General News – Page 11
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News3D model-based class approval benefits validated by joint project
Bureau Veritas (BV), the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and NAPA, the maritime software and data services supplier, have completed the first phase of a Joint Development Project (JDP) to enable 3D model-based approvals for the classification of ships.
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NewsCMA CGM behind launch of AI lab start-up
Kyutai is apparently the first European private-initiative laboratory dedicated to open research in AI
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NewsImproved Sensors Offer Offer Operations, Refit and Design Benefits
Sensor technology and digital twins of ships are evolving and open new opportunities for owners and managers to improve the way how their ships are operated.
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NewsWärtsilä launches first ammonia-fuelled 4-stroke engine for maritime market
Wärtsilä has introduced the marine sector’s first commercially available 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia as a fuel. The ammonia solution is now commercially available as part of the Wärtsilä 25 engine platform, which was launched in September 2022.
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NewsCHEK project releases mid-term results of interaction between energy saving devices
The EU-funded CHEK project is evaluating the interaction between multiple energy saving devices when installed on a bulk carrier and a cruise ship, and modelling as part of the project is now able to put some numbers on the gains that can be expected for the vessels.
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NewsUS ports win record funding for improvements
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced over US$653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).
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News$85m investment to expand yard capacity at Ancona
Fincantieri has signed an agreement to develop the port of Ancona with the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea (ADSP).
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NewsIMO’s Calculation Challenge For GHG Regulation
Engine emissions have been regulated by the IMO under MARPOL Annex VI since 2005 when the 1997 Protocol adding the annex came into effect.
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NewsWorld-Class Training Ship Raises US Profile
Giving first form to a programme of considerable significance for the US maritime industries as a whole, the cadet training ship Empire State recently made her debut in New York. The $315m newbuild from Philly Shipyard marks a step change not only in design capability and engineering technology but also in the structure used for government shipbuilding contracts.
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NewsNew Fuels Change Lifetime Equation For Equipment
OEMs, like shipowners, are facing the increasing need to ensure the operational flexibility and fuel efficiency of their power and propulsion systems as expensive new fuels gradually take hold.
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NewsIndian Yard Books Diesel-Electric Series
Progressive Indian shipbuilder Chowgule has landed a further, major order from north Europe for new-generation short-sea tonnage. Acting in concert, Boomsma Shipping of the Netherlands and Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement have placed a firm contract covering four 8,500dwt diesel-electric dry cargo vessels, with the prospect of an eventual eight-ship series.
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NewsVale to retrofit 35m Rotor Sails on board VLOC
Brazilian mining company, Vale, has announced a deal to install 35-metre Rotor Sails on board a 400,000 dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC). The agreement between Vale and wind-assisted propulsion supplier Anemoi will see five 35m tall, 5m diameter, Flettner rotors installed on the Sohar Max VLOC, which is owned by Omani shipowner Asyad.
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NewsITT to acquire Svanehøj
US manufacturing company ITT is to acquire privately held Svanehøj Group
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NewsHyundai Glovis Plans World’s Largest Car Carriers
Hyundai Glovis, the shipping and logistics specialist of the Hyundai Motor Group, is set to order an extensive series of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) of record-breaking capacity.
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NewsProgressing new standards for offshore floating wind
The progress towards floating substations being integrated to DNV-ST-0145 continues
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NewsRINA announces appointment of new ceo
Classification society RINA s.p.a has announced the appointment of Carlo Luzzatto as the future CEO and General Director of RINA S.p.A.
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NewsSouth African ports plan their hydrogen roadmap
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the development of a terminal facility and related facilities for hydrogen initiatives at its commercial seaports.
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NewsWärtsilä handling systems for new LPG carrier series
Wärtsilä Cargo Handling Systems have been ordered for five newbuild very large LPG carriers to be built in South Korea at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen bunkers first biofuel in Korea trial
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has conducted its first biofuel bunkering involving the use of a B30 HSFO-biofuel drop in blend in Korea. The bunkering of the 6,354 teu pure care and truck carrier Torrens was undertaken at Masan Port in South Korea.
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NewsWärtsilä announces plans to divest Gas Solutions unit
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has announced plans to divest its Gas Solutions business unit, alongside plans to consolidate the Exhaust Treatment and Shaft Line Solutions business lines within its Marine Power division, with effect from January 2023.
