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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A pure car truck carrier (PCTC) owned by UECC has received the first ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG blended with 10% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG).

18th December 2020

First ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG/LBG

18th December 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a large electric winch package for a pelagic trawler/ purse seiner currently being built for Astrid Fiskeri at Karstensens Skibsvaerft in Denmark.

17th December 2020

Kongsberg to supply electric winch package

17th December 2020

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Oslo-listed BW LPG has announced today that it will retrofit three more vessels” engines to dual-fuel engines burning liquid petroleum gas (LPG). This is an option in BW LPG”s 4+4+4+3 contract with…

16th December 2020

BW TAKES UP OPTION FOR 3 MORE LPG-FUEL RETROFITS

16th December 2020

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Two UK-based companies are readying a lithium-sulfur battery system for a luxury day boat ahead of what they see as a wide range of other potential marine applications.

16th December 2020

LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY READIED FOR MARINE MARKET

16th December 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A return to shipbuilding at Belfast could be in prospect soon following the signing of a letter of intent for the construction of an offshore windfarm development vessel (WDV), writes David Tinsley.

16th December 2020

BELFAST YARD CHASES OFFSHORE DEAL

16th December 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABB Marine & Ports is opening a new cyber security laboratory featuring hardware and software systems developed to help shipowners and operators combat the maritime industry’s growing cyber threats.

16th December 2020

ABB opens new cyber security lab

16th December 2020

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norsepower has announced its first newbuild order - for the installation of a record five tilting Rotor Sails onboard a large bulk carrier.

15th December 2020

First newbuild order for Norsepower

15th December 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Norway-based ship operator Østensjø Rederi has commissioned the hybrid retrofit of two of its offshore construction vessels, the Edda Fauna and Edda Flora.

14th December 2020

ØSTENSJØ REDERI OPTS FOR OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION VESSEL HYBRID RETROFIT

14th December 2020

LNG

LNG

A new CO2 tanker design by Høglund Marine Solutions and HB Hunte Engineering aims at low OPEX by combining a high-capacity bi-lobed cargo tank with LNG-fuelled propulsion.

14th December 2020

LNG-FUELLED TANKER DESIGNED FOR LOW COST CO2 CARRIAGE

14th December 2020

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Any ship with an irregular power demand profile and relatively large auxiliary power installed could be suitable for hybridisation, and WinGD is developing what it says is unmatched optimisation technology that is…

14th December 2020

OPTIMISATION STRATEGY PRODUCES STRONG RESULTS FOR HYBRID DESIGNS

14th December 2020