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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

UK based supplier Croda Energy Technologies has launched a new series of innovative non-sheening base fluids.

13th January 2020

New range of non-sheening base fluids

13th January 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Lubrizol Corp has published research into the implications of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) on deposit formation and lubrication performance in two-stroke engines. Legacy cylinder oils may not protect ship…

10th January 2020

Looking into the lubricant demands of VLSFO fuel

10th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Following an order for three hybrid StoRo ultra large green vessels at Jinling Shipyard in 2018, Finnlines has recently signed an order for two RoPax vessels from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard.

10th January 2020

Finnlines’ Superstar Ropax

10th January 2020

LNG

LNG

South Korea based engine designer and licensee STX Engine announced in January that it has obtained type approval from Korean Register (KR) for a medium speed pure gas engine, L22G.

10th January 2020

Type approval for first SK pure gas engine

10th January 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

Legacy cylinder oils may not protect ship engines from the variable fuel characteristics of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), global additive supplier The Lubrizol Corp has advised. In a new whitepaper,…

10th January 2020

VLSFO challenge: looking deeper for lubricant performance

10th January 2020

OPINION

OPINION

Writing before the full effects of the introduction of the Global Sulphur Cap are fully known, the pace of regulatory developments shows no sign of relenting. Class societies are already providing guidance…

9th January 2020

Shifting sands in Europe

9th January 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Yanmar subsidiary, Yanmar Engineering, has announced the deployment of SHIPSWEB, a tool for the management of auxiliary engines on ocean-going vessels.

9th January 2020

Yanmar deploys engine management tool

9th January 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A consortium of industry partners has been awarded a government grant of NOK 33.5 million (US$3.8m) towards the development of a liquid hydrogen fuel supply chain in Norway for marine applications, writes…

9th January 2020

NORWAY PLANS HYDROGEN NETWORK FOR SHIPS

9th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Northern Spain’s vibrant shipbuilding industry has landed the contract for Ireland’s new research ship, scheduled to be delivered to the Galway-based Marine Institute (Foras na Mara) in 2022, writes David Tinsley.

9th January 2020

IRELAND INVESTS IN MARINE RESEARCH FLEET

9th January 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

It is a simple concept: a floating box that carries large quantities of a commodity from its producer to its user. Yet the bulk carrier’s evolution into today’s reliable workhorse has not…

9th January 2020

Simplicity and safety concerns mark bulker carrier evolution

9th January 2020