Latest News – Page 240
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NewsWinGD's iCER opens up operating window
The first technology unveiled as ‘supporting act’ for WinGD’s recently released X-DF 2.0 platform promises to open up the engine’s operating window, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsPutting safety at the forefront of research into autonomous vessels
Torgeir Sterri, Regional Manager Western Europe and Bjørn-Johan Vartdal, Maritime Digital Director at DNV GL - Maritime discussed developments in autonomous shipping in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsMAN ES wins first C1-compliant orders in Chinese river-and-coastal segment
MAN Energy Solutions'' Chinese licensee, CMP, has won a series of small-bore, four-stroke orders in the Chinese inland-and-coastal segment. The orders are the first for MAN ES engines that comply with upcoming Chinese GB15097 emission protocols, often referred to as C1 and C2.
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NewsMilestone for US LNG bunker barge
The installation of the cargo handling system for the largest LNG bunkering barge under construction in the US remains on schedule. Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has confirmed that four LNG cargo tanks are currently en route between Shanghai and Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) yard in Wisconsin, USA.
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NewsABB supports China’s first hybrid rescue ship
ABB has provided a full scope of electric and digital solutions to the first Chinese-built hybrid rescue vessel.
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NewsNew digital portal for water monitoring
Developer of smart water quality monitoring technology, Rivertrace Limited has established a new, web-based calibration portal enabling transparency of compliance and inspection paperwork related to water monitoring equipment.
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NewsEEDI will encourage alternative propulsion technologies
Hybrid and other alternative propulsion systems for bulk carriers and tankers could be one outcome from the difficulties these two ship types face in meeting upcoming EEDI Phase 3 standards, believes Rolf Stiefel, the Hamburg-based regional chief executive for class society Bureau Veritas.
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NewsABS introduces Alternative Fuel Ready notation for vessels
Classification society ABS has announced the release of the ABS Guide for Gas and Other Low-Flashpoint Fuel Ready Vessels. The guide also introduces a range of ‘Alternative Fuel Ready’ notations.
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NewsHistoric LNG bunkering in the US
Furetank dual-fuel vessel ‘Fure Ven’ has become the first non-US flagged vessel to bunker LNG in a US port.
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NewsBallard launches 200kW PEM fuel cell for maritime market
Ballard Power Systems has launched a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell module for power applications aboard marine vessels.
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NewsMSC to install Jotun HullSkater solution on MSC Eva
Global container shipping operator MSC, Mediterranean Shipping Company, has inked a deal with Jotun to install the Hull Skater Solution (HSS) aboard its 14,000 TEU container vessel MSC EVA.
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NewsDual-fuel or novel technologies needed to meet EEDI
Dual-fuel engines will be essential to meet EEDI Phase 3 when it comes into force for tankers and bulk carriers, Rudolf Wettstein, general manager for marketing and application in WinGD’s sales and marketing team, suggested to The Motorship.
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NewsRevised G8 Approvals for Techcross ECS and ECS-Hychlor
Techcross, the Korean manufacturer of ballast water management system (BWMS), confirmed that its full-flow electrolysis ElectroCleen system (ECS) has been granted compliance with revised IMO guidelines by the Korean government.
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NewsGTT receives order for six Hyundai Group LNG carriers
GTT will undertake the tank design of two 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), and four 174,000 m3 LNGCs for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
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NewsSovcomflot JV awards Zvezda contract for 10 new Arc7 LNG carriers
Smart LNG, the joint venture between SCF Group (Sovcomflot Group) and Russian natural gas producer Novatek, has awarded Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex a contract to construct 10 new Arc7 LNG carriers.
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NewsGE electric propulsion package for new Dutch Navy combat support vessel
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) has ordered an energy management and electric propulsion package from GE Power Conversion for HNLMS Den Helder, a new combat support vessel being built for the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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NewsFirst two Havila Voyages ships launch
The first two of Havila Voyages'' four new coastal ships have launched at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey.
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NewsMaintain service schedules, urges Survitec
With an increasing number of vessels returning to service following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, Survitec is advising that ships’ life-saving appliances are maintained according to their original service schedules in order to avoid delays.
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NewsEPS awarded five-year BHP tender for dual-fuel Newcastlemaxes
Singapore-based ship operator Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has signed a long-term charter for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemaxes with BHP, the mining company.
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NewsApproval for HHI centreline oil-tight longitudinal bulkhead VLCC concept
DNV GL has presented Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with a general approval of ship application (GASA) for a new concept of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with a centreline oil-tight longitudinal bulkhead.
