Latest News – Page 260
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NewsExxonMobil: rise of alternative fuels to alter lubrication landscape
While attention has focused on the development of new more environmentally-friendly engine designs as the industry ramps up efforts to meet the IMO''s 2050 decarbonisation targets, the diversifying marine fuel landscape will have wide reaching implications for lubricant suppliers'' product development cycles.
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NewsUSCG approval for Hyde Marine BWMS
The US Coast Guard has awarded Type Approval to Hyde Marine’s ballast water management system.
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NewsWasaline ferry on track despite COVID-19
The construction of Wasaline’s new car and passenger ferry is on schedule, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsResilient Alfa Laval BWMS production
Alfa Laval has successfully adapted operations at its Aalborg production facility to adjust to Danish government restrictions, and is continuing to meet global demand for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 ballast water treatment systems.
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NewsVaisala launches high-end transmitter solution
Vaisala, the climatic, NOx, and industrial sensor manufacturer, is launching an upgraded industrial transmitter solution in June 2020. The new Indigo 520 Transmitter will be able to accommodate up to two probes simultaneously, the company has announced.
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NewsMoU to spur digital shift in shipping
DNV GL and Alpha Ori Technologies (AOT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreeing to work together to further the marine industry’s ongoing digital transformation.
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NewsNew partnership advances clean shipping
Silverstream Technologies and Houlder have agreed to collaborate on design and integration procedures for both newbuild and retrofit installations of Silverstream’s air lubrication system, the Silverstream System.
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NewsDrone delivery project underway
GAC has partnered with Singapore-based startup F-drones to develop large-scale drones that can deliver up to 100kg of supplies over 100km to vessels and offshore platforms.
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NewsIACS publishes unified cyber resilience recommendation
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a single, standalone Recommendation on Cyber Resilience (No. 166), consolidating 12 previous recommendations on the issue.
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NewsSMM postponed until February 2021
The organisers of SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair, have confirmed that the event has been postponed until 2-5 February 2021.
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NewsMAJOR ORDER IN CHINA FOR DUAL-FUEL TANKERS
As the shipbuilding and allied industries in China begin to revive after the hiatus caused by Covid-19, a project for a series of LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers has boosted the orderbook, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsJapanese consortium to develop ammonia-fuelled vessels
A Japanese consortium is collaborating in a project to develop ships designed to use ammonia as fuel, using a MAN ES ammonia-fuelled engine as the prime mover.
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NewsWorld's largest LNG bunker vessel delivered
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the world''s largest LNG bunker vessel to Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) for operation in Northern Europe.
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NewsBow foil operational results reveal fuel savings
Wavefoil, the Norwegian bow foil technology company, said its retractable bow foil solution had significant fuel savings after analysis of six months of performance of its first installation aboard a Faroe Islands based ferry.
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NewsNew owners for Royal IHC
A consortium of Dutch dredging and offshore shipowners and financial institutions have agreed to take over Dutch shipbuilder and equipment supplier Royal IHC. As part of the deal, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has set aside up to €400 million (US$432m) to ensure the continuity of ...
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NewsEarly experience of effects of LSFO and VLSFO on cylinder condition
Rathesan Ravendran, Technology and Innovation Specialist at Hans Jensen Lubricators offers his perspective on the effects of the IMO 2020 fuel changeover.
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NewsLUKOIL shares lubricant experience operating on VLSFO
After 100 days of VLSFO operation, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants is sharing recent experience on VLSFO operation with NAVIGO MCL Extra (40BN).
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NewsJapanese LR2 tanker hybrid sail feasibility study
Japanese renewable energy supplier Eco Marine Power (EMP) is carrying out a feasibility study into the installation of the company’s fixed sail and PV solution onto a LR2 Tanker.
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NewsVoith acquires ELIN Motoren
Voith has successfully completed the acquisition of ELIN Motoren GmbH, the Austria-headquartered company specialising in electric motors and generators.
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NewsMAN engines for offshore installation vessel
China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has placed an order for six MAN main engines for the building of a new 5,000 tonne floating installation crane vessel for the Jan De Nul Group.
