Motorship Multi-News Test – Page 453
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NewsEmulsion fuels target market acceptance
Driven by an increasing focus on costs and tightening emissions regulations, ship owners and fuel suppliers are accelerating the refinement and commercialisation of water-in-fuel emulsions. Dag Pike reports.
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NewsGerman yards report varied repair sector
The German repair sector has been varied and interesting in the second half of the year with a balance of specialised and routine work keeping many yards active, writes Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsEngineers prefer reliability centred maintenance
The shift from preventative to predictive maintenance decisions is one of the key means by which the industry can cut costs and extend the useful life of vessels, argues Larry Rumbol, marine condition monitoring market development manager, Parker Kittiwake.
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NewsIMO addresses water mist systems maintenance
Design, installation, commissioning and maintenance all have an impact on safe operations, but owners must understand that no two installations are the same, explains Erik Christensen, global technical solution manager at Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions.
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Yard worker health research
The medical team at Drydocks World Dubai have successfully completed collaborative research with the UK’s Imperial College London into the health and wellbeing of its yard employees.
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MAN acquires Cryo Marine fuel interests
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Swedish operation has acquired the marine fuel and bunkering business of Cryo AB, a Linde Engineering subsidiary that also makes cryogenic equipment for handling LNG.
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Eaton launches new uninterruptable power supply
Eaton has launched a next generation marine UPS, the Easton 9PHD, specifically designed to withstand harsh working conditions and secure the reliability of critical systems.
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NewsIntegrated operations centre enhances ABB monitoring
ABB is now monitoring equipment onboard nearly 100 vessels from a new integrated operations centre in Billingstad, opened in September and introduced to press yesterday.
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NewsBluewater FPSO gets engine overhaul
Royston Limited has completed an engine overhaul on the Bluewater-owned offshore floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Haewene Brim.
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NewsBestobell secures high-pressure valve orders
Bestobell Marine has secured two new orders to supply its new range of high pressure globe and check valves to be used in fuel gas systems on board ships.
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Seven ship RCL deal for Hyde Marine
Hyde Marine has been awarded with another retrofit contract for Hyde GUARDIAN Gold Ballast Water Treatment systems by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL).
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NewsOptimarin claims lead in USGC approval
Ballast water treatment (BTW) specialists Optimarin looks set to be USCG approved in 2016 after meeting USCG marine water requirements.
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NewsFincantieri to build Viking pair
Viking Ocean Cruises and Fincantieri have signed an agreement for the construction of two newbuild additional cruise ships.
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NewsGibdock in Norbulk exhaust scrubber project
Gibraltan shipyard Gibdock is to retrofit exhaust gas scrubbers for five vessels operated by ship management major Norbulk Shipping and owned by global shipping group Vroon.
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NewsSembcorp Marine completes P&O Cruises upgrades
Singapore-based yard group Sembcorp Marine has completed concurrent upgrades of cruise vessels ‘Pacific Eden’ and ‘Pacific Aria’, taking its total cruise upgrades in 2015 to 12.
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NewsSembcorp Marine completes P&O Cruises upgrades
Singapore-based yard group Sembcorp Marine has completed concurrent upgrades of cruise vessels ‘Pacific Eden’ and ‘Pacific Aria’, taking its total cruise upgrades in 2015 to 12.
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NewsVerifavia helps owners address MRV readiness
DFDS Seaways, Euronav Ship Management, NEDA Maritime Agency, Seaspan Ship Management and Synergy Maritime have appointed emissions verification specialist Verifavia Shipping to perform pre-verification gap analyses of the companies’ compliance with the EU’s new MRV regulations.
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Interferry heads MRV ro-pax metrics group
Trade association Interferry is leading a correspondence group tasked with recommending sector-specific metrics for ro-pax vessels under EU legislation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide emissions from ships.
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Calnetix patents to find marine applications
Three US patents recently awarded to Calnetix Technologies could find use in marine applications, the company has confirmed to The Motorship.
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NewsSwedish Club sheds light on engine claims
Analysis of machinery claims handled by the Swedish P&I Club over two years reveals that main engine damage is the most costly of all claims, with bearings damage and problems caused by poor lubrication management the most expensive.
