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SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply shaft power generator systems to provide power take-off from the main engines for two LNG Carrier vessels. The carriers are being built at Hyundai…

21st October 2021

Wärtsilä shaft generator systems for Capital Gas LNGC newbuildings

21st October 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Digital Twin Ready Approval in Principle to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its Smart Ship Solution, SVESSEL® CBM and S-Fugas® (Samsung Fuel Gas) System.

21st October 2021

LR awards AiP to Samsung Heavy Industries for Digital Twin concept

21st October 2021

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Solvang ASA, a Norwegian shipping company, has agreed to a full-scale pilot retrofit installation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system on one of its ECO series of ethylene carriers, the 21,000-cbm…

21st October 2021

Solvang to pilot Wärtsilä CCS system on ethylene carrier by 2023

21st October 2021

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Damen Shipyards Group has appointed a new managing director of Shiprepair & Conversion, one of its seven divisions.

21st October 2021

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion appoints new MD

21st October 2021

LNG

LNG

The LNG propulsion market is picking up for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) as new orders signal recognition of the benefits.

21st October 2021

Benefits Of Running On LNG Stack Up For Large Crude Carriers

21st October 2021

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Passenger ship owners have started to look at moving back towards developing designs in house, with the help of consultant naval architects, amid concerns that current shipyard designs offer insufficient flexibility over the lifetime of the…

20th October 2021

Consultant Interest Revives Amid Need For Flexibility

20th October 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Corvus Energy has reached a milestone in its supply of lithium-ion battery technology with its 500th order, also the largest in the company’s history.

20th October 2021

Corvus reaches milestone with new tug order

20th October 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Tailored to the shortest and busiest crossing on the English Channel, the new ro-pax generation taking shape for P&O Ferries promises to be a standard bearer for service dependability, cost efficiency and…

20th October 2021

Game Changers For Dover/Calais Run

20th October 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The majority of seagoing vessels with an engine power of at least 20,000 kW are equipped with a 3-stage air-cooled starting-air compressor nowadays. The technology, which off ers heat reduction advantages, has been installed…

20th October 2021

3-stage air-cooled compressors first choice for large ship engines

20th October 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The new MoU outlines the future strategic route for the two parties and cements their commitment to continue delivering high-quality solutions to shipowners worldwide. 

19th October 2021

Kongsberg Maritime and CMI ink MoU to develop more sustainable solutions for shipowners

19th October 2021

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

The LNG carrier is scheduled for delivery to Maran Gas Maritime in 2023 and will be built at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard in Geoje, South Korea.  GE’s scope of supply includes two sets…

19th October 2021

GE Power to provide SeaGreen PTO for Maran Gas LNG carrier

19th October 2021

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Gaining the 90-degree North parallel on September 6 marked the last phase of ice trials before the 245 passenger-capacity  Le Commandant Charcot begins Antarctic cruising at the end of October.

19th October 2021

Extending Year-Round Polar Odysseys

19th October 2021

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The MoU provides for keeping MOL and MES-M updated on MAN Energy Solutions’ progress in this regard, with the ultimate intention of creating the basis for a more detailed LoI (Letter of…

19th October 2021

MAN Energy Solutions Signs MoU with Mitsui E&S and Mitsui O.S.K.

19th October 2021

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

The turbochargers will be used with MAN B&W 5G70ME-C10.5-GA engines destined for six 174,000m3 LNG carriers  under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipbuilding division. The LNG carriers have been ordered by four shipowners…

18th October 2021

ABB to supply turbochargers for first ME-GA engines

18th October 2021

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The decision to change the venue of the Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels conference away from Hamburg was taken reluctantly in response to the impact of Covid restrictions on conference facilities in…

18th October 2021

Danish venue change for 42nd Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels conference

18th October 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

On Wednesday 29 October, on the sidelines of the first bunkering of a commercial vessel with renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG), Dr Lauber gave The Motorship an exclusive interview, in which he…

18th October 2021

PODCAST: MAN plots a course for hydrogen vectors for shipping amid a transforming market

18th October 2021

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

About Us The Motorship is the magazine for senior marine engineers. Since 1920, professionals from ship owners and operators to shipbuilders, naval architects and equipment suppliers have relied on The Motorship to…

18th October 2021

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18th October 2021

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

AdvertiseRising oil prices and increasingly strict regulation on ship emissions means, in order to remain competitive, shipping companies are required to optimize their ships’ propulsion technologies with continual developments in ships and…

18th October 2021

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18th October 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Norway’s maritime and offshore energy expertise could be the key to unlocking the renewable energy growth the world demands, says a director of Norwegian Energy Partners (Norwep), Jon Dugstad.

18th October 2021

Norway’s ambitions to help unlock renewables

18th October 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Hydroniq Coolers has won a contract to supply marine cooling systems for two new wellboats being built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey.

18th October 2021

Hydroniq coolers for two new wellboats

18th October 2021

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The Motorship’s long-running conference, Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels, is moving to a new Scandinavian venue for its 42nd event. The event will now be held on 2-4 November 2021 in Copenhagen

15th October 2021

DANISH VENUE CHANGE FOR 42ND MOTORSHIP PROPULSION AND FUTURE FUELS CONFERENCE

15th October 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Wärtsilä Voyage will deliver the next generation navigational simulator for Singapore’s Centre of Excellence in Maritime Safety (CEMS) to prepare seafarers for shore-based remote management of vessels and autonomous ship operations.

15th October 2021

Wärtsilä simulator for Singapore CEMS project

15th October 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

GTT has been chosen by its partner the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to design the cryogenic fuel tanks of two LNG-fuelled container vessels.

15th October 2021

GTT fuel tanks for LNG-fuelled cargo ships

15th October 2021