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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Anglo American’s new LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.

3rd February 2023

LNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission

3rd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Built by Samsung Heavy Industries for Kuala Lumpur-based MISC, the new membrane-type LNGCs have been committed to trade with ExxonMobil subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime (SRM) under 15-year timecharters. At the time of writing,…

3rd February 2023

Malaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence

3rd February 2023

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Qtagg has won a deal to upgrade a cruise ferry’s propulsion control system, helping to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

3rd February 2023

Qtagg to overhaul cruise ferry’s propulsion

3rd February 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

A project to equip an offshore wind vessel with a solid oxide fuel cell power and heat generation system fuelled by hydrogen converted from toluene-based LOHC has been awarded EUR15 million from the European Climate…

2nd February 2023

European funding for LOHC fuel cell retrofit project

2nd February 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The HiNAS 2.0 autonomous navigation system uses augmented reality (AR) to enable a ship to navigate optimal routes at ideal speed, and avoid collisions based on the integrated data by artificial intelligence (AI) collected…

2nd February 2023

KR and LISCR approve HiNAS autonomous navigation technology

2nd February 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) and its Chinese partner, China State Shipbuilding Corporation Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (CSE), have signed an extension to the licensing agreement to build UE low-speed engines. 

2nd February 2023

Chinese licensee agreement extended

2nd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Under the code name Project Sama, the 183m newbuild of some 23,000gt has been booked from the T.Mariotti Shipyard at Genoa by Neptune Company, a partnership between hotel and resort group Aman…

2nd February 2023

High-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard

2nd February 2023

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Yet, some owners have not invested sufficient resources in their ballast water installations. And to be fair, there has been plenty of time to tackle the challenges, of which there are many.

2nd February 2023

Cyber Security Audits Need To Cover BWMS: BIO-UV

2nd February 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Tony Foster, CEO and CIO of Marine Capital discusses the challenges of attracting outside investment into the decarbonisation of the UK’s short-sea sector.

2nd February 2023

Decarbonisation Funding Will Require Institutional Investors

2nd February 2023

OPINION

OPINION

2023 promises to be a momentous year for the shipping industry.

2nd February 2023

Business models to influence tech choices: viewpoint

2nd February 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Moreover, and notwithstanding the pre-eminence of Japanese shipping in the LNG carrier sector, all Japanese investment in a year of record ordering went to South Korean and Chinese builders.

2nd February 2023

Determined Japanese Plan For Long-Term

2nd February 2023

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

TMC Compressors will supply marine compressed air systems to four LNG vessels being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for BW LNG.

31st January 2023

Better fuel consumption using smart air compressors

31st January 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The cooperation will be based on SH Defence’s modular mission concept, known as ‘The Cube’, with associated handling equipment and will include both design and conception. The aim is for MAN to…

31st January 2023

MAN Signs MoU To Explore Modular Genset Options For Naval Market

31st January 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Under this joint development project, CMB.TECH will support WinGD in establishing its ammonia-fuelled engine concept for a large bore engine. CMB.TECH has significant insight into alternative fuels and builds, designs, owns and operates…

31st January 2023

WinGD and CMB.TECH to co-develop large NH3-fuelled engine

31st January 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The contract has been awarded to Armada Technologies LLC for its second-generation system that uses the vessel’s own forward motion to drive water through a series of openings near the bow region of…

31st January 2023

Irish Ferries to study passive air lube system

31st January 2023

LNG

LNG

The AiP has validated the use of GTT’s ‘Sloshing Virtual Sensor’ for sloshing activity assessment to optimise the LNG membrane tank maintenance frequency.

31st January 2023

GTT Looks To Extend Digital Twin Model Functionality

31st January 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

The review aims to make new recommendations based on the latest developments in ship design and technology and to address any barriers that could prevent the wider take up of noise reduction…

31st January 2023

URN guidelines revision to consider cavitation and shaft solutions

31st January 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The project is in its final year, with the engine almost built, and Project leader, Maciej Mikulski, Professor in Combustion Engine Technology at Finland’s University of Vaasa, says the self-learning functionality is…

31st January 2023

RCCI engine will embed model-based control to optimise combustion

31st January 2023

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is to supply the LNG fuel gas supply system (FGSS), propulsion control system (PCS) and alarm monitoring and control system (MCS) for four new dual-fuel container ships.

30th January 2023

Wärtsilä to supply FGSS for new LNG dual-fuel vessels

30th January 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The installation is planned to occur when the 7,620 ceu LCTC enters its scheduled five-year dry dock, which is expected in the middle of 2024. 

27th January 2023

First Oceanbird Wing Sail retrofit on LCTC in 2024

27th January 2023