Latest News – Page 216
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NewsBW Group and Miros launch fuel-saving venture
BW Group and Miros are launching a joint venture to provide the shipping industry with a new standard in vessel performance optimisation, allowing operators to make 10% fuel savings on a single voyage.
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NewsShell expands LNG offering with new vessel
Shell will add further flexibility to customers on key trade routes when it takes receipt of a new LNG bunkering supply vessel being constructed in Spain.
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NewsCinderella ‘shoe’ that turns a tug into an icebreaker
Icebreakers are big, expensive beasts but they can be lazy, “sometimes only working three or four months of the year”, says Jyrki Lehtonen of ILS Ship Design & Engineering. It’s left people wondering if there’s not a more cost-effective answer.
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NewsSvanehøj increases DW Fuel pump pressure
Svanehøj is upgrading the pumping solutions for two new very large gas carriers being built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, including increasing the pressure in its DW Fuel pump by 50%.
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NewsTHE WINNER IN THE QUEST TO BOOST BATTERY ENERGY DENSITY REMAINS UNCERTAIN
Many start-ups have announced developments in lithium-ion battery technology, but, says Dr George Crabtree, Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) at Argonne National Laboratory, “I’d like to see a little more before putting my money on the table.”
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NewsCHANGING FORTUNES, NEW DIRECTIONS FOR US YARDS
With builders starved of merchant vessel orders, the industry in the USA is addressing new areas of opportunity while sustaining US Navy programmes, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsBIMCO CALLS FOR INDUSTRY TO GET BEHIND MARKET BASED MEASURES
BIMCO is calling on states and the industry to consider establishing a global set of rules for market-based measures to support the use of low carbon fuels amid concerns that regionally fragmented rules could create an uneven playing field for the industry.
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NewsGE Power Conversion launches simplified digital solutions portfolio
GE Power Conversion has streamlined its existing digital solutions and expert services into a customisable platform of tools.
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NewsNorwegian hybrid live fish carrier
The innovative hybrid wellboat Ro Vision was the world’s first vessel of its type to feature a battery hybrid power and propulsion solution when it was delivered in March 2020.
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NewsKongsberg designs Sølvtrans live fish carrier
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has signed a NOK70m contract with Norwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft to design and equip a new Live Fish Carrier (LFC) for live fish transportation company Sølvtrans.
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NewsNew Regulateurs Europa electro-hydraulic engine governor
Regulateurs Europa (RE), a subsidiary of engine and turbine management solution specialist Heinzmann, has announced the launch of a new electro-hydraulic engine governor. The new DG 2800.14 engine governor is suitable for diesel or dual fuel engines and steam turbines.
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NewsMOL and ShipDC to share more ship data
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Ship Data Center (ShipDC) are sharing the data of around 180 ships targeted for MOL’s ‘FOCUS Project’ through the use of IoS Open Platform (IoS-OP), the data sharing platform promoted by ShipDC.
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NewsANDRITZ barge scrubber suits any vessel
ANDRITZ has extended its scrubber portfolio with a barge solution for vessels in port that reduces the level of SOx, NOx and ultrafine particulates in the exhaust gas regardless of the size of vessel or its engines.
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NewsBOXSHIP TONNAGE FOR US FRUIT TRADE
Putting trade in US imports of fresh fruit and other perishable produce from Latin America on a new economic and environmental footing, Dole Food Company has taken delivery of the first of two Chinese-built refrigerated containerships, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsGermany’s Lloyd Werft faces closure or sale
Genting-owned Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) is to close at the end of the year and local German shipbuilding group Rönner is among those interested in buying it, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsABS PRODUCES METHANOL AS A MARINE FUEL GUIDANCE
ABS has released a white paper offering guidance on issues surrounding the use of methanol as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in the design and operation of methanol-fuelled vessels.
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NewsBiodegradable oil for submersible motors test
Bakker Sliedrecht is carrying out tests to determine whether biodegradable oil can be used in the submersible motors that the company supplies for Van Oord.
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NewsABB advisory system for United Wind
A third United Wind Logistics module deck carrier will use ABB’s marine advisory system to support real-time decision making as it transports windfarm components such as turbines, foundations and blades to offshore installation sites.
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NewsGRIMALDI BOOSTS DEEPSEA RO-RO INVESTMENT
Signalling yet another stage in the unerring renewal and development of the Grimaldi fleet, the Italian company has ordered six ro-ro multipurpose vessels for the West African trade in South Korea, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsNEW JV FURTHERS ADOPTION OF HYDROGEN DUAL-FUEL ENGINES IN JAPAN
Belgian shipping and technology company CMB and Japan’s ITOCHU and Nippon Coke & Engineering have announced a collaboration to produce hydrogen for local consumption by land and maritime industries, initially on the northern island of Kyushu.
