News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB Marine & Ports latest shore connection technology is ensuring that calls by the passenger ferry ‘Viking XPRS’ at Estonia’s Port of Tallinn are made quietly, efficiently and emissions-free.

21st October 2020

ABB shore power at Port of Tallinn

21st October 2020

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

A Norwegian-led project to bring forward the introduction of next generation Li-ion battery technology to the marine industry has been awarded EUR9.4 million from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation fund.

20th October 2020

Corvus participates in EU HYDRA battery development project

20th October 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Programme leader Hans Hopman of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) outlined the progress in the Sloshing of Liquefied Natural Gas (SLING) project during an event to mark the inauguration of MARINs…

20th October 2020

MARIN sloshing facility promotes advances in multi-phase research

20th October 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Yanmar Global CS Co., Ltd. (YGCS), a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. has commenced operations at Yanmar Synergy Square (YSQ) in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.

20th October 2020

Yanmar Global CS in new location

20th October 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sheffield-based Magnomatics has been awarded over £300,000 in grant funding as part of a £5 million UK government grant to develop and supply innovative power electronics, machines and drives.

20th October 2020

UK funding for magnetic gear technology developer

20th October 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply an advanced Energy Storage System (ESS) to four Harvey Energy class LNG-fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). A fifth vessel in this class was earlier…

20th October 2020

Harvey Gulf selects ESS supplier for PSV retrofits

20th October 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Cummins has signed an agreement with Pittsburgh-based engineering software developer Ansys to use its simulation process and data management (SPDM) platform in its engine development programme.

19th October 2020

Cummins to use digital twin and SPDM technology for engine research

19th October 2020

LNG

LNG

Qingdao-based marine technology developer Headway Technology was awarded approval in principle (AiP) for its fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for high-pressure LNG-fuelled main engines by classification society DNV GL on 6 October.

19th October 2020

Headway Technologys FGSS awarded AiP by DNV GL

19th October 2020

LNG

LNG

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has been granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) for an LNG fuel gas supply system…

19th October 2020

BV awards AiP to Mitsubishi Shipbuilding for LNG FGSS

19th October 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GTT has acquired Areva H2Gen, a French company leader in proton exchange membrane electrolysis.

19th October 2020

GTT acquires Areva H2Gen

19th October 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Zero-emission operations can be a reality today and do not have to be a future option, says shipbuilder, Ulstein Group.

19th October 2020

Zero-emission can be a reality today

19th October 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Having charted a course for wholesale fleet adoption of LNG fuel within the decade, Balearia’s forthcoming addition blends a potent dual-fuel power installation with very high service speed, writes David Tinsley.

18th October 2020

PLEDGE TO LNG REINFORCED BY NEW RO-PAX

18th October 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Global manufacturer of liquefaction and cryogenic equipment, Chart Industries, has announced a EUR30 million investment in McPhy, a French company that specialises in zero-carbon hydrogen production and distribution equipment.

18th October 2020

Chart Industries targets marine technology and LH2 potential

18th October 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icelandic operator Eimskip has introduced two containership newbuilds to the Greenland trade on the strength of a pact with the territory’s Royal Arctic Line (RAL), writes David Tinsley.

18th October 2020

ICELANDIC SISTERS FOR GREENLAND TRADE

18th October 2020

LNG

LNG

The first 23,000teu container vessel in the world to be powered by liquefied natural gas and equipped with a range of solutions from technology group Wärtsilä has been delivered.

16th October 2020

Largest LNG container ship delivered

16th October 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has appointed GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for its 2010-built 47,377dwt MR tanker.

16th October 2020

GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers to EPS

16th October 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen of DNV GL - Maritime issues a call to arms for industry participants to come together, and mulls an extension of the EU’s Green Deal to cover shipping

15th October 2020

Time to pull together: Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen calls for collaboration not fragmentation

15th October 2020

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Mathieu Philippe has been appointed to the new position of Commercial Director – Marine at classification society Bureau Veritas.

15th October 2020

BV appoints new commercial director

15th October 2020

LNG

LNG

Avenir LNG has taken delivery of its first dual purpose liquefied natural gas bunkering and supply vessel (LBV) from Keppel Offshore & Marine at the Nantong Shipyard, Jiangsu Province, China.

15th October 2020

Avenir takes delivery of first LBV

15th October 2020

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Norwegian shipping company, Ivan Ulsund Rederi, commissioned MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division MAN PrimeServ to conduct a retrofit project on a fishing trawler operated by the company.

15th October 2020

SCR retrofit delivers significant emission and fuel savings for trawler

15th October 2020

LNG

LNG

A new family of Woodward LOrange high-pressure, dual-fuel injectors has been released to deliver future fuel flexibility.

14th October 2020

NEW MULTI-FUEL INJECTORS READY FOR FUTURE FUEL FLEXIBILITY

14th October 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has awarded ABB Marine & Ports the contract to deliver the power and control technology for two 124,000 dwt newbuilding shuttle tankers.

14th October 2020

ABB electric package for KNOT shuttle tankers

14th October 2020

LNG

LNG

Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has, according to MAN Energy Solutions, placed an order for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax vessels with dual-fuel main engines.

14th October 2020

ME-GI engines for EPS Newcastlemaxes

14th October 2020