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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Responding to the UN Secretary-General’s call for urgent action on climate change, the global shipping industry is giving full backing to a ‘moon-shot’ proposal for the large scale deployment of zero-carbon ships…

11th March 2021

Industry backs decarbonisation plan

11th March 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new equipment order for four pure car truck carriers being built at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line).

11th March 2021

MacGregor to equip new NYK Line PCTCs

11th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new design platform being developed as part of the EU CHEK project will initially be used to design a near-zero emissions bulk carrier and a cruise ship, but it is also…

10th March 2021

NEW DESIGN PLATFORM TARGETS INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE LOW-EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES

10th March 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Green methanol is establishing itself as a contender in the 2050 bunker fuel market, with the chemical industry motivated to go green and new production facilities and new ships raising optimism around…

10th March 2021

METHANOL PRODUCTION IS TURNING GREEN AND SHIPPING IS TAKING NOTE

10th March 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shipowners want to return to a water lubricated propulsion arrangement, but shipyards are preventing the wider take up of the environmentally sustainable solution, writes Patrik Wheater.

10th March 2021

Shipyard inertia preventing wider adoption of water-based lubrication

10th March 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Maine ferry operator, Casco Bay Lines, is installing ABB’s integrated hybrid-electric power and propulsion solution on its new vessel, cutting around 800 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year and significantly improving air…

10th March 2021

ABB hybrid solution for new Maine ferry

10th March 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Brunvoll has won a long-term contract for shock-qualified retractable azimuth thrusters from Navantia in Spain. Navantia has ordered the thruster systems for the construction of five F110 frigates for the Spanish Navy.

9th March 2021

Long term Navantia order strengthens Brunvolls naval order book

9th March 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Reducing emissions and investment in decarbonisation are continuing industry priorities, according to leaders of the Round Table of International Shipping Associations.

9th March 2021

Decarbonisation remains an industry priority

9th March 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Geislinger has launched a new Mark 6 version of its Geislinger Monitoring System, adding remote digital services functionality to the continuous monitoring and measuring system for large marine engines.

9th March 2021

New Geislinger GMS Mk6 adds digital services functionality

9th March 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society DNV granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for a new design of intra-Europe 1,900 TEU feeder container ships on 8 March.

8th March 2021

DNV awards AiP to HMD for Euro-Congreen 1900 feeder design

8th March 2021