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  • Rendering of the new polar icebreaker
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    GE joins Davie shipyard Polar Icebreaker programme

    2021-02-03T17:50:00Z

    Chantier Davie in Quebec, Canada has added a third partner, GE, to its Polar Icebreaker program. The shipyard announced that GE was joining its Polar Icebreaker program in January, following the addition of Vard and Serco in December 2020.

  • GTT has received AiP from DNV GL Photo: GTT
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    DNV GL AiP for GTT NO96 system

    2021-02-03T13:24:00Z

    GTT has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for the NO96 containment system application as an LNG fuel tank for Ultra Large Container Vessels from DNV GL.

  • ABS has added an environmental monitor to its risk management platform Photo: ABS
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    ABS launches digital tool for sustainability

    2021-02-03T13:18:00Z

    ABS has launched an environmental monitor as part of its My Digital Fleet risk management platform.

  • SAACKE's new GCU evo solution for the LNG carrier market
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    Saacke launches new GCU solution for LNG carrier market

    2021-02-03T12:42:00Z

    SAACKE Marine Systems is introducing a new Gas Combustion Unit to its product range. The new GCU offers a smaller footprint, reduced emissions and lower installation and maintenance costs, the company announced.

  • OMEGA Compact
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    World’s most compact 3-way control valve

    2021-02-02T15:39:00Z

    Frese has launched what it believes is the world’s most compact 3-way control valve for optimisation of temperature control in marine cooling systems.

  • Thun Blyth, safely aground at low tide in St Sampson, Guernsey.(credit: Geos Group).
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    NIMBLE TANKER FOR DRYING BERTHS

    2021-02-01T11:19:00Z

    Swedish family-owned Erik Thun Group retains a high profile in the short-sea market and its long experience in the coastwise distribution of refined oil products and petrochemicals has found new expression in the 80m tanker Thun Blyth, writes David Tinsley.

  • Six new LNG carrier vessels will be fitted with Wärtsilä 46DF dual-fuel engines, plus gas valve units and auxiliaries Photo: Wärtsilä Corporation
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    Wärtsilä to power Arctic LNG project

    2021-02-01T11:12:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply the dual-fuel engines for six new 172,500cbm LNG carrier vessels being built to serve the Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia’s Arctic waters.

  • Kongsberg has been ramping up its virtual training during the Covid-19 pandemic Photo: Kongsberg Digital
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    Approval for Kongsberg remote DP training

    2021-02-01T10:58:00Z

    Kongsberg Digital (KDI) and The Nautical Institute (NI) have announced an approved remote simulation solution for Dynamic Positioning (DP) induction courses.

  • Corvus Energy's factory in Bergen
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    Corvus to develop PEM FC systems with Toyota stacks

    2021-02-01T10:53:00Z

    Toyota and Corvus Energy have announced plans to develop hydrogen fuel-cell systems, with the intention of making maritime-certified fuel cell systems commercially available by 2024.

  • SHI and HHI have chosen Svanehøj to deliver pumps for ten VLECs Photo: Svanehøj
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    Svanehøj wins VLEC pump orders

    2021-01-29T14:04:00Z

    Danish pump manufacturer Svanehøj has secured orders worth more than US$7.5 million from Korean shipyards Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

  • New emissions regulations came into force in 2020 Photo: ABB
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    ABB launches new emissions monitoring system

    2021-01-29T13:57:00Z

    ABB has launched a new emissions monitoring solution to help the maritime industry reduce its carbon footprint and comply with new sulphur emissions regulations that came into force last year.

  • The 5,000t crane is the dominant feature of the Jan De Nul newbuild at Haimen, China. (credit: Jan De Nul).
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    CRANE SHIP FOR BIGGEST WINDFARM LIFTS

    2021-01-29T11:30:00Z

    Heavy-duty capability and sustainability find new levels in the monohull offshore construction ship ordered from a Chinese yard by Jan De Nul, writes David Tinsley.

  • HHI and KSOE have got together to develop a ‘direct on’ Engine Mounted Generator, the first 1.3MW model being combined with a large 24.5MW main engine onboard SK Shipping’s new 318,000dwt VLCC. Photo: HHI
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    Shaft generators: Savings, considerations and the business case

    2021-01-29T11:29:00Z

    Shaft generators can save operating costs, reduce emissions and raise a ship’s environmental profile, but they require more thought than ever writes Stevie Knight

  • Oldendorff explores rotor sails for bulkers as Scandlines evaluates ferry rotos experience.
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    Oldendorff tests wind propulsion on bulkers

    2021-01-29T11:18:00Z

    One of the world''s largest bulk shipping companies, Oldendorff Carriers, has joined with partners to develop and test a rotor sail wind propulsion system for dry bulkers, reports Tom Todd.

  • Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
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    Partnership focuses on decarbonising shipping

    2021-01-28T14:25:00Z

    Alfa Laval and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have joined forces to develop zero carbon solutions for the maritime industry.

  • Inge Bøen, CEO of Hydroniq Coolers Photo: Hydroniq Coolers
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    Hydroniq Coolers teams up with SonFlow

    2021-01-28T11:17:00Z

    Hydroniq Coolers has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Danish plate heat exchanger supplier SonFlow.

  • The 23,500+-teu newbuildings are destined to join the 19,900teu Barzan (pictured) on the Asia-Europe route.
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    ME-GI engines for Hapag-Lloyd ULCS newbuilds

    2021-01-27T19:08:00Z

    Six ultra-large container ship newbuildings ordered by Hapag-Lloyd will be powered by MAN B&W G95ME-GI Mk10.5 main engines, the engine designer confirmed on Tuesday 26 January. The order for the series of 23,500+-teu container vessels from Korean shipyard, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) was announced by the liner-shipping company ...

  • Fuel efficiencies of 7% were obtained installing Qtagg's EcoPilot voyage optimisation software on Tallink Grupp's M/S Isabelle
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    Swedish voyage optimisation delivers 7% fuel savings for Tallink cruise vessel

    2021-01-27T15:38:00Z

    Sweden-based voyage optimisation company Qtagg reports that its EcoPilot operational optimisation software achieved a fuel efficiency improvement of 7% onboard a Tallink Group cruise ferry.

  • The new Newport Maritime Services online portal aims to bring greater accessibility and transparency to the retrofit and repair market (credit: Newport Maritime Services)
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    New online portal to boost transparency in repair and retrofit market

    2021-01-27T11:22:00Z

    While online platforms have introduced improved transparency around availability and quotations in many corners of the shipping industry, the ship repair and retrofit sector had been seen as a ''hard-to-digitalise'' sector - until now.

  • Damen’s RSD Tug 2513 Photo: Damen
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    Damen delivers new RSD Tug 2513 to Malta

    2021-01-27T11:11:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a new, next-generation, Damen RSD Tug 2513 to the Rimorchiatori Mediterranei-owned Tug Malta.