Motorship News – Page 250
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NewsBerg moves manufacturing to single location
Berg Propulsion will invest in the centralisation of all manufacturing operations for controllable pitch propellers, azimuthing and transverse thrusters, and associated control systems to a single campus location in Sweden.
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NewsTroubled German yard group gets cash
A €175 million emergency cash injection from banks and guarantors could keep German shipbuilder MV Werften afloat and preserve jobs until Berlin pandemic crisis assistance starts in the autumn, writes Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsUS company seeks to scale up super-compact pancake motor to 250kW
An American company Infinitum is seeking to develop a 250kW version of a new concept of electric motor, which could be used in the marine market, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsBrunvoll receives thruster order for DP2 shuttle tankers
Brunvoll has won a large contract for thrusters from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The Norwegian propulsion specialist also noted that it had extended its product portfolio in 2020.
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NewsCat propulsion package for shallow draft ice-breaking walk-to-work vessel
Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has selected Pon Power to provide a diesel-electric propulsion package for the world''s first shallow draft ice-breaking vessel. The scope of the propulsion package includes the main engines and a generator set for the innovative vessel.
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NewsDamen completes keel laying for crane barge
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully concluded keel laying for the Crane Barge 7532 that is going to be delivered in Panama, following award of tender in August last year.
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NewsSUPER-SEGREGATOR FOR THE CHEMICAL TRADES
A further phase in the major fleet investment programme implemented by chemical tanker specialist Odfjell has been realised with the 24 June handover of the Japanese-built, 36,000dwt Bow Persistent, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsGrant to advance AI in UK maritime sector
Silverstream Technologies, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, has been awarded an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to advance machine learning in the maritime sector.
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NewsGTT signs licensing agreement with Zvezda Shipyard
GTT has announced the signing of a Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) with Zvezda Shipyard.
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NewsLauritzen restructures bulker and tanker arms into standalone entities
Danish shipowner J. Lauritzen A/S is to operate its gas and bulker arms as independent companies, the shipowner announced on Wednesday.
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NewsFirst hybrid LNG-fuelled chemical tanker for Terntank under construction
Construction for two next-generation LNG-fuelled chemical tankers for Swedish operator Terntank began at the China Merchant Jinling shipyard in China on 31 June.
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NewsMomentum continues in Babcock LGE sales
Babcock’s liquid gas equipment (LGE) business has secured contracts valued at around £100 million since October 2019.
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NewsSertica data helps save survey time
Tanker company Torm is saving valuable time by importing data from Sertica’s planned maintenance system to DNV GL to digitalise surveys and improve performance.
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NewsDebut for MTU 16V pure gas engines in new Doeksen ferry
Netherlands-based ship operator Doeksen officially commissioning the first of two new ferries, MS Willem Barentz, in a ceremony in Harlingen, the Netherlands, on 1 July. The ferry is powered by two 1,492kW 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 pure gas engines, in what is the first reference for the engines from Rolls-Royce.
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NewsFuruno acquires EMRI
Furuno Electric Company has acquired Danish company EMRI with effect from 1 July 2020.
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NewsKongsberg Digital acquires Coach Solutions
Kongsberg Digital has acquired Coach Solutions, a supplier of software solutions for vessel performance and monitoring. The new name will be Kongsberg Coach Solutions.
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NewsFerries and composites: commercial and practical challenges
Composites have a place on ferries, writes Stevie Knight, but just how effective these changes will be depends on commitment
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NewsBattery supplier looks to future
Didier Jouffroy, the Marine System Technical Advisor at battery supplier Saft, discusses the market and advances in technology in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsNMC BATTERY SURVIVES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TEST
Canadian marine energy storage company Sterling PBES has tested its battery system''s ability to withstand catastrophic mechanical damage and demonstrated that thermal runaway did not occur.
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NewsHIGH STABILITY OF MSC ZOE CONTRIBUTED TO CONTAINER LOSSES
Investigations into the 2019 loss of 345 containers from MSC Zoe have indicated that the vessel''s high stability was a contributing factor, and other vessels may face similar risks
