Industry News – Page 115
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Cylinder oil for 2015 ECA 0.1% sulphur distillate fuels
Marine lubricant supplier Total Lubmarine has announced the launch of its Talusia LS 25 low alkaline cylinder lubricant specifically designed for slow speed two stroke engines running distillate fuels with 0.1% sulphur content.
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Engine jacket heat harnessed to produce power
Calnetix Technologies of the US says it is introducing a new system that produces up to 125kW of power for the ship’s electric load from heat recovered out of the engine’s jacket water.
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NewsTwo-stroke cylinder oil intended for ECA operation
Shell Marine Products (SMP) claims to have become first to the market with a two-stroke cylinder lubricant formulated specifically for the needs of ships operating in ECAs.
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NewsContainer ship order for low pressure dual fuel two-stroke engines
Wärtsilä’s gas-fuelled two-stroke engine has picked up another order, this time for a series of four container ships for German shipowner GNS Shipping which will be built in China.
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Copenhagen shore power proposal
Copenhagen City Council are apparently considering a proposal that the 400 cruise ships that dock its port each year should be offered shore side power in the future.
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Three Greek tankers docked at Gibdock
Piraeus-based Aegean Maritime Petroleum Network Inc (AMPNI) recently contracted Gibraltar yard Gibdock to carry out repairs to three of its tank vessels.
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NewsEngine designer gives OK to BN100 cylinder oil
ExxonMobil says that its Mobilgard 5100 BN100 cylinder lubricant has received an interim No Objection Letter (NOL) from Wärtsilä for use in engines in the RTA, RT-Flex and X-series engines running on HFO.
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Balpure BWMS for STX newbuilds
Severn Trent De Nora is to supply its Balpure ballast water management system (BWMS) for crude oil tankers being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding in Korea.
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NewsNew 2015 release for ShipConstructor software
SSI of Canada has announced the latest release of its ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software package, ShipConstructor 2015, for the ship design and shipbuilding industry.
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ABS bags its first Japanese-flagged ship
ABS, the Houston, US-based classification society, reports that it has become the first foreign class society to include a Japanese-flagged ship in its fleet.
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NewsOptimarin BWT system for IMR vessel
Optimarin is to supply its ballast water treatment (BWT) system for the Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) new NOK 450m (US$72.3m) flagship, ‘Dr Fridtjof Nansen’.
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NewsNanotechnology applied to fuel emulsion to cut NOx and PM
A UK company, SulNOx Fuel Fusions, says that application of nanotechnology to emulsified fuel could cut emissions of NOx by 50% to 60% and particulates by up to 90%, as well as “slash the emissions of green house gases”.
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NewsFlow meter benefits for shippers
Marine fuel distributor, OW Bunker, says that quantifiable financial benefits have been shown as a result of the use of a Coriolis Flow Meter on board the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore barge, the ‘Marine Noel’ and they’re significant.
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NewsVan Oord goes to China for new installation vessel
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group is to build a new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel for Dutch marine contractor Van Oord.
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NewsNew Chinese two-stroke licensee for Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä has added another Chinese licensee with the conclusion of a licence agreement with Jangsu Antai covering the manufacture and sales of two-stroke engines.
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NewsBoiler plant order boost for Parat Halvorsen
Parat Halvorsen AS has seen a rise in the number of boiler plant orders over the past month – four from Vard Group and two from Turkey’s Tersan shipyard.
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NewsGreener Ecoships bulk carrier design
The technical ship management arm of the Newport Shipping Group, Ecoships, has launched a new generation bulk carrier design which it says is a “game changer” for green shipping.
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NewsWärtsilä and Yuchai inaugurate new four-stroke factory
The joint venture company set up by Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co, known as the Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co, has announced the inauguration of its new facility in Zhuhai City, China.
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NewsFirst CFRP propeller installation on merchant vessel
International classification society, ClassNK and Nakashima Propeller say they have installed ‘the world’s first’ carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) propeller on the main propulsion system of a merchant vessel.
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NewsUltra Deep vessel contract for ZPMC
Singapore-based Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has signed a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) for the construction of a US$200m Ultra Deep Installer – Multipurpose Diving Support Construction vessel.
