News

NEWS

NEWS

Bureau Veritas has awarded approval in principle for a new auxiliary wind propulsion device for cargo ships.

3rd August 2022

Suction Wing AiP

3rd August 2022

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Nippon Paint Marine has added a new anti-corrosive universal primer to its E-Marine range of paints.

3rd August 2022

New PSPC-compliant universal primer launched

3rd August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest green and digital corridor to enable…

3rd August 2022

World’s longest green and digital shipping corridor agreed

3rd August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

GTT has won an order to equip an Anarctic expedition vessel with its smart shipping solutions.

2nd August 2022

Smart shipping solutions win

2nd August 2022

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Denis Bonhomme has joined TotalEnergies Marine Fuels as Global Sales and Business Development Director, overseeing all commercial and operational activities for the business’ growing portfolio of marine fuel solutions.

2nd August 2022

New Global Sales Director For TotalEnergies Marine Fuels

2nd August 2022

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

All the major lubricant manufacturers have now ensured the 40 BN formulations are compliant with MAN Energy Solution’s Cat II requirements for cylinder oil detergency.

2nd August 2022

40 BN lubricants now meet MAN’s Cat II requirements

2nd August 2022

REGULATION

REGULATION

The IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments has failed to agree on whether poor CII performance should be a detainable deficiency. 

2nd August 2022

CII won’t be detainable deficiency

2nd August 2022

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Bureau Veritas (BV) and Wah Kwong, one of Hong Kong’s largest shipowners, have signed a cooperation agreement to study the feasibility of installing carbon capture and storage (CCS) units on existing ships.

2nd August 2022

BV studies onboard CCS with Hong Kong shipowner

2nd August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a licence agreement with Mitsui E&S Machinery for MAN’s new TCT axial-turbocharger series.

1st August 2022

MAN ES and Mitsui sign turbocharger deal

1st August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

ClassNK has opened a new exclusive surveyor office in Rome, Italy.

1st August 2022

ClassNK opens Rome office

1st August 2022

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Government funding amounting to nearly $20m has provided a boost to modernisation and improvement plans at small shipyards throughout the USA.

1st August 2022

US Funding For Smaller Players

1st August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Yara Clean Ammonia and Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) have signed an agreement to jointly facilitate the uptake of clean ammonia as a marine fuel in Western Australia.

1st August 2022

Pilbara Ports plans ammonia bunkering

1st August 2022

LNG

LNG

Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV George III, the first LNG-fuelled vessel to fuel on the US West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii.

1st August 2022

Pasha Hawaii takes delivery of LNG-fuelled container ship

1st August 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Metro Weather have demonstrated the onboard operation of Metro Weather’s Doppler Lidar that measures faraway wind conditions in real time.

1st August 2022

MOL trials world’s first onboard wind measurement device

1st August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

DNV has granted GTT two approvals in principle for the design of a membrane type containment system for liquefied hydrogen (LH2) and for the preliminary concept design of a LH2 carrier.

28th July 2022

LH2 AiPs for GTT

28th July 2022

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

GIE Dragages-Ports has inked a long-term service contract (LTSA) with MAN PrimeServ for provisional eight-year period for a dual-fuel dredger operated by the French port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire.

28th July 2022

LT Service Contract for DF Dredger

28th July 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MSC Shipmanagement Limited of Cyprus has signed a framework agreement with Quadrise, the supplier of MSAR® and bioMSAR™ emulsion technology and fuels. 

28th July 2022

MSC to trial Quadrise biofuels

28th July 2022

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

CSSC Marine Service Co (CMS), the worldwide equipment service subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has successfully completed the world’s first ever 36,000 running hours major maintenance on dual-fuel (X-DF) marine…

27th July 2022

CMS carries out 36,000 hour maintenance on X-DF engine

27th July 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

NYK and NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation have started a test sailing using Neste Renewable Diesel supplied by Itochu Enex.

27th July 2022

NYK and Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha start 100% biofuel trial

27th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Noise thresholds across all ranges have been significantly lowered on Kistler’s triaxial accelerometer 8763B.

27th July 2022

Accelerometer noise thresholds reduced

27th July 2022