News

NEWS

NEWS

Classification societies from around the world will be meeting at the Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition in Athens on 6 – 10 June to map out the remaining actions needed to meet the…

16th March 2022

Posidonia 2022

16th March 2022

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Evergreen Marine Corporation’s Ever Ace has two Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers with a shared water cleaning system (WCS). This consolidated solution provides maximum reliability with a minimal footprint.

16th March 2022

Efficient water cleaning employed by Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubbers on ULCV

16th March 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Bureau Veritas (BV) is supporting the classification and construction of two 40,000 cbm LPG carriers that will be ‘ammonia prepared’. The vessels will be built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in South Korea, and the first…

16th March 2022

‘Ammonia Prepared’ class notation for Geogas LPG carriers

16th March 2022

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has concluded its first marine bio-VLSFO (Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil) bunker delivery in Singapore’s port waters, as part of a biofuel trial recently completed by NYK Line and…

16th March 2022

TotalEnergies In Marine Bio-VLSFO Bunker Landmark

16th March 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Updated proposals submitted to the IMO have outlined how a planned $5bn IMO Maritime Research Fund (IMRF), which will accelerate the development of zero-carbon technologies and fuels, could also be used to…

16th March 2022

More support proposed for developing countries

16th March 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Tidewater, a global provider of offshore service vessels (OSVs), has initiated a transformation project to optimise the lifecycle of its assets through the implementation of a harmonized fleet management system (FMS) across…

16th March 2022

Tidewater signs strategic partnership with Tero Marine

16th March 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Europe’s biggest shipowner body is throwing its weight behind a controversial proposed amendment to the EU’s Waste Shipment Regulation that would effectively make it possible to recycle EU-flagged ships at non-OECD shipbreaking…

16th March 2022

ECSA backs ship recycling at South Asian yards

16th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A commercial wireless remote-control helm system has been granted type approval by Bureau Veritas

15th March 2022

Remote control helm type approval

15th March 2022

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has invested in Marindows Inc., a Tokyo-based firm building an integrated digital platform for the marine industry. 

15th March 2022

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding invests in Marindows

15th March 2022

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Danaos Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent owners of containerships, has placed orders for two 7,100 TEU containerships. 

15th March 2022

Danaos orders two methanol-ready containerships

15th March 2022

REGULATION

REGULATION

ABS has responded to industry concerns in the wake of recent fires on RoRos by updating its Marine Vessel Rules in relation to electric vehicles on board.

15th March 2022

ABS updates RoRo fire rules

15th March 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has announced that it is withdrawing all class services involving Russian vessels, assets and companies. 

15th March 2022

ABS follows LR in withdrawing class services to Russian assets and companies

15th March 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The California Energy Commission approved a US$10.5 million grant for renovations at the Port of Humboldt Bay to support offshore wind activities.

15th March 2022

Port of Humboldt Bay to become California offshore wind hub

15th March 2022

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has announced plans to extend the choice of mid-range options available to shipowners by introducing S60, G60 and G70 variants into its ME-LGIM programme.

15th March 2022

MAN extends the range of ME-LGIM options in portfolio

15th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The International Association of Classification Society’s has withdrawn the Russian Register’s membership.

14th March 2022

IACS withdraws Russian membership

14th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The naming ceremony has taken place of a new hydrogen-ready commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Edda Wind.

14th March 2022

Hydrogen-ready CSOV

14th March 2022

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Strategic Marine has delivered two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from its new shipyard on Benoi Road in Singapore.

14th March 2022

First CTVs launched from Strategic Marine’s new shipyard

14th March 2022

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In a first for Asia, Vard has delivered a Taiwan-flagged service operation vessel (SOV) from its Vard Vung Tau shipyard.

14th March 2022

Taiwan-flagged service operation vessel delivered

14th March 2022

LNG

LNG

Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Approval in Principle to Marine Service GmbH and Newport Shipping for a jointly developed containerised LNG solution.

14th March 2022

Approval in Principle granted for containerised LNG solution

14th March 2022

LNG

LNG

Researchers from Korea and Indonesia have proposed a fuel gas supply system for LNG-fuelled vessels based on the CFD analysis of a hypothetical accidental LNG release.

14th March 2022

Safety of FGSS layouts evaluated using CFD

14th March 2022