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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Eleven major shipping banks, supported by a number of industry partners including Lloyd’s Register (LR), will launch the Poseidon Principles – a pioneering doctrine that will integrate climate considerations into lending decisions…

19th June 2019

LR in drive for sustainable financing

19th June 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Both general-purpose and specialised dry cargo vessels continue to figure substantially in Dutch shipbuilding output, underlining an ability to remain cost-competitive, writes David Tinsley.

18th June 2019

DUTCH YARDS RESILIENT IN CORE MARKETS

18th June 2019

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Technology group Wärtsilä, the Netherlands based Maritime Research Institute MARIN and Italian ship owner Grimaldi, have together successfully designed an Energy Saving Device (ESD) for use by ships with Controllable Pitch Propellers…

18th June 2019

Leanships project achieves fuel savings applying pre-swirl stator to CPPs

18th June 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABB is to supply an integrated vessel systems package to two dual-fuel dredgers that are being built by Keppel Offshore & Marine for Van Oord. This is ABB’s first full-scope power, automation…

18th June 2019

ABB to supply systems package for Van Oord newbuild dredgers

18th June 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In keeping with a policy of sustained fleet reinvestment and modernisation, and a focus on tonnage suited to its primary activities in shortsea trading, leading Irish owner Arklow Shipping is bringing a…

18th June 2019

IRISH FLEET GAINS EUROPEAN-BUILT BULKERS

18th June 2019

LNG

LNG

The FlexFueler001 has performed the first official bunkering to Norlines in the Port of Rotterdam meaning that Titan LNG is the first accredited LNG bunker supplier to deliver by inland water barge.

17th June 2019

Titan deploys first LNG by inland barge

17th June 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Jotun and Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a memorandum of understanding heralding an era of close cooperation and the use of a new, solvent-free primer.

14th June 2019

Jotun and HHI sign MoU

14th June 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and DNV GL have agreed to cooperate on joint development projects (JDP) for future technologies in the shipbuilding and offshore plant industries.

14th June 2019

Daewoo and DNV GL join forces

14th June 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Marine technology company, Miros, has launched Miros Speed Through Water, a dry-mounted, radar-based system designed to optimise hull speed and reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

13th June 2019

Miros radar system optimises hull speed

13th June 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The ABS condition-based class programme with the United States’ Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) was the focus of a keynote presentation at Mega Rust 2019.

13th June 2019

ABS digitises US navy maintenance

13th June 2019