Latest News – Page 524
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NewsFerries for the future
What shape should the next generation of ferries take? was the question addressed by Rolls-Royce’s Blue Ocean team at the InterFerry Conference, held earlier this year in Malta.
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NewsLubricator valves help achieve favourable SEEMP
Hans Jensen Lubricators (HJL) of Denmark says that its SIP valves can improve overall efficiency, and help towards implementing a vessel’s SEEMP.
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NewsMeyer unveils LNG bunker barge
German shipyard Meyer Werft – no stranger to tanker newbuildings despite being better known for its cruise ships - has completed the design draft for a flexible new LNG bunker barge, reports Tom Todd
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NewsNYK receives latest coal carrier
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Group has received its new coal carrier, ‘Hokuriku Maru’, built by Oshima Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
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First commercial ME-LGI engine contract
MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed that the letter of intent signed with Canada’s Waterfront Shipping for five Electronic LGI (Liquid Gas Injection) methanol-powered engines, has converted into a firm contract.
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NewsLNG fleet conversion proposal
A Hamburg parliamentarian has proposed that the 23 ships operated by city excursion and ferry operator HADAG should be converted to LNG propulsion, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsRussia’s shipbuilding reform nears completion
The reform of Russian shipbuilding, which was marked by a spate of scandals and behind-the-scenes struggle for gaining control over the strategic industry, is nearing completion, writes Eugene Gerden.
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Alfa Laval wins PureDry order
Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.
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NewsRescuing southern UK shipbuilding
A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move its shipbuilding division away to the Clyde.
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NewsIsland Offshore orders another UT PSV
Rolls-Royce has announced a contract for ship design and equipment supply for a new platform supply vessel for Island Offshore, to be completed by the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on a hull built at Vard Braila in Romania.
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NewsDamen refit for seismic vessel
Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.
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NewsSynergy between offshore and fish transport ships
Havyard has signed a contract with Norsk Fisketransport, a subsidiary of Namsos Trafikkselskap ASA, for design and construction of a Havyard 587 wellboat.
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Transas simulators for eastern training centres
Transas Marine’s simulators are proving popular with eastern training centres following orders for Egypt and Jordan.
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NewsAre PAGs the perfect environmental hydraulic oils?
The US EPA has set out the criteria for what is required to classified and considered an approved Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant, or EAL, but not all hydraulic oil products on the market meet this specification, explains Jim Burton, Coast Lubricants of Canada.
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NewsUS calls time on low-level pollution, mandates enviro-lubricants
The US EPA is bringing in a revised Vessel General Permit this month, mandating the use of environmentally acceptable lubricants for certain shipboard applications while in US waters; David Tinsley explains.
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NewsGetting out alive
Every second is critical if things turn out badly enough to require abandoning ship, but as Benny Carlsen of Viking tells Stevie Knight, there is the ‘last man’ issue.
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Multi-million tanker order for DSME
There are media reports that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has won a US$400m order to build five new tankers.
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NewsMAN ME-GI engines for LNG carriers
MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply four 7G70 ME-GI engines for two new Norwegian LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS Shipping.
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NewsThe first tugs with pure gas propulsion
The first tug to use LNG as its sole fuel source is undergoing sea trials prior to its delivery to Norwegian operator Buksér og Berging from the Sanmar shipyard in Turkey.
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NewsRough waters for contracts
Offshore support sector vessels are more likely to find themselves working in difficult conditions, close up and personal with very expensive bits of kit which can endanger life and limb, says Stevie Knight.
