Latest Equipment News – Page 247

  • The first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) solution is due to enter service in 2021. (credit: ABB Turbocharging)
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    First FiTS2 is fitted into bulkcarrier newbuilding

    2020-11-04T13:33:00Z

    The engine trials for the first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) were carried out in May 2020.

  • Dr. Gunnar Stiesch, Senior Vice President, Head of Engineering Engines at MAN (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    MAN REVEALS TIMELINE FOR FOUR-STROKE METHANE SLIP SOLUTIONS

    2020-11-04T13:19:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions anticipates a 2025 market launch for one of its key technologies for eliminating methane slip from four-stroke gas-burning dual-fuel engines. The other, switching the engines from the Otto to the Diesel combustion principle, will be validated in conjunction with the use of future fuels such as methanol ...

  • Wärtsilä is supplying a technology package to Fincantieri Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä strengthens cruise sector position

    2020-11-04T10:56:00Z

    Wärtsilä is working with shipbuilder Fincantieri for the supply of a broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the Italian yard.

  • Schottel will supply thrusters to Sanmar Shipyards Photo: Schottel
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    Schottel and Sanmar sign thruster deal

    2020-11-04T10:51:00Z

    Sanmar Shipyards and Schottel have signed a framework agreement making Schottel the exclusive supplier of thrusters for 90-tonne BP tugs of the Bigaçay class in a Robert Allan design.

  • Damen waterbus
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    Damen secures nine-vessel order with ferry JV

    2020-11-03T15:14:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture (JV) Aqualiner-Swets for a total of nine sustainable passenger vessels.

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    2020-11-03T10:36:00Z Sponsored by

    How far can current technology take shipping towards its emissions targets? How can existing ship systems be made more efficient? And when will new solutions be needed?

  • Versatile RSD59-type cargo vessel from Krasnoye Sormovo (credit: USC)
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    HIGH PAYLOADS WITH RUSSIAN SEA/RIVER CLASS

    2020-11-02T17:47:00Z

    One of Russia’s most productive inland shipyards has completed a further tranche of sea/river cargo vessels capacity-optimised for the country’s extensive waterway network, writes David Tinsley.

  • LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax with Mark III membrane tank
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    NEWCASTLEMAX DESIGN RUNS ON LNG WITHOUT LOSS OF CARGO CAPACITY

    2020-11-02T16:49:00Z

    Deltamarin and GTT''s LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax design has the same cargo capacity and dimensions as a standard 210,000dwt Newcastlemax but can carry enough LNG for two round trips from Australia to China or one round trip from Brazil to China.

  • A rendering of one of the pair of dual-fuel 22,000dwt chemical tankers under construction for Donsötank Rederi.
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    CHEMICAL TANKERS SET NEW STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENT AND CREW

    2020-11-02T16:48:00Z

    The two 22,000dwt chemical tankers under construction for Donsötank Rederi are leading the industry in emissions reductions and crew welfare.

  • ABB Azipod Photo: ABB
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    Azipod to power newbuild LNG carriers

    2020-11-02T10:29:00Z

    ABB has secured a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering worth more than US$300 million to supply a power and propulsion package for six new vessels that will transport LNG along the Northern Sea Route.

  • DNV GL has launched new digital notations Photo: DNV GL
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    New DNV GL rules drive smart ships

    2020-11-02T10:25:00Z

    DNV GL is launching a new digital chapter to its rules for ship classification.

  • William Hackett identified its heat-treated Grade 8 master link (pictured) as a potential solution to the challenges posed by HE to higher grades of steel (credit: William Hackett)
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    Technical guide to hydrogen embrittlement in topside and subsea lifts

    2020-10-30T17:12:00Z

    William Hackett, the offshore lifting hoists and chains specialist, has released an industry report to raise awareness about the risk of Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE) and Stress Induced Corrosion Cracking (SICC). The report is intended to help offshore operators minimise the risks associated with HE and SICC, and includes guidance on ...

  • ABS has released a white paper focusing on issues surrounding the introduction of Ammonia as Marine Fuel
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    White paper examines ammonia as a marine fuel

    2020-10-30T16:12:00Z

    ABS has released a white paper focusing on issues surrounding the introduction of ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in the design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.

  • ClassNK has issued its first DSS notation to Japan's first dual-fuel PCTC, the Sakura Leader Photo: NYK Line
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    ClassNK digital notation for LNG PCTC

    2020-10-30T11:36:00Z

    ClassNK has granted its digital smart ship (DSS) notation for an LNG-fuelled pure car truck carrier (PCTC) which was ordered to Shin Kurushima Dockyard by NYK Line.

  • Wärtsilä and Anemoi Marine Technologies have signed an MoU for the sale and servicing of Rotor Sails Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä and Anemoi sign Rotor Sail MoU

    2020-10-30T11:28:00Z

    Wärtsilä has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) tied to a license and cooperation agreement with Anemoi Marine Technologies for the future sales and servicing of Rotor Sail solutions to the shipping industry.

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
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    Guidelines to Minimise the Risk of Hydrogen Embrittlement

    2020-10-30T11:03:00Z

    William Hackett, the offshore lifting hoists and chains specialist, has published a report to help minimise the risk of Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE) and Stress Induced Corrosion Cracking (SICC). The report includes guidance on material choices used in topside and subsea lifts, and is seen as a major ...

  • Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex is at the centre of the Russian Federation's LNG carrier construction programme.
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    Zvezda awards GTT containment contract for ten new ARC7 LNGCs

    2020-10-29T18:51:00Z

    Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has awarded Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) the contract to design the containment tank for ten new LNG carriers. The design will feature GTT''s Mark III membrane containment technology.

  • Rendering of the OPV-45 (picture courtesy Israel Shipyards)
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    Propulsion package for Israel Shipyards OPV-45 order

    2020-10-29T18:27:00Z

    Israel Shipyards has awarded MAN Energy Solutions the contract to supply complete propulsion packages for two OPV-45 offshore patrol vessels under construction in Haifa. The packages include 2 x MAN 16V175D-MM engines for each vessel.

  • Unfinished Honfleur leaves FSG under tow for completion in Norway (Photo FSG)
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    Fosen completion deal as Honfleur leaves FSG

    2020-10-29T17:49:00Z

    The unfinished 42,400gt LNG RoPax ferry Honfleur was being towed to Norwegian yard Fosen this week for completion after work on the ship at Germany’s FSG Shipyard stopped in 2018, reports Tom Todd.

  • New chair of board at DNV GL, Jon Fredrik Baksaas Photo: DNV GL
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    DNV GL board appointments

    2020-10-29T12:27:00Z

    Former chief executive of Telonor, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, has been appointed as DNV GL’s new chair of the board.