Latest Equipment News – Page 297

  • The OTCSA aims to make operational security more secure Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Cyber security alliance for operational tech

    2019-10-24T11:50:00Z

    Technology group, Wärtsilä, is among the founding members of a new alliance to provide a technical and organisational framework for safe and secure operational technology.

  • Heerema Marine Contractors' SSCV, Sleipnir Photo: GE
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    GE Technology powers largest crane vessel

    2019-10-23T16:14:00Z

    In a world record lift, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) has recently completed its first project installing the topsides of the Leviathan development in the Mediterranean.

  • Ecotone's pioneering hyperspectral imaging camera has potential applications in underwater pipeline inspection and mineral mining, as well as more detailed mapping of the sea floor.
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    Mapping the future: advances in camera technology

    2019-10-23T16:11:00Z

    Technological progress in the digital imaging industry is creating opportunities in areas such as ship inspections, writes Samantha Fisk.

  • Participants in the kick-off meeting for the pan-industry LASH FIRE study (courtesy of LASH FIRE project group).
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    BID TO IMPROVE RO-RO FIRE SAFETY

    2019-10-23T15:41:00Z

    A collaborative research project addressing ro-ro fire safety was implemented in September with European Union financial support, writes David Tinsley.

  • Alfa Laval boilers are helping more ships use LNG Photo: Alfa Laval
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    Boiler technology offers easy path to LNG

    2019-10-23T14:34:00Z

    Alfa Laval technologies and expertise – especially in the area of boilers – are enabling marine vessels to deal with boil-off gas, a critical step in making the shift to LNG.

  • Ammonia is the third-most transported chemical globally. Photo: Ben Ostrowsky
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    Ammonia could be the answer to shipping's hydrogen challenge

    2019-10-23T14:16:00Z

    There are already plans on the table to create green, carbon-free hydrogen from renewables, so the maritime industry has begun its search for the next step, one which would allow H2 to be turned into a more easily storable, transportable form of fuel. Ammonia could be the answer, writes Stevie ...

  • CMA CGM is following the results of the Energy Observer vessel project.
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    Silent fuel cell revolution

    2019-10-23T14:12:00Z

    When a 30.5m yacht slipped silently into St Katherine’s Dock in the heart of London in October, it provided a glimpse of a fully functioning vessel that has zero emissions of carbon dioxide and particulates. The Energy Observer''s engines may be virtually silent but it is set to make a ...

  • ABB's ACS880 drives are certified by leading classification societies including ABS, BV, DNV GL, Lloyd’s Register, ClassNK and RINA.
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    ABB trials inbuilt AHC solution for offshore vessel

    2019-10-23T07:41:00Z

    A pilot installation on board an offshore vessel has provided the first practical application for an in-built active heave compensation (AHC) winch application with ABB’s ACS880 variable speed drive in the offshore segment.

  • LNG bunker vessel
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    Total’s first LNG bunker vessel launches

    2019-10-22T15:09:00Z

    Total’s first large LNG bunker vessel has been launched, following the signing of a long-term charter contract between Total and Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) in February 2018.

  • Leevsten is being  followed by an eighth RoRo for Siem as former owner bows out.
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    FSG looks to stability under new owners

    2019-10-22T10:17:00Z

    An eighth newbuilding for SIEM was due for launch by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in October as the German yard looked to production stabilisation under a new owner after a period of financial uncertainty.

  • Built in Vietnam to a British design, the catamaran ferry Alfred has arrived in Orkney. (Courtesy of Pentland Ferries).
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    RO-PAX CAT FOR SCOTTISH FAR NORTH

    2019-10-22T09:46:00Z

    Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes David Tinsley.

  • Sharing data through a common platform will help improve vessel operation Photo: Ship Data Center
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    Ship Data Center's common platform

    2019-10-21T13:15:00Z

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K LINE), Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have begun sharing monitoring system operational data.

  • ABB and Keppel are retrofitting a harbour tugboat Photo: ABB
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    First South Asian autonomous tug retrofit

    2019-10-21T12:59:00Z

    ABB and Keppel Marine and Deepwater Technology (KMDTech) have joined forces to retrofit a harbour tugboat, making it the first autonomous tug in South Asia.

  • Nexans has hosted the grand block ceremony for the ‘Nexans Aurora’ Photo: Nexans
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    Grand block ceremony for Nexans cable layer

    2019-10-18T15:56:00Z

    Fibre optic cable company, Nexans, has hosted the grand block ceremony for its new DP3 cable installation vessel.

  • Continual regulation change will bring challenges for ship operators, warns Castrol boss Photo: Castrol
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    Get ready for ‘new normal’, says Castrol boss

    2019-10-17T14:32:00Z

    Lubricants supplier, Castrol, has advised the shipping industry to expect a period of ‘new normal’, with continuous change in environmental compliance standards adding layers of technical complexity for owners and operators.

  • AET's new dual-fuel Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers during an earlier sea trial. (Courtesy of AET)
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    AET's next-gen dual-fuel DPSTs named

    2019-10-16T16:33:00Z

    AET, the leading petroleum tanker owner and operator, named its newest vessels, two of the world''s first LNG Dual-Fuel Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers (DPSTs). The sister twin-skeg 123,100dwt shuttle tankers, Eagle Blane and Eagle Balder, were unveiled at a naming ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Geoje Shipyard, ...

  • Amendments to the BWM Convention have come into force Photo: IMO
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    BWM Convention amendments now in force

    2019-10-16T12:34:00Z

    Amendments to the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention aimed at preventing the spread of potentially invasive species in ballast water are now in force.

  • Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery taking shape in Meyer Werft’s Papenburg building hall (photo credit: Meyer Werft).
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    GERMAN YARDS INVEST FOR HIGH-END MARKETS

    2019-10-16T11:27:00Z

    Structural change and revitalisation of German shipbuilding is accompanied by technological and environmental strategies to keep the industry ahead of the curve.

  • Teignbridge propellers
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    TEIGNBRIDGE UNVEILS RESULTS OF EFFICIENT PROPULSION PROJECT

    2019-10-16T11:00:00Z

    Teignbridge Propellers shared the results of a 2.5 year, UK-funded demonstration project into efficient propulsion systems in September. The HEPS project was funded and developed as a partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) - a public-private partnership between global energy and engineering companies and the UK government with the ...

  • Mibau-Stema exports aggregate for Europe’s construction industry from its four quarries in southern Norway, including Jelsa (pictured).
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    SELF-DISCHARGER FOR EUROPEAN STONE TRADE

    2019-10-14T17:14:00Z

    Steel cutting has been implemented in China on a 40,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier ordered for north European trade by a German-Canadian joint venture, writes David Tinsley.