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NewsWärtsilä and Robert Allan sign cooperation agreement
Wärtsilä has signed a letter of intent with the Canadian ship design company Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) to develop a strategic cooperation agreement.
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News‘Seychelles Paradise’ – a coastal oil/LNG tanker designed with ‘green’ credentials
Dieter Kühne, managing director of the Lindenau Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik in Kiel, Germany, describes how the yard has applied large-ship ecological principles to a small coastal tanker, featuring double hull, redundant propulsion, low emissions and high efficiency.
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NewsPiston seals for cleaner engines
According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines.
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NewsEngine company launches SCR for inland waters
Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.
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NewsHitzler completes first of three river icebreakers
Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed ''Kietz'', the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsInnovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course
One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European shipbuilders, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsIRS surveyors target smaller flags
As shipping rules and regulations tighten, an independent class society believes that it has found a neat way to solve the problems of smaller flag states whose vessels are often targeted and detained by port state authorities.
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NewsGas is the green solution, says BV
International classification society Bureau Veritas says natural gas-powered propulsion will be one of the major contributors to greener shipping.
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NewsGerman class prepared for gas-fuelled shipping
In common with other major classification societies, Germanischer Lloyd has issued guidelines for gas as ship fuel on the application of the IMO regulations.
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Benchmark scheme for marine industry training
Lloyd’s Register has launched a new scheme aimed at helping training providers deliver courses to recognised standards that meet its clients’ needs
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Distribution deal for US fuel management system
Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) of Houston has announced that Honeywell Marine has become an official distributor of its FuelTrax marine fuel management system.
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NewsBunker supplier revises strategy
OW Bunker, a supplier and trader of marine fuel, says that it is implementing a new corporate strategy to support significant growth, and to create a foundation for expansion over the coming years.
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NewsTwo important alliances for abatement technology
Ecospec of Singapore has announced two significant ventures in the development of its CSNOx exhaust emissions abatement technology.
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NewsEmissions monitoring fitted to heavy lift ships
Four 45,200 dwt heavy lift ro-ro container ships on order at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea are specified with Martek Marine’s MariNOx emissions monitoring systems.
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NewsFuel saver added to engine automation system
Kongsberg Maritime has added three new monitoring and efficiency applications to its K-Chief automation system. The fuel saver applications have been developed as part of Kongsberg Maritime''s commitment to the ''Green Ship'' concept.
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NewsHigh-specification radar offered at low cost
Kelvin Hughes says that customers who purchased its SharpEye, described as the first commercial solid-state marine radar, are finding several benefits to the system.
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NewsTrue hybrid power for marine propulsion
Consulting engineering firm Ricardo is a well-known name in marine diesel engine circles; the company works closely with several major large engine companies, and such work has increased in both volume and importance as rising fuel costs and tighter emission regulations have forced engine designers as well as vessel operators ...
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NewsTurbo manufacturer addresses blade wear issues
ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland has introduced new turbine blades for engines burning lower qualities of HFO and with especially heavy duty operating profiles. The axial turbine blades feature hard-faced tips to counter accelerated circumferential wear.
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NewsTurbo technology the key to clean low speed diesels
MAN has completed the reorganisation of its engine and turbo businesses and the former MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo companies are now joined as a single enterprise, known as MAN Diesel and Turbo SE.
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NewsPump group meets low-sulphur challenge
When a major oil-tanker operator discovered its existing fuel oil pump system could not meet new environmental regulations for ships entering European ports designated in emission-controlled areas (ECAs), pump group Colfax became involved.
