Latest Equipment News – Page 469
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NewsDNV GL appoints new group CEO
Remi Eriksen, formerly chief operating officer of DNV GL, has been promoted to group CEO following the planned retirement of Henrik O. Madsen.
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NewsWärtsilä integrates systems on Evergas carrier
Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering will today deliver the first of a new class of gas transport vessels, ordered by Danish fuel and gas shipping company Evergas.
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US patent for Evoqua BWMS
Evoqua Water Technologies has been awarded a second US patent on its technical solution for treating ballast water.
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Wärtsilä BWMs for Jinhai container vessels
Wärtsilä has received an order for ballast water management systems (BWMS) for three new container ships being built for a major European shipping company at the Jinhai Shipyard in China.
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NewsExcluding inefficient vessels
Charterers moving one fifth of global shipped tonnage now effectively exclude inefficient vessels, says the Carbon War Room.
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Moran Towing secures LNG fuelling patent
US-based Moran Towing Corporation, a partner of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been granted US Patent 8,967,174 for ‘Articulated conduit systems and uses thereof for fuel gas transfer between a tug and barge’.
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Type approval for Danelec VDRs
The US Coast Guard (USCG) and China Classification Society (CCS) have added type approvals for Danelec’s DM100 voyage data recorders (VDR) and simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR).
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NewsMAN signs maintenance contract with Anglo-Eastern
MAN PrimeServ Turbocharger has signed a Premium Turbocharger Maintenance Contract with Anglo-Eastern Ship Management that covers around 300 turbochargers installed on its fleet.
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NewsSaving paint, saving lives
Launched at the end of 2012, GAC’s automated hull cleaning unit EnvironHull – a remotely operated machine that can perform rapid underwater hull wiping – will soon be launched in several more key markets.
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NewsStatoil chooses GAC automated hull cleaning
The energy company will use GAC EnvironHull’s system to clean hulls of its vessels operating in Scandinavia, the Middle East and Asia.
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NewsRelay Engineering joins emerging Manama hub
The electrical and instrumentation specialist has signed an agreement with Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) to offer its services from the yard in the Arabian Gulf.
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NewsPredicting hull roughness: A new method
Dr Philip Stenson, Technology Leader at International, AkzoNobel’s marine coatings business, discusses what the company says is the first major re-evaluation of average hull roughness (AHR) prediction methodology in almost 30 years.
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NewsProgress on key issues at MEPC 68
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has reported progress on several fronts during the 68th session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) from 11 to 15 May 2015.
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NewsVersatile vessel addresses deepwater challenge
The ‘Ceona Amazon’ multi-function tie-back, field development and construction vessel is regarded as a game-changer capable of executing all aspects of deepwater projects in environmentally-challenging locations for keener logistic costs. By David Tinsley.
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NewsAir lubrication advances
Finish marine design and engineering company Foreship is at the cutting edge of a technology that it believes can find a much wider role in the marine industry. Gavin Lipsith reports.
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NewsCircling the square
The world’s first circular wave and tidal current test facility is using a package of ABB electrical and control equipment - including servo drives and low voltage variable-speed drives - to simulate energetic sea-states typically found in British, European and international waters.
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NewsWärtsilä EAL propulsion package
Wärtsilä has developed propulsion systems capable of operating with Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) to comply with the US Vessel General Permit 2013 (VGP-2013) for all vessels operating in US waters.
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NewsPreparing for the fuels of the future
In the first interview in our new series Steve Walker, Global Marine Equipment Builder Manager at ExxonMobil, talks with Gavin Lipsith about how the company is investing strongly to stay ahead of an industry that is evolving faster than ever.
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Healthy growth for Dutch marine cluster
It’s been a good year for the Dutch maritime technology sector, which has seen turnover increase by 17% from €6.4bn in 2013 to €7.5bn in 2014, according to trade association, Netherlands Maritime Technology.
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NewsLow-pressure EGR confirmed Tier III compliant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery and Engine Co Ltd (MHI-MME) and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha Ltd has confirmed that its Low Pressure Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system complies with IMO NOx Tier III regulation following tests.
