Motorship News – Page 268
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NewsCoronavirus wreaks havoc across global shipping industry
As Maersk tells employees to stay home after travel to affected countries, and China’s PMI slips below 2008 lows, Covid-19’s impacts on shipping become clearer.
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NewsCameron LNG’s Train 2 begins operations
Cameron LNG’s Train 2 of its liquefaction-export project in Louisiana, US, has begun commercial operations under the tolling agreements in place to export LNG to customers in the global market.
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NewsWes Amelie SNG trials could be expanded
An SNG drop-in fuel pilot project on the world’s first LNG retrofitted container feedership, Wes Amelie, later this year could be followed by further trials with SNG volumes possibly reaching 100%, writes Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsROLLS-ROYCE TO REVIEW BERGEN DIVISION
London-headquartered Rolls-Royce Holdings is to conduct what it describes as “a strategic review” of its Bergen engine division in Norway, writes David Tinsley. The medium-speed designer and manufacturer is no longer viewed as core to the group’s operations.
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NewsBawat BWTS awarded USCG approval
Bawat''s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has been awarded type approval by the United States Coast Guard.
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NewsAlfa Laval BWTS given Chinese approval
Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 has become one of the first non-Chinese ballast water treatment solutions to be type approved by the China Classification Society.
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NewsGERMAN YARD LOSES TT-LINE CONTRACT
Australian company TT-Line has cancelled contracts for two 48,000gt ro-pax ferries at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft(FSG) in Germany and plans instead to take the project to re-emergent Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), writes David Tinsley.
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NewsABS launches cyber security services
ABS Group has launched a new set of safety and risk-based services to support the 2021 Cyber Risk Management (CRM) guidelines recommended by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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NewsORCs: waste heat recycled
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) units could take the warm spot left by more standard, steam turbine waste heat recovery (WHR) systems, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsSmart Maritime Council adopts data standard
A cross-industry membership group has announced it will support the use of the ISO 19848 data standard for shipboard machinery and equipment.
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NewsPolish Navy takes receipt of ASD tugs
The first of a total of six multi-role tugs built by Remontowa Shipyard in Poland has recently been delivered to the Polish Navy.
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NewsMHI stabilises polar cruise ships
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment (MHI-MME) has received orders for retractable fin stabilisers for two luxury expedition vessels being built by Helsinki Shipyard of Finland.
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NewsKongsberg to equip polar cruise ships
Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract worth approximately NOK300 million to equip three adventure cruise ships for Portuguese company, Mystic Cruises, with a fourth to follow.
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NewsHøglund to supply FGSS to Tallink newbuild ferry
Marine solution company, Høglund, will supply Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) with a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for Tallink Group’s LNG-fuelled newbuild, MySTAR.
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NewsWhite paper examines DF auxiliary engine lubrication
Chevron Marine has released a white paper focusing on issues surrounding the lubrication of dual-fuel engines that run regularly on either fuel oils or LNG. The paper also examines some of the particular issues relating to four-stroke engines, which are installed on around three quarters of ships using LNG as ...
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NewsClass approval for first PBST SCR-HP units
The first PBST-branded and -built cluster-3 SCR-HP (Selective Catalytic Reduction – High Pressure) system has passed its approval test. The system’s approval certification and engine test was carried out at MAKITA’s works, under observation by class society ClassNK.
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NewsApp helps find best fuel prices
Fleet operator SAL Heavy Lift has hired Inatech, a unit of Glencore, to ensure compliance with new low-sulphur emissions rules and optimise bunker strategies.
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NewsApp helps source best fuels and lubricants
A new online platform has been developed to help ship operators source marine fuels and lubricants in ports across the world.
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NewsMAN to roll out cybersecurity initiative for ME engines
MAN Energy Solutions has developed a new cybersecurity system, EngineVault, that will protect main-engine networks from online and physical cyberattacks.
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NewsThe Future is Electric – Let us safeguard it
Ian C Evans, Principal Electrical Engineer, Harmonic Solutions Marine presents an overview of some of the solutions to poor power quality in the second of his articles on the subject.
