Latest Fuels & Lubricants – Page 75
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NewsLow feed rates for minimal wear
ExxonMobil’s Mobilgard 560 VS was found to have minimised wear and deposits in a container ship’s main engine, despite operating under conditions that included running at very low cylinder oil feed rates.
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NewsUniversal lubricants make sense, says Total
At the recent ''Motorship'' Propulsion and Emissions Conference in Copenhagen, Total Lubmarine’s Serge Dal Farra described the thinking behind the company’s Talusia Universal cylinder oil.
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NewsUSC works on ‘greening’ sea transport
Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have been collaborating with Hong Kong shipowner Tai Chong Cheang Steamship Co (TCC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by marine diesel engines.
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NewsOn-line measurement of catalytic fines in HFO systems
Chris Marine is marketing a device to continuously monitor cat fines levels in fuel treatment systems, which can transmit results to the superintendent’s office on shore. The company describes the problem, and its proposed solution.
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NewsBridging the environmental gap in shipping
Ship operators need to rationalise their energy use in the face of current and anticipated legislation, increasing customer environmental awareness among cargo owners and passengers plus fuel cost rises, says Stuart Melling, manager for marine and crane service at ABB.
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NewsPayback on sensors not assured
The role of air emissions monitoring sensors is only just being clarified as SOx and NOx regulations loom. Wendy Laursen looks at the present situation.
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NewsBulker receives EGCS retrofit
Norwegian company Clean Marine has developed an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) to remove sulphur and particulate matter from the exhaust gas by mixing sodium hydroxide aqueous solution and water with the exhaust gas.
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NewsReliable and safe LNG supply for ships
German consultancy Marine Service has developed a containerised LNG fuel tank for gas-fuelled ships, which the company claims as a world first.
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NewsNew sensor system for fuel flow measurement
Austrian company Kral has recently introduced new sensors for its Volumeter liquid flow measurement technology.
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NewsEmissions sensor technology needs marinising
Oluf Sigh, managing director of Green Instruments, lays out the case to Wendy Laursen for the use of laser technology when monitoring air emissions on the stack
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NewsMilestone for gas-fuelled engines
Wärtsilä has announced that it has, to date, sold more than 2,000 of its gas-fuelled engines, which together have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and marine applications.
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NewsThe new ‘golden age of sail’
James Rhodes, co-founder and CEO of clean tech company Magnuss describes how modern-day wind powered technology can safeguard a sustainable future.
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NewsContinuous monitoring for accurate emissions measurement
Finnish software house Napa asserts that noon reports don''t give the quantity or quality of data needed by owners in modern shipping
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NewsReducing sludge can save fuel
Hamburg-based manufacturer of measuring instruments and fuel improvement systems Lehmann & Michels says that 1%-plus fuel consumption savings have been achieved through the use of its fuel homogeniser.
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NewsDutch prepare for LNG technology revolution
Emissions regulations from 2015 onwards are driving shipowners to a crossroads on fuel selection. Rotterdam-based interests are said to be leading the line when it comes in tangible investments in LNG as a fuel option.
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NewsShipping looks to space collaboration to cut emissions
Germanischer Lloyd and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have renewed and expanded a strategic innovation cooperation agreement that exists between the two organisations.
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NewsYou can’t manage what you can’t measure
Han Wensink, managing director of BMT Argoss, a subsidiary of BMT Group, believes the only way that cynicism in the shipping industry about energy-saving can be eradicated is by introducing effective measurement of vessel performance.
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NewsAsian ECAs may drive up LNG demand
LNG as bunker fuel is becoming more than just talk in Asia: Wendy Laursen looks at developments in Singapore and other Asian ports, where sulphur limits are likely to make gas fuelled ships a ‘2020 vision’.
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NewsDutch group develops gas-fuelled tanker designs
The Veka-Group, of Werkendam, The Netherlands, has developed three LNG tanker designs, which it says can also be used as bunker ships.
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NewsECA compliance solutions should be chosen wisely
Sigurd Jenssen, director exhaust gas cleaning at Wärtsilä Environmental Solutions, explores the options for ECA compliance and the importance of making an informed decision.
