General News

ClassNK has awarded its first Statement of Fact for Tier III nitrogen oxide (NOx) reductions to a marine diesel engine incorporating a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system.

Japanese companies Sumitomo Electric Industries and NYK Cruises have agreed to install a Sumitomo ‘Ecomarine’ ultraviolet ballast water management (BWM) system on one of NYK’s cruise ships.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed with L&T Shipbuilding Limited (LTSB), the shipbuilding arm of Indias Larsen & Toubro Ltd to provide a range of technological support for construction of commercial vessels.

The Evergreen Line has announced today that it will be cooperating with CKYH-the Green Alliance in 2012 to provide more sailings between Asia, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean each week.

Volvo Penta´s Inboard Performace System (IPS) drives, claimed to increase performance and reduce fuel consumption, have been chosen to power six 14m pilot vessels ordered by Russian state owned company Rosmorport.

The first of a series of 14 new Chinese multi-purpose heavy-lifters for Emden shipping group Bockstiegel has gone into local charter service, demonstrating the cost advantage for Asian builders over German yards.

Wärtsilä says it has been contracted to supply ship design and propulsors/positioning system for a series of two new flexible pipe laying vessels to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…

Imtech Marine has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid propulsion system, based on a diesel electric plant in combination with battery technology, to the first diesel electric, hybrid seagoing ferries.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the result of its investigations into a failure of a capacitor, part of the diesel-electric propulsion system of the cruise ship ‘Queen Mary…

Bureau Veritas has completed the worlds first shipping company certification audit to the new standard ISO 50001 – 2011 Energy Management Systems.

The Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, construction and installation of 16 concrete foundations for an E.ON offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

Det Norske Veritas reports that a project, involving seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies, has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry.

Aveva has released a new product, as part of its marine portfolio, which aims to simplify complex ship designs through the managed subdivision of ship spaces and automatic layout drawings.