Motorship News – Page 311
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NewsDock No. 2 Dock completed at DACKS in China
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) announced that construction of the first vessel at its newly inaugurated No. 2 Dock at its Chinese joint venture DACKS began on Friday 1 March. The vessel was a 61,000-dwt bulk carrier to be delivered to China''s CMB Financial Leasing.
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NewsMaersk Tankers to install scrubbers on LR2 vessels
Maersk Tankers is to retrofit one LR2 vessel in the Maersk Product Tanker fleet with a scrubber system, and has ordered a further three scrubber systems for LR2 newbuilds to comply with the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap.
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NewsHavila Kystruten ferries to feature 6.1MWh Corvus ESS
The largest marine battery installations on a hybrid-powered vessel will be integrated into four Norwegian coastal cruise ships set to be delivered for Havila Kystruten from 2020.
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NewsDamen close to completing dual-fuel conversion
Shipbuilder and repairer Damen has nearly completed the conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel LNG and MGO capability, launching the Samuel de Champlain from its Dunkerque facility on 27 February. The conversion will be the first of its kind in Europe.
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NewsBULKER DESIGN OPTIMISED FOR AUSTRALIAN TRADE
Constructed in Japan to the largest dimensions for access to the Australian east coast port of Newcastle, the 207,805dwt bulk carrier CSK Zephyr recently entered service under long-term charter to NYK Line, David Tinsley writes.
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NewsDigitalising the fleet of tomorrow
While performance optimisation is as old as the sea, or seafaring itself, the introduction of quantitative assessment models early this century has transformed the market. Eniram, a Wärtsilä company, was an early entrant into the market in 2005 and has been a data-led business since the start, Andrew Rayner, sales ...
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NewsWärtsilä in MSCL maintenance deal
Global technology group, Wärtsilä, has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with Marine Service Company Ltd (MSCL), a Saudi Arabian tug operator.
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NewsSEA\LNG commissions LNG study
SEA\LNG, a coalition aiming to accelerate the adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, believes LNG is a viable pathway to meet the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) targets.
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NewsUlstein unveils latest in X-JACK series
Norway-based Ulstein Group has unveiled a new heavy lift jack-up design developed to meet the offshore wind industry''s need for cost-efficient wind turbine installation vessels.
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NewsRolls-Royce wins Havila EMS contract
Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has won a contract to install its next generation Energy Management System (EMS) across nine vessels in the Norwegian Havila Shipping fleet.
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NewsFlagstad-Andersen appointed as DNV GL North Europe manager
DNV GL-Maritime has appointed Tuva Flagstad-Andersen as the new regional manager for North Europe from 1 January 2019.
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NewsICS welcomes IMO FONAR decision
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the International Maritime Organization''s decision in principle that safety or operational concerns about the quality of low sulphur fuels may, in exceptional circumstances, be a valid reason for shipowners to be issued with a Fuel Oil Non Availability Report (FONAR) from 1 ...
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News"K" Line launches new bulk carrier
Japanese transportation company, "K" Line, has launched a new 200,000dwt bulk carrier.
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NewsWärtsilä to maintain Japanese LNG carriers
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term contract to supply Japanese shipowner, Tokyo LNG Tanker, with its optimised maintenance lifecycle solution.
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US COMMERCIAL NEWBUILD ACTIVITY WANES
Despite showing their mettle in tanker and boxship construction for a protracted period, US mercantile vessel builders are now facing testing times, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsWinGD sees LNG as future for industry
Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD sees LNG based fuels as the future for the marine propulsion market, Rolf Stiefel, vice president of sales & marketing, told the Motorship during a recent visit to Winterthur.
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NewsWinGD to ramp up R&D efforts
Klaus Heim, ceo of WinGD and president of CIMAC, was clear that the diesel engine has a future to play, during a recent interview in Winterthur.
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NewsGuidelines for sulphur limit implementation
The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response has agreed draft guidelines for consistent implementation of the 0.50% sulphur limit under MARPOL Annex VI.
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NewsEnter the big, workhorse hybrids
Any doubts that times have changed should be resolved by a look at the big commercial hybrids currently shaping up, writes Stevie Knight. And no, for once we are not talking about cruise ships.
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NewsLNG CARRIER CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
Unstinting R&D endeavours by membrane tank technology specialist GTT have brought down LNG cargo evaporation rates.
