Motorship Multi-News Test – Page 248

  • Svanehøj’s DW fuel pump can handle multiple types of fuel Photo: Svanehøj
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    Future-proofing fuel pumps

    2020-12-11T13:53:00Z

    A customised solution for a new LPG carrier is set to demonstrate the flexibility of Svanehøj’s Deepwell (DW) fuel pump, said to be a true multigas pump.

  • Two 174,000cbm LNG carriers newbuildings will feature WE Tech energy efficient solutions (credit: Knutsen OAS)
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    WE TECH WINS SHAFT POWER ORDER FROM HHI FOR 2 x LNGCS

    2020-12-11T13:28:00Z

    WE Tech Solutions has received a repeat order from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea to deliver its Solution One: Economical Operations for two new 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS Shipping.

  • Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General of BIMCO
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    Short-term GHG reduction measures will not deliver decarbonisation

    2020-12-11T11:19:00Z

    Lars Robert Pedersen, deputy secretary general of BIMCO assesses MARPOL Annex VI amendments approved at the 75th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75)

  • A market niche: ro-pax ferry launch at Mitsubishi’s Shimonoseki yard. (credit: MHI).
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    YARD RESTRUCTURE GATHERS PACE IN JAPAN

    2020-12-11T11:13:00Z

    Consolidation is a central theme in the Japanese response to the marshalling of shipbuilding forces and new market forays by its Asian competitors, writes David Tinsley.

  • The launch presentation was addressed by a number of senior executives. (credit: MHI Group)
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    JAPANESE SHIPBUILDERS FORM PLANNING AND DESIGN CENTRE FOR GREENER SHIPS

    2020-12-11T11:04:00Z

    Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has announced its participation in a Planning and Design Centre for Greener Ships that will bring Japan’s shipbuilders and other industry stakeholders together to advance near-zero emission shipping and to boost the nation’s local industry.

  • Finally being built: relaunched FSG says Liekut series ships are “an important building block
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    Work finally starts on promised FSG newbuilds

    2020-12-10T13:35:00Z

    Work was starting this month on the first of two RoRo ferry newbuilds promised in August to reconstituted German shipyard FSG by its latest owner, reports Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.

  • Børge Nogva, President, Høglund Marine Solutions said Backlund's experience working with different stakeholders in different capacities made him ideally suited to lead Høglund's new Helsinki office.
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    Høglund Marine Solutions to open new Finnish office

    2020-12-10T13:32:00Z

    Høglund Marine Solutions, the automation, gas and system integration specialist, is opening a new Helsinki office. The office is intended to strengthen the relationship with customers and suppliers throughout the Baltic region.

  • Using PureBallast Connect’s secure online portal, superintendents can follow the parameters, conditions and alarms of connected ballast water treatment systems (credit: Alfa Laval)
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    Norwegian shipowner invests in data-enabled Alfa Laval BWTS solutions

    2020-12-10T12:24:00Z

    Norway-based ship owner company MPC Container Ships ASA has ordered a large number of Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 ballast water treatment systems with data-driven PureBallast Connect services after positive experiences with a smaller number of installations over the past year.

  • The YM Mobility will be one of the latest Yang Ming vessels to be retrofitted with the Wärtsilä FPP and EnergoProFin solutions. (Copyright: Yang Ming Lines)
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    Yang Ming orders Wärtsilä propeller retrofit for boxships

    2020-12-10T11:55:00Z

    Yang Ming Lines, the Taiwan-based shipping company, has awarded Wärtsilä the contract to supply propulsion solutions for two container vessels. The Fixed Pitch Propeller (FPP) and EnergoProFin arrangement will match engine adjustments, allowing the speed of the two vessels to be reduced from 24 to 18 knots.

  • A 15kW (150rpm, 1000NM) PM Vernier machine recently developed at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
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    CONCENTRIC MAGNETIC GEAR TECHNOLOGIES HOLD PROMISE FOR TORQUE DENSE ELECTRICAL MACHINES

    2020-12-10T11:08:00Z

    Research into magnetic gears has continued to increase over the last decade as performance and costs issues have increasingly been addressed. Concentric-type magnetic gears still holding the most promise, according to Dr Rong-Jie Wang, professor of electrical engineering at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

  • An illustration of ‘Wind Challenger’ Photo: Mitsui OSK Lines
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    Wind power to propel coal carrier

    2020-12-10T11:07:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines has reached a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power using a coal carrier equipped with a hard sail wind power propulsion system.

  • Star Bulk has warned shareholders about the potential cost of meeting VIDA’s requirements (image: Star Bulk)
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    Ballast treatment deadlines loom for IMO and US standards

    2020-12-10T09:52:00Z

    MEPC 75 belatedly adopted commissioning testing while the US EPA struggles to meet standards deadline

  • The Viking Grace will be the first passenger ship of its kind to utilise Azipod propulsion when it enters service in 2021 (credit: Viking Line)
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    Azipod propulsion keeps Viking Line on course for greener seas

    2020-12-10T09:48:00Z

    Viking Line''s ferry newbuilding features the first installation of ABB’s Azipod® propulsion in a passenger ferry of its type, combining manoeuvrability and fuel efficiency benefits

  • The new methanol-powered Product Tanker design features a deck-mounted MeOH Service Tank and Fuel Supply Room
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    AIP FOR HMD METHANOL-POWERED PRODUCT TANKER DESIGN

    2020-12-09T15:49:00Z

    Classification society DNV GL – Maritime has awarded Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) with approval in principle (AIP) for the design of a methanol-powered product tanker.

  • BIO-UV's UV-based BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system is compliant with the rG8. (credit: BIO-SEA)
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    REVISED G8 APPROVAL FOR BIO-SEA BWTS

    2020-12-09T13:23:00Z

    BIO-UV, the France-based ballast water treatment system (BWTS) supplier, confirmed that its UV-based BIO-SEA system has been granted compliance with revised IMO guidelines.

  • Stena Line executive director, Ian Hampton, is calling for a pragmatic approach to UK/EU customs checks Photo: Stena Line
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    Brexit: Stena boss urges pragmatism

    2020-12-09T13:07:00Z

    The executive director of Stena Line is urging the European Union to take a pragmatic approach to customs checks after the Brexit transition period ends with the introduction of an implementation phase.

  • Hempel has added five new products to its antifouling range Photo: Hempel
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    Hempel enhances antifouling range

    2020-12-09T13:03:00Z

    Hempel has enhanced its Olympic+ and Oceanic+ range with the launch of five new antifouling solutions.

  • BALPURE
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    De Nora BALPURE gets new IMO type approval

    2020-12-08T17:39:00Z

    De Nora’s BALPURE Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has received the IMO Type Approval certificate as per resolution MEPC.300 (72) (the BWMS Code) from the UK''s Maritime and Coast Guard Agency (MCA).

  • News

    Propulsion & Future Fuels Live 2020 - ETS

    2020-12-08T17:00:00Z

    The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live virtual panel of industry heavyweights got to share their expert views on this latest development and how they see it impacting your business. PFF Live: How will the EU ETS impact your business? WATCH NOW

  • GTT’s membrane containment system Mark III Flex
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    GTT receives order for two HHI LNG carriers

    2020-12-08T13:04:00Z

    GTT will undertake the tank design of two 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).