General News – Page 92
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NewsData intelligence is king
As the global maritime industry wrestles with the implications of ‘big data’, Peter Mantel, managing director of BMT SMART, examines how shore-based fleet and vessel performance management – and intelligent analysis of the data provided - can deliver operational and technical improvements far beyond individual ship monitoring.
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NewsMathieu de Tugny: Technology ‘is only the entry permit’
Mathieu de Tugny of Bureau Veritas admits that in the beginning he was a little insulated from commercial realities, assuming “like most engineers” that technology trumps everything. He talks to Stevie Knight.
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NewsDNV GL enhances bulb optimisation service
DNV GL is enhancing its ECO retrofit service to support shipowners and operators tailoring retrofit projects for a more energy efficient future fleet.
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ABS invests in academic research
ABS says advances have been made in technology that will impact the role of classification in the future, and its academic research aims to help the industry benefit.
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NewsDITAS adopts ECO Insight performance management
Turkish ship management company DITAS Marine Operations and Tanker Management Co is to employ DNV GL’s ECO Insight fleet performance management solution for its ten tankers.
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Maritime investors take over Imtech
Imtech Marine is set acquired by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital – a move that Imtech says will enable it to realise its growth ambition.
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NewsKinder Morgan acquires four LNG tankers
US-based Kinder Morgan Inc is expanding its fleet of Jones Act product tankers after signing an agreement worth US$568m with Philly Tankers LLC to acquire four new 50,000 tonne Tier II tankers.
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NewsNewbuild boxship order
The Evergreen Group has signed an agreement with CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, to build ten newbuild 2,800 teu class B-type vessels.
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NewsWärtsilä enhances virtual engineering offering
Wärtsilä has been enhancing its remote service offering and asset performance optimisation solutions to keep up with how digitalisation is changing the way marine and power plant maintenance services are conducted.
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NewsClassNK released CNG Guidelines
ClassNK has released its ‘Guidelines for Compressed Natural Gas Carriers’, which provide safety requirements for the design and construction of CNG carriers.
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NewsMTU and Akasol collaborate on energy storage
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is joining forces with Darmstadt-based Akasol GmbH to develop battery systems for MTU’s hybrid and e-drive propulsion systems.
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Selektope antifouling receives EU approval
A new antifouling agent from Swedish firm I-Tech, Selektope, has been approved for EU-wide use by the European Union Standing Committee on Biocidal Products.
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NewsWärtsilä Ship Power reorganised amid redundancies
Wärtsilä has renamed its Ship Power division Marine Solutions, and announced plans to make around 600 redundancies, as it reorganises the unit in light of the “sluggish global marine market”.
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NewsJoin us on LinkedIn and Twitter
As The Motorship reaches a milestone 1,000 followers on Twitter, the marine technology industry’s longest-established magazine is stepping up its social media strategy.
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ABS classing for Maersk ULCs
Leading classification society, ABS, has been selected to class 11 ultra-large containerships (ULCs) for Maersk Line.
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NewsPPG launches new antifouling range
US-based PPG Protective and Marine Coatings has unveiled a new range of high performance, antifoulings suitable for a variety of operating conditions.
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Korean Register software adapted for CSR
The Korean Register (KR) has adapted its SeaTrust-HullScan software package in response to the upcoming Harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR-H).
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Rolls-Royce in autonomous ship project
Rolls-Royce is to participate in a €6.6 million research project to develop ship technologies that could pave the way for autonomous vessels.
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Dutch consortium in 3D printing project
A consortium of 27 companies have signed an agreement to investigate the viability of 3D-printed maritime spare parts under a project initiated by the Zuid-Holland regional development agency InnovationQuarter.
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NewsIndian Register offers EEDI validation
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has added the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) validation to its service offerings.
