Motorship Multi-News Test – Page 259

  • Four of the series of product tankers are aimed at fleet renewal opportunities in northern Europe and the UK (credit: FKAB)
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    NEW BRAZILIAN-BUILT BUNKER TANKERS AIM FOR FLEXIBILITY

    2020-10-06T13:35:00Z

    Waterline Maritime has ordered a series of 8,000cbm product tankers, four to fill a gap in the Brazilian bunker market and four for export.

  • Smart Ropes system
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    Digital mooring system improves safety

    2020-10-06T13:27:00Z

    Four shipping companies have signed up to be first to utilise Wilhelmsen’s digital mooring system aboard their vessels for faster, more efficient, and safer mooring.

  • ClassNK is opening new offices in India and Spain Photo: ClassNK
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    ClassNK opens offices in India and Spain

    2020-10-05T08:03:00Z

    Classification society ClassNK has opened new exclusive survey offices in Kandla in India and Valencia in Spain with operations beginning on 1 October 2020.

  • BIMCO is urging the EU not to include shipping in its emissions trading scheme Photo: BIMCO
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    Emissions scheme will scupper CO2 reduction

    2020-10-05T07:59:00Z

    BIMCO is concerned that the inclusion of shipping in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will inhibit global action on reducing CO2 emissions.

  • The scrubber being installed on board the ‘Seaviolet’ Photo: VDL AEC Maritime
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    Scrubber installation alongside pier

    2020-10-01T15:10:00Z

    VDL AEC Maritime’s scrubber solution has been installed on board the M/T ‘Seaviolet’ which is operated by Thenamaris Ships Management, following the previous successful installation on board the M/T ‘Seaking’.

  • The ‘Ever Forward’ Photo: Evergreen Marine Corporation
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    LR certifies Evergreen ULCS as digital safe

    2020-10-01T15:05:00Z

    Evergreen Marine Corporation has been awarded digital safe security certification from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its latest 12,000teu ultra large containership which was built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

  • A rendering of MAN ES' new 5G70ME-GA low-pressure engine. (credit: MAN ES)
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    MAN ES targets '30-50%' methane slip reduction with ME-GA EGR option

    2020-10-01T09:55:00Z

    Thomas S Hansen, Head of Two-Stroke Promotion & Customer Support at MAN Energy Solutions discusses MAN ES’ new high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) aftertreatment option for its Otto cycle ME-GA engine platform.

  • The arrival of the Polish-built hull of Nexans Aurora in Ulsteinvik for equipment and machinery installation and outfitting. (Credit: Nexans).
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    CUSTOM-MADE CABLESHIP FROM NORWAY

    2020-09-30T21:32:00Z

    A high capacity, DP3-class vessel for laying, connecting and repairing subsea power cables and umbilicals is taking shape at Ulsteinvik, writes David Tinsley.

  • The staggered effect of shipyard disruption has created pent-up demand for repair work that will fill most yards later in 2020, according to Jad Mouawad of Mouawad Consulting. (Credit: Bernd Flickenschild, Pixabay)
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    YARDS ANTICIPATE NEW WAVE OF REPAIR AND RETROFIT WORK

    2020-09-30T21:20:00Z

    Vassilis Vassiliou, ship-repair broker at Interyards in Greece, reflects on the evolving challenges the ship repair sector has overcome since February

  • Dimitrios Tsoulos, Regional Sales Manager EMEA, De Nora Water Technologies
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    Retrofit bottlenecks raise ballast water risks for shipowners

    2020-09-30T21:16:00Z

    A functioning Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) is becoming a legal prerequisite for global trade, as regulations designed to protect marine ecosystems and coastal economies from invasive species take effect, writes Dimitrios Tsoulos, Regional Sales Manager EMEA, De Nora Water Technologies.

  • The shuttle tanker ‘Tove Knutsen’ (H3114) Photo: Knutsen
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    Hamworthy joins forces with Hoyer Motors

    2020-09-30T10:25:00Z

    Hamworthy Pumps is aiming to regain dominance in the pump room systems market with a new alliance with Hoyer Motors.

  • Shell is focused on decarbonising the shipping industry Photo: PickPik
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    Shell sets course for net-zero emissions

    2020-09-30T10:20:00Z

    Shell has highlighted the important role that hydrogen and fuel cells could play in achieving a decarbonised shipping sector.

  • 'MV Glen Sannox'
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    Ferguson shipyard places contracts worth GB£15m

    2020-09-29T16:19:00Z

    Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited has placed three contracts worth over GB£15m with Scottish companies to continue progress with the completion of two dual fuel vessels to operate on CalMac routes on the west coast of Scotland.

  • The installation of the containerised Wärtsilä 1,450 kW battery hybrid package on the Harvey Energy is expected to reduce overall fuel costs by 10 to 20 percent. (credit: ABS)
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    HARVEY GULF PUSHES AHEAD WITH BATTERY RETROFITS

    2020-09-29T10:17:00Z

    With the Harvey Energy fresh out of sea trials, owner Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced that eight more of its offshore support vessels will be retrofitted with battery systems.

  • Kongsberg Digital has partnered with MAN Energy Solutions on a digitalisation project with Höegh Autoliners (credit: Kongsberg)
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    MAN ES agrees strategic digitalisation partnership with Kongsberg Digital

    2020-09-28T19:30:00Z

    As part of a newly agreed strategic digitalisation partnership with Kongsberg Digital, MAN Energy Solutions will collaborate in developing digitalisation solutions for the maritime sector.

  • Manson’s diesel-electric suction dredger will be built in at the Keppel AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas (credit: Keppel).
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    HIGH-SPEC TRAILER DREDGER FROM US YARD

    2020-09-28T16:55:00Z

    Seattle-headquartered Manson Construction has signed a contract for what will be the largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in the USA, writes David Tinsley.

  • Ship design verification is being increasingly digitalised Photo: RINA
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    MoU to further 3D ship model verification

    2020-09-28T10:14:00Z

    RINA and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an interface to the SDARI 3D Ship Model.

  • Members of Wilhemsen’s Marine Products division and thyssenkrupp signing the joint venture letter Photo: Wilhelmsen
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    Joint venture to promote 3D printing

    2020-09-28T10:10:00Z

    Wilhemsen’s Marine Products division and thyssenkrupp have signed a joint venture letter aimed at producing and delivering 3D printed spare parts for the maritime market.

  • Kongsberg Maritime will design and equip the third Sølvtrans wellboat in a series to be built by Myklebust Verft Photo: Kongsberg Maritime
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    Kongsberg to design and equip wellboat

    2020-09-25T11:13:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has signed a NOK45 million contract to design and equip the third wellboat in a series to be built for Sølvtrans Rederi by the Myklebust Verft yard in Gursken, Norway.

  • The ‘CCGS Amundsen’ will be the only vessel in its class to be fitted with retractable thrusters and dynamic positioning Photo: Canadian Coast Guard
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    Wärtsilä wins Icebreaker thruster and DP deal

    2020-09-25T11:08:00Z

    Wärtsilä has won a contract for the delivery and integration engineering of two retractable thrusters and a dynamic positioning (DP) system for the ’CCGS Amundsen’, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker.