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  • The Taro Ultra range aims to provide simplicity and flexibility even as the fuel mix becomes wider (credit: Chevron Marine Lubricants)
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    Chevron updates cylinder lubricant range

    2018-09-11T09:42:00Z

    Chevron Marine Lubricants is to phase in a new range of cylinder lubrication from early 2019 in preparation for the post-2020 fuel mix.

  • Russian minister of transport Evgeny Ditrich (left) with Sergey Frank, president and CEO, Sovcomflot at the opening (credit: SCF Group)
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    Sovcomflot and ABB open Azipod training centre

    2018-09-11T08:07:00Z

    Russian ship owner Sovcomflot and ABB have opened a training centre at Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University to prepare seafarers for vessels equipped with Azipod propulsion.

  • 'Maersk Pelican'
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    Maersk tanker to use Norsepower rotor sails

    2018-09-10T23:45:00Z

    Two 30m tall Norsepower rotor sails have been installed onboard product tanker vessel ''Maersk Pelican'' to target a reduction in fuel cost and associated emissions on typical global shipping routes of 7-10%.

  • FastBallast
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    CTG launches BWM flow through mode

    2018-09-10T23:42:00Z

    Chelsea Technologies Group''s (CTG) portable ballast water compliance monitor FastBallast is now available in flow-through mode.

  • CMS
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    Condition monitoring optimises operations

    2018-09-10T17:19:00Z

    ZF Group has launched a condition monitoring system (CMS) for transmission and thrusters to optimise the operation of ships by monitoring current data from the driveline and the status of core components.

  • Noah Silberschmidt
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    Silverstream air lubrication for Grimaldi fleet

    2018-09-10T16:57:00Z

    Silverstream Technologies'' Silverstream System will be installed on 12 new Grimaldi Group hybrid Ro-Ro vessels to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

  • Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen
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    DNV GL releases autonomous class guideline

    2018-09-10T16:23:00Z

    DNV GL has released a new class guideline covering autonomous and remotely operated ships to meet growing levels of autonomy in shipping.

  • Becker LNG PowerPac
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    Becker Marine’s energy saving developments

    2018-09-10T15:40:00Z

    Becker Marine Systems has developed new digital product enhancements which can monitor ship operation and detect wear early on.

  • Eagle Bulk is to install at least 19 scrubbers on its fleet of ultramax and supramax vessels (credit: Eagle Bulk)
  • A new model for evaluating the 'carbon robustness' of ships is proposed in DNV GL's Maritime Forecast to 2050 (credit: DNV GL)
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    Carbon robust ships to navigate energy transition

    2018-09-10T09:10:00Z

    DNV GL has developed its concept of a ‘carbon robust’ ship as part of its Maritime Forecast to 2050, exploring the impact of the energy transition on shipping.

  • Around 50,000 visitors attended shipping's largest technology trade fair last week (credit: Hamburg Messe und Congress/Nicolas Maack)
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    New strategies and technologies at SMM

    2018-09-10T07:50:00Z

    Around 50,000 visitors from more than 120 countries attended the SMM trade fair in Hamburg last week, highlighting the increasingly strategic role played by technology in shipping.

  • Pictured on trials off the China coast, Haaga is the first of two LNG-fuelled, handysize bulkers for Baltic trade (credit: Jussi Vaahtikari/ESL Shipping)
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    Greener bulk logistics for Baltic steelmaker

    2018-09-10T07:12:00Z

    Setting new standards in energy efficiency and environmental compatibility for the Nordic steel industry’s raw materials supply chain, the 25,600dwt bulk carriers Haaga and Viikki have been handed over by China’s Jinling Shipyard to ESL Shipping of Finland. David Tinsley reports.

  • ONE's latest newbuild, the 14,000 teu 'Aquila' will likely be among the ships burning very low sulphur fuel oil from 2020 (credit: Ocean Network Express)
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    ONE chooses low-sulphur fuel for 2020 compliance

    2018-09-10T06:58:00Z

    Japanese liner alliance One Network Express (ONE) has revealed that it will use very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) as its main compliance option for IMO’s 2020 Marine Sulphur Rule.

  • BallastMaster marine
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    GEA offers chemical-free BWMS

    2018-09-07T16:42:00Z

    GEA has launched new efficiency improving products including a chemical-free ballast water management system, a marine separator and a unit for cleaning the disc stack of mineral oil separators.

  • The 'Isla Bella', launched in October 2015, is powered by the world's fiurst dual-fuel LNG two-stroke engine (credit: MAN Energy Solutions/Tote
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    Tote celebrates three years of LNG sailing

    2018-09-07T07:09:00Z

    The owner of the world’s first LNG-fuelled two-stroke engines has praised the performance of the MAN ME-GI engines after three years of powering 3,100 teu containerships ‘Isla Bella’ and Perla del Caribe’.

  • Data-driven strategies can help address the cylinder condition challenges brought by increasing environmental regulation (credit: ExxonMobil)
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    Exploring cylinder condition challenges

    2018-09-06T13:59:00Z

    A roundtable discussion organised by ExxonMobil and The Motorship considered the cylinder condition challenges around new legislation and how digitalisation can help shipping to tackle them.

  • The Bergen B36:45 gas engine is built on a common platform with the latest liquid-fuelled B33:45 series (credit: Rolls-Royce)
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    Rolls-Royce launches B36:45 pure gas engine

    2018-09-06T07:13:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has launched the latest in its line of Bergen medium-speed pure gas engines, the B36:45, sharing a common platform with its recently developed B33:45 liquid fuel engines.

  • Sembmarine will fit 13 ballast water systems and four scrubbers to 13 Suezmax and VLCCs owned by Maran Tankers (credit: Maran Tankers)
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    Sembmarine secures Maran Tankers retrofit work

    2018-09-06T06:49:00Z

    Sembcorp Marine is to install exhaust gas scrubbers and ballast water management systems on 13 ships owned by Greek operator Maran Tankers.

  • Starke warning: Solutions to halve ship emissions by 2050 will need to come to market in the next ten years
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    Power-to-X key to emissions reduction

    2018-09-04T10:32:00Z

    Harnessing clean electricity to produce combustible fuels will be a ‘game changer’ as the industry strives to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 according to Frank Starke, CEO of Caterpillar Motoren.

  • A consortium of technology providers and industry experts will explore new containership designs
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    Cutting edge container ship consortium

    2018-09-04T10:02:00Z

    Dubai-based Zaitoun Green Shipping is leading a consortium of global technology providers to develop a containership with higher levels of performance and environmental efficiency.