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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

South Korea’s adaptive shipbuilding industry has landed a major export deal in the rising market for offshore windfarm construction vessels, writes David Tinsley.

14th May 2021

WINDFARM PROJECTS SPUR NEWBUILD BUSINESS

14th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD announced that its X82DF-1.0 had passed type approval and factory acceptance tests at licensee CSE-QMD in Qingdao, China in April. The engine will be installed on a 318,000dwt…

13th May 2021

WINGD X82DF PASSES TYPE APPROVAL TEST

13th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a dual-fuel LNG carrier design on 12 May. The design features the first…

13th May 2021

Jiangnan Shipbuilding receives AiP for LNGC with Type B tank design

13th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Yichang Shipyard has launched a new RoPax 6716, to be operated by the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL) stimulating trade, education and employment in the region.

13th May 2021

Damen launches new RoPax in Timor-Leste

13th May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the fire on the self-unloading bulk carrier Iron Chieftain in 2018 demonstrates that international fire safety standards and regulations for the vessel type…

12th May 2021

INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES IRON CHIEFTAIN FIRE HIGHLIGHTS REGULATORY GAP

12th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Swedish emethanol developer Liquid Wind has awarded a front-end engineering contract to Worley for its first commercial scale eMethanol production facility in northern Sweden. The award follows the announcement that Siemens Energy…

12th May 2021

Liquid Wind in offtake talks as first production project advances

12th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Alfa Laval has received an order for three units of the Alfa Laval FCM LPG, the low-flashpoint fuel supply system (LFSS) developed in partnership with MAN Energy Solutions.

12th May 2021

Alfa Laval wins LPG fuel supply system orders from Japanese market

12th May 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Following the successful conclusion of a two-vessel pilot project of a joint digital solution, Höegh Autoliners has opted to roll out the digital solution to cover four further vessels.

12th May 2021

Höegh Autoliners invests after MAN PrimeServ Assist and Vessel Insight trial

12th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the cargo handling and LPG Fuel Supply Systems for two new very large gas carrier vessels (VLGC). The 93,000cbm vessels are being built for…

12th May 2021

Wärtsilä to supply cargo handling and LFSS for Oriental Energy VLGCs

12th May 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

An oil recovery system that continually removes contamination, including nano-sized particles, from lubrication oil is enabling “oil as a service” to landside industry, with marine applications mulled for the future.

12th May 2021

OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM ENABLES “OIL AS A SERVICE”

12th May 2021