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ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Increasing interest in the sail assist systems space is set to lead to demands for higher standards of automation, writes Terje Lade, Vindskip project manager.

19th May 2021

Wind propulsion and the key role of automation in making it a reality

19th May 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Silverstream Technologies has received an order from China Merchants Nanjing Jinling Shipyard in China to deliver its air lubrications solution for two RoPax newbuildings for Finnlines.

19th May 2021

Finnlines opts for air lubrication for RoRo newbuildings

19th May 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

LGM Engineering signed a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply the fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for eight LR2 crude/product tankers. The 119,000dwt newbuildings were ordered by…

19th May 2021

LGM Engineering to supply FGSS for series of LR2 product tankers

19th May 2021

LNG

LNG

GTT has won the contract to supply the LNG containment for a series of 12 dual-fuel ultra large containerships under construction for CMA CGM in China.

19th May 2021

Mark III containment for CMA CGMs DF boxships series

19th May 2021

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Newport Shipping is to offer customers of its NMS online repair and retrofit booking platform access to Norsepowers auxiliary wind propulsion system after agreeing a partnership agreement with the Helsinki-based firm.

19th May 2021

Newport Shipping to offer turnkey Norsepower retrofit via app

19th May 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Schottel has delivered the main propulsion units for a 42 metre ferry to Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards Group.

19th May 2021

Schottel to propel new fully electric ferry

19th May 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

DNV has released a new app helping ship owners and managers digitalise and streamline the workflow, recording and follow-up of their onboard safety inspections.

19th May 2021

DNV unveils mobile inspection app

19th May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wind propulsion is likely to become an increasingly important part of the mix of solutions available to shipowners looking to reduce their environmental footprint, technology developers and ship operators heard in an…

18th May 2021

PFF Live: Wind assisted propulsion is coming but regulation holds key

18th May 2021

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Van Oord has selected a system that injects methanol and hydrogen as a combustion conditioning solution for its MaK four-stroke engines aboard a subsea rock installation vessel.

17th May 2021

FuelSaves FS+ methanol injection solution selected for first MaK retrofit

17th May 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Total Lubmarine is in the final stages of developing a ‘next-generation’ digitalised lubrication analysis and supply management platform, Serge Dal Farra, Global Marketing Manager at Total Lubmarine told The Motorship in an…

17th May 2021

TOTAL LUBMARINE SETS SIGHTS ON LUBE DIGITALISATION

17th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Finnlines’ newbuilding programme has progressed to budget and schedule with all three new ultra-green RoRo vessels in the production phase and the laying of the keel of the second RoRo at the…

17th May 2021

Keel laid for Finnlines’ second hybrid RoRo

17th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Itochu, Itochu Enex, Vopak, Pavilion Energy, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Total have joined forces to develop ammonia as a new marine fuel in Singapore.

17th May 2021

Ammonia as a marine fuel in Singapore

17th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Danish naval architects OSK-ShipTech has signed a contract to provide Owner’s Assistance and local assembly supervision of a new passenger ferry currently being assembled in Tanzania.

14th May 2021

OSK-ShipTech to support Great Lakes passenger ferry project in East Africa

14th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A dual-fuelled chemical tanker which can run on methanol has completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering.

14th May 2021

First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

14th May 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norsepower has completed the installation of five tilting Rotor Sails on board a newbuild very large ore carrier (VLOC) chartered by Brazilian mining company, Vale.

14th May 2021

First Rotor Sails on board bulk carrier

14th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

South Korea’s adaptive shipbuilding industry has landed a major export deal in the rising market for offshore windfarm construction vessels, writes David Tinsley.

14th May 2021

WINDFARM PROJECTS SPUR NEWBUILD BUSINESS

14th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD announced that its X82DF-1.0 had passed type approval and factory acceptance tests at licensee CSE-QMD in Qingdao, China in April. The engine will be installed on a 318,000dwt…

13th May 2021

WINGD X82DF PASSES TYPE APPROVAL TEST

13th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a dual-fuel LNG carrier design on 12 May. The design features the first…

13th May 2021

Jiangnan Shipbuilding receives AiP for LNGC with Type B tank design

13th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Yichang Shipyard has launched a new RoPax 6716, to be operated by the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL) stimulating trade, education and employment in the region.

13th May 2021

Damen launches new RoPax in Timor-Leste

13th May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the fire on the self-unloading bulk carrier Iron Chieftain in 2018 demonstrates that international fire safety standards and regulations for the vessel type…

12th May 2021

INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES IRON CHIEFTAIN FIRE HIGHLIGHTS REGULATORY GAP

12th May 2021