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NewsCylinder lubrication challenges operating on low-sulphur fuel for two-stroke engines
New and upcoming emission regulations for ships will push towards greener sea based transports. Changing the fuel, from heavy high sulphur fuel oil to low sulphur diesel oil or natural gas, is a necessary approach to fulfil these regulations, but tribological problems are expected to appear when the low sulphur ...
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World’s first hydrogen-powered tug
A European port has ordered construction of the world’s first tug powered by hydrogen for ultra-low emissions to help it transition to sustainable, CO2-neutral operations.
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NewsNYK orders large LNG-fuelled car carrier
Japan’s NYK Line has placed an order for an LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The 200 metre-long vessel is expected to become the world’s largest LNG-fuelled PCTC when it enters service, with the capacity to carry up to 7,000 cars.
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NewsNew camera checks cylinders and exhausts
Chris-Marine has launched its cylinder liner condition camera for use in in situ photography of the cylinder liner walls and the exhaust valve in two-stroke engines.
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NewsFUTURE-PROOFED FERRIES FOR ENGLISH CHANNEL
A new generation of ferries has been ordered in China to serve passenger and freight traffic between Britain and continental Europe on the busiest and shortest crossing of the English Channel, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsTechcross environmental enterprise ambitions
In a bid to expand its ballast water treatment systems to land-based operation, Korean-based Techcross has acquired former LG Electronics'' subsidiaries, LG Hitachi Water Solutions and HiEntech.
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NewsTHUN RAISES SCOPE IN COASTAL TRADES
Despite the cessation of trade in oil products to many small, tidal ports and river berths in the British Isles over the past few decades, the NAABSA charter party clause denoting ‘Not always afloat, but safely aground’ remains wholly relevant to the region’s shortsea market, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsJ-ENG to investigate hydrogen and ammonia as combustion fuels
Japanese engine designer Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) announced plans to carry out research and development of the combustion of hydrogen and ammonia as fuel in collaboration with Japan’s National Maritime Research Institute.
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NewsProject for condition-based survey approach
ABS and Topaz Energy and Marine have, together with the State Maritime Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASMA), announced a pioneering project which enables a condition-based survey approach.
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NewsPutting Antwerp at the heart of the hydrogen economy
Leading Belgian shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has nailed its colours to the mast on marine hydrogen engine development, as CMB’s R&D Manager Roy Campe explains.
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NewsMAN ES among Getting to Zero coalition members
Engine designer MAN Energy Solutions has joined a new climate grouping, dedicated to developing zero-emission vessels by 2030. The Getting to Zero Coalition is a partnership between the Global Maritime Forum, the Friends of Ocean Action, and the World Economic Forum.
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NewsBabcock receives LR AiP for ecoETHN solution
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Babcock for its ecoETHN® solution at Gastech 2019 in Houston, Texas on Wednesday 18 September.
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NewsBIO-UV Group acquires Triogen Holdings
BIO-UV Group has acquired a 100% stake in Scotland-based Triogen Holdings and its subsidiary Suez Purification and Disinfection Systems from Suez Water Technologies & Solutions.
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NewsDNV GL gives Daewoo AiP for ethylene tanks
DNV GL has presented South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) with Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates for two new 98,000 cubic metre ethylene carrier cargo tank designs.
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NewsWärtsilä supplies cargo handling to LNG barge
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its LNG cargo handling system for a new LNG bunker barge being built in the USA.
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NewsSHI given AiP from BV for smartship solution
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for the development of its SVESSEL smartship solution.
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NewsHHI given AiP from DNV GL for LPG carrier
Classification society DNV GL – Maritime has awarded Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with approval in principle (AIP) for the design of a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.
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NewsWorld's most efficient 4-stroke gas engine
The technology group Wärtsilä has launched the Wärtsilä 31SG pure gas engine for marine market applications at the Gastech 2019 conference in Houston, Texas.
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NewsABS and HHI Group join forces on D&D
ABS, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Global Service (HGS) have agreed a framework for the exchange of digitalisation and decarbonisation (D&D) concepts to apply to present and future designs.
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NewsLR awards Jiangnan AiP for new VLGC
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Jiangnan Shipyard Group Company with approval in principle (AiP) for its new 91,000m3 very large gas carrier (VLGC).
