Latest News – Page 452

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    Korean Register opens green technology centre

    2015-05-28T10:47:00Z

    The Korean Register (KR) has opened what it claims is the world’s first green marine technology testing and certification centre in Gunsan, South Korea.

  • Eriksen takes the helm after two decades at DNV GL, including the past six years on the executive committee
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    DNV GL appoints new group CEO

    2015-05-28T09:51:00Z

    Remi Eriksen, formerly chief operating officer of DNV GL, has been promoted to group CEO following the planned retirement of Henrik O. Madsen.

  • Wärtsilä says the scope of its integration on the Dragon class carriers will create efficiencies
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    Wärtsilä integrates systems on Evergas carrier

    2015-05-28T09:10:00Z

    Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering will today deliver the first of a new class of gas transport vessels, ordered by Danish fuel and gas shipping company Evergas.

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    US patent for Evoqua BWMS

    2015-05-27T17:30:00Z

    Evoqua Water Technologies has been awarded a second US patent on its technical solution for treating ballast water.

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    Wärtsilä BWMs for Jinhai container vessels

    2015-05-27T17:16:00Z

    Wärtsilä has received an order for ballast water management systems (BWMS) for three new container ships being built for a major European shipping company at the Jinhai Shipyard in China.

  • Charterers are increasingly choosing to lower their annual fuel bills and greenhouse gas emissions, say the Carbon War Room
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    Excluding inefficient vessels

    2015-05-27T13:27:00Z

    Charterers moving one fifth of global shipped tonnage now effectively exclude inefficient vessels, says the Carbon War Room.

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    Moran Towing secures LNG fuelling patent

    2015-05-27T12:43:00Z

    US-based Moran Towing Corporation, a partner of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been granted US Patent 8,967,174 for ‘Articulated conduit systems and uses thereof for fuel gas transfer between a tug and barge’.

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    Type approval for Danelec VDRs

    2015-05-26T16:10:00Z

    The US Coast Guard (USCG) and China Classification Society (CCS) have added type approvals for Danelec’s DM100 voyage data recorders (VDR) and simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR).

  • The new agreement represents the first time Anglo-Eastern has employed PrimeServ to handle its turbocharger service programme
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    MAN signs maintenance contract with Anglo-Eastern

    2015-05-26T16:07:00Z

    MAN PrimeServ Turbocharger has signed a Premium Turbocharger Maintenance Contract with Anglo-Eastern Ship Management that covers around 300 turbochargers installed on its fleet.

  • The remotely operated EnvironHull cleaning system applies a light but effective touch to expensive hull coatings
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    Saving paint, saving lives

    2015-05-26T15:55:00Z

    Launched at the end of 2012, GAC’s automated hull cleaning unit EnvironHull – a remotely operated machine that can perform rapid underwater hull wiping – will soon be launched in several more key markets.

  • The agreement was signed at Statoil's headquarters
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    Statoil chooses GAC automated hull cleaning

    2015-05-26T13:00:00Z

    The energy company will use GAC EnvironHull’s system to clean hulls of its vessels operating in Scandinavia, the Middle East and Asia.

  • ASRY and Relayt Engineering representatives at the specialised service agreement signing
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    Relay Engineering joins emerging Manama hub

    2015-05-26T12:43:00Z

    The electrical and instrumentation specialist has signed an agreement with Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) to offer its services from the yard in the Arabian Gulf.

  • Substrate preparation, coating technology and vessel type are now better indicators of hull roughness than the age of a vessel, says Stenson
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    Predicting hull roughness: A new method

    2015-05-26T12:17:00Z

    Dr Philip Stenson, Technology Leader at International, AkzoNobel’s marine coatings business, discusses what the company says is the first major re-evaluation of average hull roughness (AHR) prediction methodology in almost 30 years.

  • The MEPC adopted the Polar Code and worked towards ratification of the BWM Convention at tis 68th sitting
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    Progress on key issues at MEPC 68

    2015-05-26T12:15:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has reported progress on several fronts during the 68th session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) from 11 to 15 May 2015.

  • Pipelaying tower and two 400te offshore cranes rise above the deck of the deepwater field development vessel Ceona Amazon. Courtesy of Ceona (copyright Kloet)
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    Versatile vessel addresses deepwater challenge

    2015-05-26T12:10:00Z

    The ‘Ceona Amazon’ multi-function tie-back, field development and construction vessel is regarded as a game-changer capable of executing all aspects of deepwater projects in environmentally-challenging locations for keener logistic costs. By David Tinsley.

  • Foreship's air lubrication system received its first commercial installation on RCCL's 'Quantum of the Seas'
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    Air lubrication advances

    2015-05-26T12:09:00Z

    Finish marine design and engineering company Foreship is at the cutting edge of a technology that it believes can find a much wider role in the marine industry. Gavin Lipsith reports.

  • The £10.3 million facility is designed to test wave and tidal energy projects, offshore wind structures, and other marine technologies
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    Circling the square

    2015-05-26T12:09:00Z

    The world’s first circular wave and tidal current test facility is using a package of ABB electrical and control equipment - including servo drives and low voltage variable-speed drives - to simulate energetic sea-states typically found in British, European and international waters.

  • The first vessels to be fitted with Wärtsilä's VGP-2013 compliant propulsion package are four 173m BigRoll MC Class module carriers
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    Wärtsilä EAL propulsion package

    2015-05-26T11:54:00Z

    Wärtsilä has developed propulsion systems capable of operating with Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) to comply with the US Vessel General Permit 2013 (VGP-2013) for all vessels operating in US waters.

  • Walker: "Knowing what the fuel decisions of shipowners will be is one of our biggest challenges"
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    Preparing for the fuels of the future

    2015-05-22T21:34:00Z

    In the first interview in our new series Steve Walker, Global Marine Equipment Builder Manager at ExxonMobil, talks with Gavin Lipsith about how the company is investing strongly to stay ahead of an industry that is evolving faster than ever.

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    Healthy growth for Dutch marine cluster

    2015-05-22T16:09:00Z

    It’s been a good year for the Dutch maritime technology sector, which has seen turnover increase by 17% from €6.4bn in 2013 to €7.5bn in 2014, according to trade association, Netherlands Maritime Technology.