners and shipyards in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • The new solution has been developed to prepare vessels for the fitting of BWMS
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    Wärtsilä wins retrofit contract

    2014-03-18T17:19:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to retrofit two Condor ro-ro ferries with its new Aquarius Ready ballast water management system (BWMS).

  • Baleária should achieve 2% savings in propulsion power with ABB’s EMMA Advisory Suite
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    ABB order for Baleária ferry

    2014-03-18T16:45:00Z

    Leading power group, ABB has won an order from a Spanish ferry operator to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessels.