Latest Fuels & Lubricants – Page 55
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NewsAET throws weight behind LNG transition
AET Tankers has announced that up to four of its Aframax ships under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries will have LNG dual-fuel propulsion.
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NewsFloating terminal to simplify LNG bunkering
Houlder, Wärtsilä and Trelleborg have developed a floating transfer terminal (FTT) that will enable ship to-shore LNG bunkering without a jetty, reducing infrastructure investment for small to mid-scale projects.
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NewsABB power for BW Group FSRU
ABB is to supply power and electric propulsion systems to a new 174,000m3 floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) for BW Group.
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NewsSCF orders gas-fuelled aframax quartet
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries is to build four 114,000 dwt tankers - understood to be the first gas-fuelled aframax vessels ordered - for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF).
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NewsWorld’s largest containership designed ‘LNG ready’
The recently delivered ‘MOL Triumph’ – at 20,170 teu, the world’s largest containership – has been built with the potential for conversion to LNG fueled operations, owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has reported.
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NewsAlgoship gets ABS approval for gas bulker
ABS has granted Approval in Principle for Algoship Designers Ltd’s dual-fuel design concept, the Seatransporter-DF.
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Wågene tests oil cleaning for EALs
Wågene Purifiner has completed a study of how well its Purifiner oil cleaning system handles environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL).
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NewsEditorial: OEMs role in advancing gas fuel
In the absence of game-changing advances in either supply or demand for gas fuel, equipment suppliers have a pivotal role in driving the market forward, writes The Motorship editor Gavin Lipsith.
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NewsMeeting the demands of the growing LNG market
Damen Shipyards Group’s growing range of Liquefied Gas Carriers is a response to the changes seen in the maritime LNG market in recent years, with designs now meeting a variety of capacity requirements from 500m3 to 7,500m3.
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NewsAlfa Laval opens gas test site
At Alfa Laval’s testing and training facility in Aalborg, Denmark, the equipment manufacturer and its marine customers are gaining experience with the fuels of the future.
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NewsFirst high-speed DF engine conversion
Fred Olsen has carried out the world’s first conversion of high-speed engines for dual-fuel operation, with installations planned on the ‘Bencomo Express’ ferry sailing between Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
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NewsJames Walker tests EAL compatibility
Seal specialist James Walker has developed a new sealing material, Bi-O-Lion, after investigating the compatibility of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) with a variety of existing materials.
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Chevron opens FAST analysis lab in China
Chevron Marine Lubricants has expanded its FAST used oil analysis service into a new laboratory in mainland China
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WSS fuel testing
Ship operators should make on board fuel testing an operational necessity according to Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS).
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NewsLNG carriers prepare for sulphur changes
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co (MHI-MME) has completed retrofit work on boilers onboard 80 gas carriers as owners prepare for regulations limiting fuel sulphur content.
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NewsFirst purpose built LNG bunker vessel
ENGIE, Fluxys, Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK have taken delivery of what has been called the world’s first purpose built liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel (LBV) from Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd.
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NewsISO standard for safe bunkering of LNG ships
The clear need to standardise LNG bunkering operations for all stakeholders at the international level has finally been recognised in a new ISO standard set up to ensure LNG-fuelled vessels can bunker in a safe and sustainable way.
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NewsFirst boxship LNG conversion set for May
The world’s first conversion of a container feeder ship to dual fuel propulsion will be carried out in May and could be followed by three more ships, according to owner Wessels Reederei.
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NewsNew head outlines Total Lubmarine strategy
Robert Joore, the new general manager of Total Lubmarine has laid out his vision for the company, focusing on developing a range of innovative solutions for ship operators operating in poor freight markets in a low-sulphur era.
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GTT upgrades Teekay technical service agreement
Teekay and GTT have recently signed a Technical Service Agreement (TSA) for 23 vessels equipped with the GTT technologies Mark III and NO96.
