General News

Canada’s Vard Marine, formerly STX Marine, has been awarded a US patent for the design and engineering of its new dual fuel vessel.

Wärtsilä is expanding its Propulsion Condition Monitoring Service (PCMS), which was introduced in 2010, with two new editions – PCMS Starter and PCMS Professional.

Wärtsilä says that its latest engine order emphasises the increasing use of LNG as a marine fuel: the company’s 34DF dual-fuel four-stroke has been selected to power a cement carrier being built…

DNV GL, Hanjin and GTT have signed an agreement to jointly investigate and to develop a gas fuelled large container vessel concept equipped with membrane fuel tanks.

A major ship operator, Rickmers-Linie, has declared its support for the introduction of stricter sulphur regulations but expects that they will inevitably lead to surcharges for customers resulting from an increase in…

SKF Blohm + Voss are launching two new products for the marine industry – a compact oil dryer and a non-retractable stabiliser, at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg this week.

Rolls-Royce has announced a further contract for the installation of its Promas Lite propulsion system on Finnlines ro-ro ships. Promas Lite is an integrated propeller and rudder system that increases efficiency and…

Alfa Laval has launched a new generation of its exhaust gas cleaning system; the PureSOx 2.0 scrubber which incorporates a range of enhancements and options.

Finnish software developer NAPA says that its products are now an integrated part of the Siemens Siship EcoMain platform.

GE Marine and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) have jointly announced that they have received approval in principle (AiP) for a jointly developed gas turbine-powered LNG carrier design.

MAN PrimeServ, the service division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, has concluded a service framework agreement with Norwegian offshore services company DOF.

ExxonMobil has joined at least two other major oil suppliers in launching, at SMM in Hamburg this week, a cylinder oil intended for use in two-stroke engines operating on fuels with very…

Classification society Bureau Veritas says that it has been chosen to class a large LNG bunkering vessel which will be built at Hanjin Heavy Industries, Korea, under an agreement between Japan’s NYK…

Rolls-Royce has unveiled the first of a new family of medium-speed engines for the marine market that will include versions powered by both diesel and gas.

Wärtsilä has announced that two new large, 180,000m3 LNG carriers being built by the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Korea are to be powered by six-cylinder X62DF two-stroke dual-fuel engines.

Caterpillar Marine has announced the launch of its Mak M 25 E engine platform, aimed in particular at offshore supply ships, with up to US$250,000 claimed fuel savings.

Shell Marine Products (SMP) claims to have become first to the market with a two-stroke cylinder lubricant formulated specifically for the needs of ships operating in ECAs.

Wärtsilä’s gas-fuelled two-stroke engine has picked up another order, this time for a series of four container ships for German shipowner GNS Shipping which will be built in China.