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  • Fuel tanks at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre (credit: Alfa Laval)
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    Alfa Laval to carry out marine biofuel testing in Aalborg

    2020-11-09T16:48:00Z

    As the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 m2 testing space – already equipped for today’s oil and gas fuels – has been readied for testing with biofuels. In coming years, the ...

  • 'Gåsø Odin'
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    Sustainable power for live fish carrier

    2020-11-09T15:32:00Z

    ABB has secured a contract with Sefine Shipyard to provide a power and propulsion solution to FrøyGruppen''s hybrid live fish carrier for safe and sustainable operations.

  • Headway Technology Group's OceanGuard® FGSS was awarded approval in principle (AiP) by classification society DNV GL on 6 October (credit: Headway)
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    FGSS RECOVERS METHANE FROM HIGH-PRESSURE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES

    2020-11-09T14:58:00Z

    Qingdao-based marine technology developer Headway Technology Group has developed a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) which includes a step-down gas recovery function that minimises methane release from high-pressure dual-fuel engines during extreme load changes.

  • Enogia's EFCC65 compressor for fuel cells undergoing testing (credit: Enogia)
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    TURBOMACHINERY SPECIALIST ENOGIA ENTERS MARINE FUEL CELL MARKET

    2020-11-09T14:34:00Z

    France-based turbomachinery specialist Enogia has entered the marine fuel cell market with the engineering and supply of Feed Air Delivery Compressors and Recirculation Anode Blowers.

  • Tharsis, efficiency personified in sea-river trade.(credit: Tharsis Management).
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    WIND-ASSIST FOR DIESEL-ELECTRIC COASTER

    2020-11-09T14:19:00Z

    Dutch operator Tharsis Sea-River Shipping is to retrofit a wind-assisted propulsion solution to a coaster engaged in the North Sea trade, writes David Tinsley.

  • The shipyard in Leirvik Photo: Uavpic
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    Havyard downsizes at Leirvik yard

    2020-11-06T12:13:00Z

    New Havyard Ship Technology is to restructure its operations at Leirvik into a repair and service yard and reduce the number of staff.

  • Smart ships were on the agenda at the SMI Forum Photo: SINTEF Ocean
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    Smart shipping roadmap unveiled

    2020-11-06T12:07:00Z

    A new roadmap for smart and autonomous sea transport systems has been unveiled at the SMI Forum in Singapore on 22 October.

  • The ‘OZGUR’ has been restored at Sanmar Shipyards Altinova Photo: Sanmar Shipyards
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    Tug delivery strengthens Turkish ties

    2020-11-05T13:02:00Z

    A ceremony to mark the delivery of a new tug to Cyprus Turkish Safety & Salvage has been held at Sanmar Shipyards Altinova on 20 October.

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    AI collaboration drives GHG reductions

    2020-11-05T12:57:00Z

    GreenSteam is partnering with i4 Insight to help drive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and cut operating costs across the maritime sector.

  • The new Arc7 vessel design features three 17MW ABB Azipod electric propulsion units, compared with the 45MW total propulsion in the Christophe de Margerie (credit: SCF)
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    NEW Arc7 LNGS WILL HAVE 6MW MORE POWER THAN PREDECESSORS

    2020-11-04T23:56:00Z

    A new series of Arc7 LNG carriers will feature more advanced icebreaking hulls to permit year-round deliveries from the Arctic LNG 2 project.

  • The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live panel will bring together a panel of industry heavyweights
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    Experts to analyse the impact of ETS extension

    2020-11-04T23:45:00Z

    EU proposals to extend the scope of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to encompass shipping are potentially far reaching. The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live is bringing together a panel of industry heavyweights to provide their expert views on this latest development and how they see it affecting ...

  • “We have achieved as much as we could,” believes the WG’s chair, Sveinung Oftedal (credit: IMO)
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    ISWG-GHG 7 delivers document to MEPC 75

    2020-11-04T23:10:00Z

    ISWG-GHG 7 sent MARPOL amendments brokered by chairman Sveinung Oftedal to MEPC 75 despite difficult discussions about EEXI and uncertainties over the legal status of CII

  • Dominik Schneiter, Vice President Research and Development at WinGD
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    Preparing for a transformed market: WinGD’s Dominik Schneiter

    2020-11-04T22:38:00Z

    Dominik Schneiter, Vice President of Research and Development at WinGD discusses the challenges and opportunities of developing solutions for upcoming transformations in the shipping market.

  • Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping (credit: ABS)
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    ABS: Fusing data to provide actionable insights

    2020-11-04T22:25:00Z

    Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping, discusses how ABS’s new digital platform will help shipowners to optimise operations

  • The first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) solution is due to enter service in 2021. (credit: ABB Turbocharging)
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    First FiTS2 is fitted into bulkcarrier newbuilding

    2020-11-04T13:33:00Z

    The engine trials for the first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) were carried out in May 2020.

  • Dr. Gunnar Stiesch, Senior Vice President, Head of Engineering Engines at MAN (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    MAN REVEALS TIMELINE FOR FOUR-STROKE METHANE SLIP SOLUTIONS

    2020-11-04T13:19:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions anticipates a 2025 market launch for one of its key technologies for eliminating methane slip from four-stroke gas-burning dual-fuel engines. The other, switching the engines from the Otto to the Diesel combustion principle, will be validated in conjunction with the use of future fuels such as methanol ...

  • Wärtsilä is supplying a technology package to Fincantieri Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä strengthens cruise sector position

    2020-11-04T10:56:00Z

    Wärtsilä is working with shipbuilder Fincantieri for the supply of a broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the Italian yard.

  • Schottel will supply thrusters to Sanmar Shipyards Photo: Schottel
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    Schottel and Sanmar sign thruster deal

    2020-11-04T10:51:00Z

    Sanmar Shipyards and Schottel have signed a framework agreement making Schottel the exclusive supplier of thrusters for 90-tonne BP tugs of the Bigaçay class in a Robert Allan design.

  • Damen waterbus
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    Damen secures nine-vessel order with ferry JV

    2020-11-03T15:14:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture (JV) Aqualiner-Swets for a total of nine sustainable passenger vessels.

  • Versatile RSD59-type cargo vessel from Krasnoye Sormovo (credit: USC)
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    HIGH PAYLOADS WITH RUSSIAN SEA/RIVER CLASS

    2020-11-02T17:47:00Z

    One of Russia’s most productive inland shipyards has completed a further tranche of sea/river cargo vessels capacity-optimised for the country’s extensive waterway network, writes David Tinsley.