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REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine has won contracts worth S$300m to construct an ice-class LNG bunker vessel and refurbish a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) together with 65 scrubber retrofit…

3rd January 2019

Keppel wins scrubber and LNG contracts

3rd January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In cash-constrained times, few regions can compete with the sheer volume of shipyard investments currently emerging in the Arabian Gulf. We highlight some of the latest projects.

21st December 2018

Diverse projects broaden Gulf maritime market

21st December 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and German-based hydrogen developer H2 Industries are collaborating on the development of safety standards governing the shipboard use of an innovative hydrogen-based fuel, Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

20th December 2018

LR developing standards for hydrogen-based fuel

20th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese technology group, Eco Marine Power (EMP) has joined forces with Singapore shipping company, Masterbulk, to install a new battery pack on a large general cargo ship.

20th December 2018

EMP and Masterbulk install new battery

20th December 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to De Nora for its BALPURE ballast water management system (BWMS).

20th December 2018

De Nora BALPURE system gains USCG type approval

20th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A pair of cruiseships being built for Norwegian owner Hurtigruten are the first to combine batteries with diesel generators. The Motorship visited Kleven shipyard to learn more.

19th December 2018

Clean start for new era of expedition cruising

19th December 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has received the first order for its new engine from Oshima Shipbuilding for a 99,000dwt bulk carrier to be operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

19th December 2018

Oshima buys first low-pressure EGR from J-Eng

19th December 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Fuel testing will be a vital marine service after 2020, not merely a commodity, writes Chris Dyson, director of engineering and scientific consultancy Exponent.

18th December 2018

Shipping must up its fuel testing game

18th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Columbia Shipmanagement has opened a performance optimisation control room that aims to improve operations by connecting technical, commercial and crew management.

18th December 2018

Columbia opens optimisation control room

18th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Central to a scheme to provide Australian grain producers with a more cost-effective export channel, an innovative class of shallow-draught transhipment vessel is approaching completion in China.

18th December 2018

New transhipment vessel for grain exports

18th December 2018