Latest Fuels & Lubricants – Page 28
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NewsHIGH-HEAT TANKER ORDER GOES TO CHINA
Chinese shipbuilder Wuhu Shipyard has achieved a breakthrough in the specialised tanker market by landing an export contract for two bitumen carriers, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsRolls-Royce to supply Series 4000 engines for first hybrid LNG-fuelled tug
Rolls-Royce is supplying 2 x MTU 16V4000 M55RN gas engines to Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard for the world’s first LNG-hybrid powered tug. The new LNG-hybrid tug is the first of 12 tugs that Sembcorp Marine plans to design and build to replace the existing diesel-powered ones between now and 2025.
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NewsShell secures Carnival lubricants contract
Shell Marine has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide marine lubricants to cruise line operator Carnival Corporation’s global fleet of 89 ships.
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NewsFirst ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG/LBG
A pure car truck carrier (PCTC) owned by UECC has received the first ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG blended with 10% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG).
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NewsLNG-FUELLED TANKER DESIGNED FOR LOW COST CO2 CARRIAGE
A new CO2 tanker design by Høglund Marine Solutions and HB Hunte Engineering aims at low OPEX by combining a high-capacity bi-lobed cargo tank with LNG-fuelled propulsion.
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NewsFuture-proofing fuel pumps
A customised solution for a new LPG carrier is set to demonstrate the flexibility of Svanehøj’s Deepwell (DW) fuel pump, said to be a true multigas pump.
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NewsGTT receives order for two HHI LNG carriers
GTT will undertake the tank design of two 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
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NewsMAN compressor trains for Senegalese FPSO
MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded an order from MODEC for six compressor trains for an FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) unit destined for deployment in the Sangomar block off the Senegalese coast.
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NewsWärtsilä provides LNG bunkering simulator
Wärtsilä Voyage has delivered and installed customised LNGPac bunkering and liquid cargo handling simulators at the Mumbai training centre of Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern Univan Group.
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NewsCompact Reliq selected for new LNG carriers
Wärtsilä’s recently introduced reliquefaction plant will be installed in two new LNG carrier vessels being built for Knutsen OAS Shipping by the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea.
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NewsLNG conversions: Perks, pitfalls and possibilities
If the industry is going to meet its emissions targets, alternative fuel conversions will have to reach beyond newbuilds, and into the existing fleet – including the bigger, long haul ships: but they''re stubbornly hard to accomplish. So, industry players have come together to talk over the wrinkles... and how ...
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NewsJDP researches SOFC technology on VLCCs
ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed a joint development project (JDP) to use solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology to replace at least one of three diesel generators on board a very large crude carrier (VLCC).
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NewsTalusia Universal receives revised NOL from WinGD
Total Lubmarine’s cylinder oil TALUSIA UNIVERSAL (57 BN, SAE 50) has received a revised No Objection Letter (NOL) from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD). The revision adds DF Validation for WinGD''s range of dual-fuel engines and confirms the validation across WinGD’s entire range of engines.
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NewsFirst STS LNG bunkering in Malaysia
Titan LNG has successfully arranged the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the port of Pasir Gudang, partnering with Malaysian oil and gas corporation, Petronas.
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NewsSynergy converts LNG carrier to FSU
Synergy Group has successfully converted a 1992-built, 126,000 cubic metre capacity liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier into a floating storage unit (FSU).
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NewsDual-fuel barges for European river network
Concordia Damen signed a contract for 40 dual-fuel barges last week. The barges feature an efficient design, Parsifal, and will be chartered by Shell and operated by the VT Group/Marlow.
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NewsU-Ming wins first long-term dual-fuel bulker charter
Taiwan-based ship owner and operator U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation (U-Ming) has signed a ten-year charter agreement for four LNG-fuelled Capesize bulkers with Anglo American, the mining company.
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NewsAlfa Laval to carry out marine biofuel testing in Aalborg
As the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 m2 testing space – already equipped for today’s oil and gas fuels – has been readied for testing with biofuels. In coming years, the ...
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NewsFGSS RECOVERS METHANE FROM HIGH-PRESSURE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES
Qingdao-based marine technology developer Headway Technology Group has developed a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) which includes a step-down gas recovery function that minimises methane release from high-pressure dual-fuel engines during extreme load changes.
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NewsNEW Arc7 LNGS WILL HAVE 6MW MORE POWER THAN PREDECESSORS
A new series of Arc7 LNG carriers will feature more advanced icebreaking hulls to permit year-round deliveries from the Arctic LNG 2 project.
