Motorship News – Page 312

  • Bilfinger has won contracts worth more than €100m to retrofit scrubbers on 70 vessels Photo: Bilfinger
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    Bilfinger in €100m scrubber deals

    2019-02-25T13:26:00Z

    German industrial services provider, Bilfinger, has won contracts worth more than €100m to fit its scrubber technology on 70 vessels.

  • Scandlines' hybrid ferries in the Fehmarn Belt are to be fitted with new thrusters Photo: Scandlines
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    New thrusters help Scandlines to be green

    2019-02-25T13:20:00Z

    New thrusters have been installed on Scandlines’ hybrid ferries to help reduce underwater noise and air emissions whilst travelling in the Fehmarn Belt, the strait linking Denmark to Germany.

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    WinGD innovates in X-DF lubrication system

    2019-02-25T08:00:00Z

    WinGD is introducing a new system that allows the automatic change-over of cylinder lubrication oil between two types of oils, normally between low and high BN oils within its X-DF dual-fuel engines, minimizing delay times in change-overs. The proprietary dual-line system is patent pending.

  • “We see more and more requests for digital connectivity, data processing... and there’s more to come.”  Wolfgang Östreicher, WinGD.  Image:  Scankab Cables
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    Great expectations… or more tangles than spaghetti?

    2019-02-25T08:00:00Z

    There’s a rising demand… but Stevie Knight asks, how do we overcome the challenges of tying together existing technologies with data-centric innovation?

  • CROE has won a contract with a USA shipping firm to retrofit 35 scrubber systems Photo: CROE
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    CROE wins USA scrubber contract

    2019-02-22T10:32:00Z

    Scrubber manufacturer, CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has been awarded a contract with a USA-based shipping company for the fitting of 35 exhaust gas scrubber cleaning systems.

  • Mike Kaczmarek, Carnival’s Senior Vice President for Marine Technology
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    Japan’s MLIT and Carnival present scrubber findings at CSA 2020 conference

    2019-02-21T22:28:00Z

    The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 held its first technical conference in London on 21 February at which both Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and a Carnival-led, CSA 2020-backed project presented the results of detailed studies into the composition and quality of exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) ...

  • The first steel has been cut for Nexans' cable laying vessel 'Aurora' Photo: Nexan
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    Major milestone passed for Nexans’ Aurora

    2019-02-21T11:20:00Z

    French fibre optic company, Nexans, has passed a major milestone with the cutting of the first steel for its new DP3 cable laying vessel.

  • Schottel has launched a new shallow water thruster Photo: Schottel
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    Schottel launches new shallow water thruster

    2019-02-21T11:12:00Z

    German manufacturer of marine propulsion systems, Schottel, is presenting its new pump jet type SPJ 30, a shallow water thruster suitable for a wide range of vessel types such as passenger vessels, ferries, work vessels and freighters.

  • Fednav's Federal Bering is an example of Oshima-built bulker optimised for international trade via the St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes system
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    A shipping company for all seasons: Fednav

    2019-02-21T11:11:00Z

    Fednav is Canada’s largest ocean-going dry bulk shipowning and chartering group. As a ship owner and operator of 75 years standing, Fednav has weathered many previous market and regulatory changes.

  • Consortium participant Wärtsilä converted four engines on  the Stena Germanica to run on ethanol-MGO fuel in 2015-16
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    Major maritime companies join Green Maritime Methanol project

    2019-02-21T11:01:00Z

    A consortium of leading international maritime companies, supported by Maritime Knowledge Centre, have launched a two-year study in the Netherlands into the feasibility of methanol as a sustainable alternative transport fuel in the maritime sector.

  • Port of Rotterdam
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    Gas4Sea partners and Equinor bunkering deal

    2019-02-20T16:02:00Z

    Marine LNG Zeebrugge has signed a deal to supply LNG to Norwegian energy group Equinor’s four crude shuttle tankers in the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Brunvoll will deliver two pulling azimuth propellers for propulsion and two tunnel thrusters for manoeuvring for the Yara Birkeland
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    Brunvoll to deliver propulsion systems to autonomous ship Yara Birkeland

    2019-02-20T14:58:00Z

    Brunvoll has signed a contract with the Kongsberg Group to deliver a propulsion system to "Yara Birkeland", the world''s first fully electric autonomous container ship. Brunvoll''s delivery includes two pulling azimuth propellers for propulsion and two tunnel thrusters for manoeuvring, all of which will gain power from an accompanying 6.8 ...

  • The Clean Shipping Alliance represents over 30 leading commercial and passenger shipping companies
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    CSA 2020 FEARS OVER EC SCRUBBER PROPOSAL

    2019-02-20T12:10:00Z

    The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) today expressed doubts about the scientific basis, timing and content of the European Commission (EC) submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which called for changes to its Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (“scrubber”) guidelines.

  • EGCS ship testing
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    New scrubber technology is Lloyds approved

    2019-02-19T12:39:00Z

    A new Value Maritime scrubber system has been certified by Lloyd’s Register and issued an International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate.

  • Hainan Strait Shipping reduced lubricant consumption by 37% by adopting Shell Argina and Shell Gadinia
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    SHELL MARINE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SAVE COSTS FOR CHINA RO-ROS

    2019-02-19T07:10:00Z

    Hainan Strait Shipping Co. Ltd, one of China’s leading Ro-Ro operators, has extended the oil life and improved the reliability of the main and auxiliary engines on six of its vessels. Following Shell Marine''s recommendations on medium-speed engine oils selection have lowered lubricant consumption and extended the routine maintenance interval ...

  • Rendering of the TCT turbocharger from MAN Energy Solutions
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    MAN Energy Solutions launches new TCT Turbocharger series

    2019-02-19T07:00:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions unveiled a new TCT turbocharger series to accompany and – eventually – replace the TCA generation. whose design has been continuously updated since its introduction but is now some 15 years old. With TCT turbochargers, MAN Energy Solutions can significantly reduce turbocharger dimensions to meet current market ...

  • One Sea ecosystem
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    One Sea funding propels automation

    2019-02-18T15:09:00Z

    One Sea has secured new funding to support its work towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025 and at the same time added Shipbrokers Finland as a new partner.

  • Inmarsat has announced new initiatives to support maritime, ports and logistics start-ups
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    Inmarsat backs maritime IoT incubators

    2019-02-18T08:00:00Z

    Inmarsat, the mobile satellite communications, is backing two leading start-up programmes, Rainmaking’s Trade and Transport Impact (T&TI) and Bluetech Accelerator, that directly support start-ups focused on IoT and big data innovation in the maritime, ports and logistics supply chain.

  • The Alaska Tanker Company will retrofit the Ecochlor BWMS on three of its VLCC crude oil tankers
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    ATC selects Ecochlor for BWMS retrofit

    2019-02-17T23:11:00Z

    Alaskan Tanker Company (ATC) has selected the Ecochlor ballast water management system (BWMS) for its fleet of three VLCC crude oil tankers. The agreement includes an option for one additional vessel.

  • Orange Spirit, first of Chinese-built 312,000ft3-capacity freezer class. (photo: courtesy of Seatrade)
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    SEATRADE REINVESTS IN DEDICATED REEFERSHIP CAPACITY

    2019-02-17T18:51:00Z

    A new generation of ‘freezer’ has been commissioned into service by specialised reefership owner and operator Seatrade for commercial deployment within the Antwerp-based GreenSea Pool, David Tinsley writes.