Latest News – Page 323
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NewsFirst intelligent very large ore carrier
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard has delivered the world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC) to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company.
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NewsNorden trials first drop-in ‘biofuel oil’
Low carbon marine fuel supplier, GoodFuels Marine, has joined forces with tanker operator Norden to complete trials for a zero emission heavy fuel oil (HFO) equivalent marine biofuel.
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NewsGrimaldi chooses Roll-Royce for green ro-ros
Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has won a contract to deliver the propulsion system to nine vessels for the Italian Grimaldi Group.
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Stena starts building third E-Flexer RoPax
Stena Line has reached a milestone in its new fleet investment programme with the steel cutting of a third E-Flexer RoPax ship to be deployed on its Irish Sea routes.
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NewsGlimpses of the future
Reading the December 1968 issue of The Motor Ship, so much seems to belong to a later period that I had to look twice to see that I had the right date, writes Bill Thomson.
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NewsBack from the brink: Gently does it for Oceansaver
Norwegian ballast water technology provider Oceansaver has been given a new lease of life following its bankruptcy and rescue by new owner TeamTec last year, writes Charlie Bartlett.
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NewsBallast breakdowns: Don’t go with the flow
Ship owners must take care if they are to avoid buying and installing ballast water management systems with high flaw rates. Stevie Knight explores recently exposed reliability challenges.
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NewsABB extends China service capability
Global company, ABB Turbocharging, has announced the establishment of a branch office of ABB Jiangjin Turbo Systems in Zhoushan, China.
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NewsRenault and Neoline’s sustainable team-up
Groupe Renault has announced a three year partnership with Nantes start-up, Neoline, to develop a wind-powered maritime transport system.
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NewsGlobal project to protect marine biodiversity
An international project to combat the negative environmental impacts of the transfer of aquatic species through ships has been launched.
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NewsFirst cruiseship for US hotel group
Signalling the impending debut of a major US-owned hotel group in the ultra-luxury segment of the cruise business, a 24,000gt newbuild has been launched for Ritz-Carlton from the Vigo premises of Hijos de J.Barreras, in northwest Spain.
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NewsFlensburger trailer ships for Italian trade
Italy’s coastwise and shortsea traffic is set to gain two ro-ro freight vessels that will rank among the largest in the Mediterranean, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNew Corvus battery factory in Norway
Canadian energy storage specialist, Corvus Energy, has announced that contracts for a new maritime batteries factory in Norway have been finalised.
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NewsMAN provides engine for Chinese dredger
German diesel engine and turbomachinery company, MAN Energy Solutions, has won an order to supply the engine for a new dredger in southern China.
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NewsRussia advances icebreaker strategy
Additional icebreaker capacity is planned by Russia in support of traffic growth on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the country’s Arctic seaway. David Tinsley reports.
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NewsOceans of opportunity
Sofia Fürstenberg Stott has been an architect of Nor-Shipping’s evolution to embrace and enable new ocean business opportunities for its core maritime audience. Here she explains how adopting a broader ‘blue’ perspective can help maritime in its quest for both environmental and commercial sustainability.
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NewsRapid diagnosis essential as fuel concerns escalate
ExxonMobil has highlighted the importance of timely diagnosis of cylinder condition problems as the industry prepares for a brace of new fuel quality challenges.
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NewsUlstein kicks off Color Hybrid construction
Norwegian ship designers, Ulstein Verft, has been commissioned to build a new plug-in hybrid ship for fellow Norwegian cruise company, Color Line.
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NewsUK partners develop waste heat recovery
A UK research consortium led by Bowman Power Group has developed an energy saving and emission reduction system based on electric turbo compounding (ETC), writes David Tinsley.
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NewsFirst Wärtsilä 31 retrofit for Norwegian trawler
Fishing company Norwegian Gardar is to conduct the first ever retrofit installation of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, shedding eight cylinders and 200,000 litres of fuel a year on the trawler ‘Gardar’.
