General News 13-18 – Page 61
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NewsWärtsilä proves remote service capability
Technology group, Wärtsilä, has successfully tested its remote guidance service allowing crew, engineers and shipyard personnel to communicate with shore-based experts anywhere in the world through augmented reality (AR).
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NewsBunker methodology gains Lloyd's recognition
Lloyd''s Register has confirmed that Maersk Tankers'' bunker adjustment methodology conforms with industry quality standards.
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NewsGAC Marine to supply services for Petronas
GAC Marine’s Turkmenistan branch has been awarded two contracts by Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd (PC(T)SB) to provide marine services for its development of the Garagol Deniz West (GDW) offshore oil field.
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NewsEnforce discharge rules, says ACO Marine
ACO Marine, together with wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has called for a revision to MARPOL Annex IV in order to verify the ongoing performance and discharge criteria of onboard sewage treated systems.
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NewsMacGregor and Ocean Sourcing support deal
Cargotec’s MacGregor has signed an agreement with Ocean Sourcing Pte Ltd to support MacGregor equipment installed on the Anglo Eastern Univan Group fleet of 650 managed vessels.
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NewsECSA publishes EU shipping priorities
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has published its strategic priorities for EU shipping which will guide the association’s activities regarding international and European regulators for the next five years.
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NewsECSA urges industry to 'raise its voice'
The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has unveiled its strategic priorities for EU shipping warning stakeholders to avoid taking open market access for granted and urging the shipping industry to raise its voice to ensure a level playing field worldwide.
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NewsCSA 2020 welcomes new members
Norwegian/Swedish Wallenius Wilhelmsen has become the latest shipowner to join the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), increasing the organisation''s membership to 35 shipowners operating a combined fleet of almost 2500 vessels.
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NewsBV appoints new North America CEO
Certification agency, Bureau Veritas, has appointed Tim Protheroe as regional chief executive of its North America marine & offshore division.
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NewsBIMCO gives award to COSCO chairman
Captain Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO Shipping, received public recognition for his service to the shipping industry when he received the President’s Award at BIMCO’s Shanghai Conference and Award dinner.
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NewsING and EIB fund Spliethoff green retrofit
Dutch bank, ING, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed to fund Dutch ship management company, Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor, for the retrofitting of 42 vessels with exhaust gas cleaning systems and ballast water management systems.
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NewsHavila Kystruten ferries to feature 6.1MWh Corvus ESS
The largest marine battery installations on a hybrid-powered vessel will be integrated into four Norwegian coastal cruise ships set to be delivered for Havila Kystruten from 2020.
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NewsDigitalising the fleet of tomorrow
While performance optimisation is as old as the sea, or seafaring itself, the introduction of quantitative assessment models early this century has transformed the market. Eniram, a Wärtsilä company, was an early entrant into the market in 2005 and has been a data-led business since the start, Andrew Rayner, sales ...
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NewsWärtsilä in MSCL maintenance deal
Global technology group, Wärtsilä, has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with Marine Service Company Ltd (MSCL), a Saudi Arabian tug operator.
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NewsWinGD to ramp up R&D efforts
Klaus Heim, ceo of WinGD and president of CIMAC, was clear that the diesel engine has a future to play, during a recent interview in Winterthur.
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NewsGuidelines for sulphur limit implementation
The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response has agreed draft guidelines for consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI.
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NewsJapan’s MLIT and Carnival present scrubber findings at CSA 2020 conference
The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 held its first technical conference in London on 21 February at which both Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and a Carnival-led, CSA 2020-backed project presented the results of detailed studies into the composition and quality of exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) ...
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NewsOne Sea funding propels automation
One Sea has secured new funding to support its work towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025 and at the same time added Shipbrokers Finland as a new partner.
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NewsInmarsat backs maritime IoT incubators
Inmarsat, the mobile satellite communications, is backing two leading start-up programmes, Rainmaking’s Trade and Transport Impact (T&TI) and Bluetech Accelerator, that directly support start-ups focused on IoT and big data innovation in the maritime, ports and logistics supply chain.
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NewsClassNK releases updated design software
Classification society, ClassNK, has released the latest version of its design support software, developed in response to the IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (CSR BC & OT).
