Motorship News – Page 365
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NewsPureBallast system minimises environmental footprint
A new ballast water management system aims to minimise its environmental footprint and installation costs.
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NewsCorvus scores industry first for hybrid power
The industry’s first hybrid fish farm processing vessel will be powered with a lithium ion based energy storage system (ESS) from Corvus Energy.
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NewsHøglund to automate eight new chemical tankers for efficiency
Tanker owners Ektank and Utkilen will kit their new chemical tankers out with Høglund automation systems in order enhance to the vessels’ long-term performance and reliability.
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NewsProAnode extends thruster life
The first Schottel Rudderpropeller incorporating the recently developed anti-corrosion ProAnode will be used to extend the life of the thruster.
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NewsNew two-stroke variable compression system developed
The first variable compression ratio (VCR) mechanism for a two-stroke marine engine will unlock fuel efficiencies.
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NewsERMA FIRST wins US type approval
ERMA FIRST’s ballast water management system (BWMS) has become the sixth to receive US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval.
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NewsSpeed regulations for carbon crackdown
Globally enforced speed reductions will be considered by the IMO to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships.
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NewsWärtsilä dual-fuel engines to power LNG carriers
Wärtsilä’s joint venture company CSSC Wärtsilä Engine will deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carriers.
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NewsDNV GL type approval for PBES energy storage system
Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) has received DNV GL Type Approval of its energy storage system certifying it for use in commercial marine, offshore oil and gas and renewable energy applications.
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NewsDESMI solution to reduce costs and energy loss from electrics
DESMI Pumping Technology A/S is introducing a new solution that enables shipowners and operators to avoid overheated and damaged electric installations reducing costs and energy loss.
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NewsGas valve unit increases engine efficiency
Shipowners and shipbuilders can increase engine efficiency, save energy and reduce costs with a new gas valve unit.
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NewsClever app analyses fuel efficiency of hull design variants
A new app allows yards and owners to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyse the fuel efficiency of hull design variants at full-scale.
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NewsFlexible Neptun builds longships and FERUs
Neptun Werft has taken orders for six more135m river cruise ships to build alongside the giant FERUs now in regular production for Meyer, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd
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NewsViking Princess swaps generator for battery
The Norwegian vessel ‘Viking Princess’ has become the first ever offshore supply vessel in which batteries reduce the number of generators aboard the ship, after technology group Wärtsilä completed the installation of a hybrid energy system.
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News3D printed propeller progresses towards approval
A prototype of the world’s first class-approved ship propeller has been produced using 3D printing techniques.
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NewsStatoil selects Gas4Sea for Rotterdam bunkering
ENGIE, Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK have been selected by Norwegian multinational energy group Statoil to be their LNG marine fuel supplier in the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, for four crude shuttle tankers.
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Debut for floating ship-to-shore transfer system
Gas Natural Fenosa, one of the biggest LNG suppliers in the world, and Connect LNG have together performed the first ever floating LNG ship-to-shore transfer.
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NewsGrease separators treat 1-25 litres per second
New Lipator and Lipatomat grease separators can treat between 1-25 litres per second.
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NewsOperating models shaped by disruptors
The marine and offshore industries have rapidly evolving operating models and this “new norm” is shaped by disruptive technology changes.
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NewsL’Orange launches anti-sticking pump element
Injection system specialist L’Orange has launched a pump element that is claims can increase pump running times by reducing the formation of deposits in the pump barrel.
