Motorship News – Page 145
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NewsCastoldi expands offering for offshore and passenger markets
Castoldi is extending its product portfolio, introducing a larger version of its waterjet for the high-speed ferry, crew transfer vessel and offshore patrol vessel segments.
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NewsDual-Fuel Suction Dredger from Singapore
Singapore’s shipbuilding sector has raised its international profile another notch through Keppel Offshore & Marine’s handover of its first dual-fuel dredger.
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NewsCruise ship blackout incidents on the rise
With blackout incidents on cruise ships on the rise, DNV has created a new guidance titled Managing the risk of blackouts which offers best practices on how to reduce the likelihood of their occurrence.
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NewsIACS adopts new requirements on cyber safety
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has adopted two new Unified Requirements (URs) on the cyber resilience of ships.
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NewsKnutsen NYK Carbon Carriers targets 2023 for ambient LCO2 tests
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) is accelerating the development of its proprietary ambient liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation technology after it received an AiP at Nor-Shipping.
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NewsBIMCO updates its GHG position statement
The Board of Directors of BIMCO has approved the organisation’s updated greenhouse gas (GHG) position statement, saying that new commercial solutions and shared responsibilities between charterers and shipowners will be required.
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NewsShell aims to double its LNG bunkering network
Shell has published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2021 indicating that it is aiming to double the size of its LNG bunkering network by the mid-2020s, to around 15 major ports on key international trading routes.
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NewsNYK takes delivery of third methanol-fuelled chemical tanker
The NYK Group has taken delivery of a third methanol-fuelled chemical tanker Grouse Sun, owned by NYK Bulkship (Asia), an NYK Group company based in Singapore.
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NewsME-GI engines chosen for hybrid ro-ro newbuildings
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order for 4 × dual-fuel MAN B&W 6S60ME-GI (gas injection) engines in connection with the construction of two hybrid, 8,000 lane-metre, ro-ro vessels for CLdN, the Luxembourg-based shipping group.
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NewsMMHE targets air lubrication retrofit market
Repair yard Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) has signed a strategic agreement with maritime clean technology company Silverstream Technologies to facilitate retrofit opportunities for Silverstream’s air lubrication technology.
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NewsMAN ES digital chief expects digitalisation roll-out to accelerate
Gregory Puckett, Head of Group Digital at MAN Energy Solutions tells The Motorship he expects further enhancement of real-time monitoring solutions and “predictive services” to reach the market “within 12 to 18 months”.
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NewsWärtsilä invests in Japanese digital platform
Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has announced an investment in Marindows, a Japanese company delivering an open digital platform for Japan’s marine industry.
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NewsClimeon introduces modular waste heat recovery system
Climeon is introducing the next generation of Climeon HeatPower, the Climeon HeatPower 300 Marine this month.
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NewsWinGD to broaden energy efficiency and system integration advisory offering
Stefan Goranov, WinGD General Manager, Sustainability Solutions explains to The Motorship in an exclusive interview how the engine designer plans to leverage its modelling expertise
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NewsFirst ship-to-ship biofuel bunkering for Japanese tug
NYK and its affiliate Sanyo Kaiji Kabushiki Kaisha (Sanyo Kaiji) have started a three-month trial of biodiesel supplied by Toyotsu Energy Corporation in tugboats operated by Sanyo Kaiji.
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NewsABB power for Roboship biomass carrier
A ground breaking biomass fuel carrier is to be equipped with ABB’s power distribution technology
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NewsTrials of LR digital twin tool underway
Mark Darley, Director Marine & Offshore at Lloyd’s Register (LR) told The Motorship that the class society is planning to bring a machine learning based tool based on a digital twin model of systems aboard individual vessels to market later this year.
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NewsOman steelmaker eyes green hydrogen for steel plant
A deal has been signed to evaluate the development of the first green hydrogen plant in Sohar, Oman.
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NewsOrder Boost for Revamped Short-Sea Trader
Re-designed in 2019 after around 60 examples had been produced over a 20-year period, Damen Shipyards’ Combi Freighter 3850 class of short-sea cargo vessel is attracting new business. The latest tranche of contracts emanates from Germany, and construction has been assigned to one of the Dutch group’s Chinese affiliates.
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NewsMHI completes conceptual study for ammonia/LCO2 carrier
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has completed a conceptual study for the design of a tanker capable of transporting both ammonia and liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2).
