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SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Future-proofing has been taken to a new level in Teekay’s E-Shuttle Tanker concept, making its market debut in the South Korean-built Aurora Spirit, writes David Tinsley.

10th February 2020

SEMINAL OFFSHORE LOADER FOR NORTH SEA

10th February 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

To chart the history of oil tankers is to put a mirror to more than a century of technical evolution, disaster, politics and regulation. Ships able to carry oil were first developed…

10th February 2020

Size and safety set tanker trends

10th February 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Motorship is celebrating its centenary in 2020, and is marking the occasion with a series of interviews with landmark companies that have grown and thrived during previous periods of rapid technological…

10th February 2020

Navigating a world of changing fuels

10th February 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a Ballast Water Pre Filtration Barge (BWPF) to assist vessels in complying with the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention which came into effect in September.

7th February 2020

Damen unveils ballast water pre-filter barge

7th February 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions has developed a fluid monitor enabling owners to actively monitor the degradation and contamination of lube oil.

7th February 2020

MAN releases lube oil fluid monitor

7th February 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping, assesses how the coming wave of new digital-enabled services will help shipowners to optimise operations

7th February 2020

Applying a customer focus to digital-enabled services

7th February 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and Aalto University in Finland have agreed to collaborate on R&D aimed at developing technologies to reduce shippings environmental impact and improve safety.

6th February 2020

Joint research project to reduce carbon footprint

6th February 2020

LNG

LNG

DNV GL has launched a new online LNG bunkering platform to take operators seamlessly from order through to delivery.

6th February 2020

Manage LNG supplies with DNV GL tool

6th February 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

European shipyards and owners are frequently specifying a grease-free bearing system, Thordon Bearings’ ThorPlas-Blue, as standard for vessels’ winches, fairleads, davits, capstans and windlasses.

5th February 2020

European yards specify grease-free bearing system for deck machinery

5th February 2020

LNG

LNG

CMA CGM Group, the maritime transport and logistics operator, has chosen GTTs global portfolio of services and assistance to support it during the commissioning, operation and maintenance of its 23,000 TEU LNG-powered…

5th February 2020

CMA CGM selects GTTs service portfolio

5th February 2020