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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dieter Kühne, managing director of the Lindenau Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik in Kiel, Germany, describes how the yard has applied large-ship ecological principles to a small coastal tanker, featuring double hull, redundant propulsion,…

31st July 2010

‘Seychelles Paradise’ – a coastal oil/LNG tanker designed with ‘green’ credentials

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Piston seals for cleaner engines

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Engine company launches SCR for inland waters

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes…

31st July 2010

Hitzler completes first of three river icebreakers

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European…

31st July 2010

Innovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch yard Damen is best-known for its policy of standardising designs and using common parts as much as possible throughout the range, but recently the Damen group has embarked on what it…

31st July 2010

Composite water taxi fleet enters service

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

As shipping rules and regulations tighten, an independent class society believes that it has found a neat way to solve the problems of smaller flag states whose vessels are often targeted and…

31st July 2010

IRS surveyors target smaller flags

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

International classification society Bureau Veritas says natural gas-powered propulsion will be one of the major contributors to greener shipping.

31st July 2010

Gas is the green solution, says BV

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

In common with other major classification societies, Germanischer Lloyd has issued guidelines for gas as ship fuel on the application of the IMO regulations.

31st July 2010

German class prepared for gas-fuelled shipping

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

Lloyd’s Register has launched a new scheme aimed at helping training providers deliver courses to recognised standards that meet its clients’ needs

31st July 2010

Benchmark scheme for marine industry training

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) of Houston has announced that Honeywell Marine has become an official distributor of its FuelTrax marine fuel management system.

31st July 2010

Distribution deal for US fuel management system

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

OW Bunker, a supplier and trader of marine fuel, says that it is implementing a new corporate strategy to support significant growth, and to create a foundation for expansion over the coming…

31st July 2010

Bunker supplier revises strategy

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Ecospec of Singapore has announced two significant ventures in the development of its CSNOx exhaust emissions abatement technology.

31st July 2010

Two important alliances for abatement technology

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Four 45,200 dwt heavy lift ro-ro container ships on order at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea are specified with Martek Marine’s MariNOx emissions monitoring systems.

31st July 2010

Emissions monitoring fitted to heavy lift ships

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Kongsberg Maritime has added three new monitoring and efficiency applications to its K-Chief automation system. The fuel saver applications have been developed as part of Kongsberg Maritimes commitment to the Green Ship…

31st July 2010

Fuel saver added to engine automation system

31st July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kelvin Hughes says that customers who purchased its SharpEye, described as the first commercial solid-state marine radar, are finding several benefits to the system.

31st July 2010

High-specification radar offered at low cost

31st July 2010

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Most of the July 1960 issue of The Motor Ship was taken up by tables of ships on order arranged by country, which showed Great Britain still held a leading position, closely…

31st July 2010

Shipbuilding statistics and engine design

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Consulting engineering firm Ricardo is a well-known name in marine diesel engine circles; the company works closely with several major large engine companies, and such work has increased in both volume and…

31st July 2010

True hybrid power for marine propulsion

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland has introduced new turbine blades for engines burning lower qualities of HFO and with especially heavy duty operating profiles. The axial turbine blades feature hard-faced tips to counter…

31st July 2010

Turbo manufacturer addresses blade wear issues

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN has completed the reorganisation of its engine and turbo businesses and the former MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo companies are now joined as a single enterprise, known as MAN Diesel and…

31st July 2010

Turbo technology the key to clean low speed diesels

31st July 2010