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BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin revealed today that 2019 is set to be a record year, with the orderbook currently five times the size it was at this point in 2018.…

30th January 2019

Optimarin reports record early order surge

30th January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Asahi Tanker, the Japanese ship operator, has unveiled a vessel design for the worlds first fully-electric tanker, in conjunction with ship broker Exeno-Yamamizu.

30th January 2019

Asahi Tanker introduces all-electric bunker vessel concept

30th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, DNV GL, has developed a method of hull condition monitoring which makes use of the ships digital twin, a virtual model prepared during the design phase.

30th January 2019

DNV GL brings digital twin back to life

30th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply the engines for a new heavy-lift crane installation-vessel for Oslo-based OHT (Offshore Heavy Transport), the specialist heavy-transport-and-installation contractor. MAN’s scope of supply covers…

30th January 2019

MAN 32/44CR ordered for offshore wind vessel

30th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Irish Ferries has realised a major new stage of fleet development with the introduction in January of the German-built, 54,985gt ro-pax ferry W.B.Yeats to Dublin/Holyhead sailings. Currently the largest ferry on the…

30th January 2019

DEBUT FOR FUTURE-PROOF IRISH FERRY

30th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new study aims to show the early action needed to enable the shipping and supply infrastructure industries to deliver zero-emission vessels (ZEVs) that are crucial to achieve the IMO’s Greenhouse Gas…

29th January 2019

ZEV study maps 2050 action needed

29th January 2019

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mitsui (MES) has placed the first orders for MAN Energy Solutions SCR-HP (Selective Catalytic Reduction – High Pressure) product. MES ordered 3 × SCR-HP (cluster 3) units in connection with the building…

29th January 2019

Mitsui places first orders for new MAN SCR-HP

29th January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

YANMAR Europe has signed a strategic partnership agreement with German-based NORIS Group to supply alarm and monitoring panels and controls for the European market.

29th January 2019

YANMAR Europe partners with NORIS

29th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Moss Maritime, in cooperation with Equinor, Wilhelmsen and DNV-GL, has developed a design for a Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) bunker vessel. The vessel design comes at a time when hydrogen is finally developing…

29th January 2019

Moss and DNV GL present hydrogen bunker vessel design

29th January 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Gazpromneft Lubricants has received approvals from Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) for five of its cylinder oils indicating the firm’s confidence in the products.

29th January 2019

J-ENG APPROVAL FOR GAZPROM CYLINDER OILS

29th January 2019