Motorship News – Page 467
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Work to 2020 sulphur deadline, ICS urges
The shipping and bunker refining industries should not rely on a postponement to the IMO’s global 0.5% cap on sulphur in fuel, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has said.
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NewsForeship hull form for Finnish ecoship
Naval architect and marine engineers Foreship have worked with Finnish ship owner Meriaura Group on hull optimization for its two new ‘EcoCaster’ cargo carriers, which are expected to almost halve fuel consumption compared to dry cargo carriers of a similar size and class.
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DESMI BWTS accepted by US Coast Guard
Denmark-based DESMI Ocean Guard’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) using ultraviolet light, RayClean, has been granted AMS acceptance by the US Coast Guard (USCG).
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NewsWave generator for Marin concept basin
Dutch research institute Marin is to install a Bosch Rexroth wave generator at its new concept testing basin in August.
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Corrosion resistant steel approval
ClassNK has issued approval for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation’s newly developed corrosion resistant steel (NSGP-2) for use on the upper deck and/or inner bottom of crude oil tanker cargo oil tanks (COT).
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NewsRosneft seeks more support for Zvezda shipyard
The construction of Zvezda shipyard in far eastern Russia is set for delays after oil giant Rosneft has asked the national government to double its contribution to the project.
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GE Marine diesel engine certified EPA T4
GE Marine’s 12V250 marine diesel engine has received EPA Tier 4 certification, meeting NOx emission requirements through its non-Selective Catalytic Converter (SCR) technology, which requires no urea-based after-treatment.
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NewsWärtsilä propulsion for first CNG carrier
Wärtsilä Ship Power is to supply its 9-cylinder 34DF dual-fuel engine, controlled-pitch propeller and gearbox for the world’s first ever compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier, to enter operation in May 2016.
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NewsUASC chooses Marorka for energy management
Icelandic energy management firm Marorka has won a contract to deliver ship performance monitoring systems to United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), with a view to optimizing fleet performance and reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
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Swire Pacific Offshore expands its fleet
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has taken delivery of its fourth and final L-class platform supply vessel (PSV), ‘Pacific Liberty’, built by JMU.
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Sovcomflot plans fleet expansion with RS
Sovcomflot has enlisted the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) as it embarks on a fleet expansion to serve growing offshore projects on Russia’s continental shelf.
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CROE ro-ro scrubber order
US based CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has secured a scrubber order from Finnish operator, Bore Ltd (Finland) to retrofit its ‘MV Seaguard’ ro-ro container vessel.
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NewsMitsubishi reorganises at Nagasaki
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to increase its focus on commercial vessels at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works Koyagi Plant, establishing two new companies for ship construction and the manufacture of hull blocks.
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NewsTrial success for Silverstream air lubrication
A new air lubrication system from Silverstream Technologies has registered energy efficiency savings of 4.3% (ballast) and 3.8% (laden) in sea trials on the 4,000dwt tanker ‘MT Amalienborg’.
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NewsCable layer electrical system installation
Dutch marine technology expert Alewijnse Marine Systems has completed a full electrical installation on board the ‘Nexus’, the innovative new cable layer built by Damen Shipyards Group for offshore contractor Van Oord.
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NewsNorwegian Electric Systems strikes Estonian deal
Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) is to deliver electrical propulsion solutions to four state-of-the-art car ferries designed by LMG Marin for the Port of Tallinn.
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NewsCathelco equipment for Poland
Cathelco is to supply equipment for five ice-classed containerships being built at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding.
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NewsASRY wins repair deal for Kuwaiti vessels
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has signed one of its biggest block repair deals with Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), taking exclusive maintenance rights for 19 vessels over the next two and a half years under a contract valued at US$33 million.
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NewsBWT basics: Evaluating the options
Ultraviolet and electrochlorination treatments - the two mainstream BWT options - confront shipowners with some difficult choices, writes Stevie Knight, in the February issue of The Motorship.
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NewsSpecialist ship repairs highlight German expertise
Propulsion and emission issues have again been at the core of repair and refurbishment activity in German yards in the past quarter, Tom Todd reports in the February edition of The Motorship, out soon.
