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REGULATION

REGULATION

The IMO’s hard-won 2018 agreement on shipping’s greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 have now been superseded by more ambitious requirements set forth in last December’s European Green Deal. Once…

30th July 2020

European Green Deal spells more hurdles for shipping

30th July 2020

LNG

LNG

Newport Shipping offers a full range of services for LNG conversions for clients to meet the challenge of achieving the International Maritime Organisation’s decarbonisation goals.

30th July 2020

Newport offers LNG conversion services

30th July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Techcross has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by solving customer service issues remotely using solutions such as videoconferencing or training local engineers to deliver support.

30th July 2020

Covid-19: Techcross introduces remote FATs

30th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ZF is restructuring the technology companys passenger vehicle focused powertrain unit, and will create a new division out of the previous Car Powertrain Technology and E-Mobility Divisions to offer electrified driveline solutions…

30th July 2020

ZF refocuses auto powertrain unit on e-mobility developments

30th July 2020

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

MAN Energy Solutions is combining the separate Supply Chain and Production divisions - Martin Oetjen will join the Executive Board on 1 August 2020 with responsibility for the newly created division.

30th July 2020

Martin Oetjen to lead combined MAN ES purchasing and supply chain division

30th July 2020

LNG

LNG

On 27 July Gasum conducted the first truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Germany, delivering fuel to the first LNG-fuelled research vessel.

29th July 2020

First truck-to-ship LNG bunkering in Germany

29th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to deliver two RSD Tugs 2513 after an intensive tender process.

29th July 2020

Damen to supply tugs to Antwerp

29th July 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

If the IMO adopts the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) approach, the new rules will have a particular impact on the ferry sector, Kari Reinikainen hears.

29th July 2020

EEXI approach poses challenges for ferry segment

29th July 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

Vistrato Limited has produced a guide for ships and terminals handling solid bulk cargoes that focuses on minimising physical interactions between ship and shore personnel during loading/unloading operations as required by the…

28th July 2020

COVID-19 guide to bulk handling

28th July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Rivertrace, the smart water quality monitoring technology provider, is offering an integrated SMARTSAFE e-ORB discharge monitoring system. The solution incorporates Rivertraces security system monitoring equipment with Prevention at Seas e-ORB (PAS electronic…

28th July 2020

Rivertrace integrates e-ORB tool to extend water quality solution

28th July 2020

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

After closing a deal on 30 June to buy Caterpillar Propulsion AB and re-establish Berg Propulsion, the company announced plans to consolidate its manufacturing in Sweden.

28th July 2020

Berg Propulsion reorganises after Caterpillar purchase

28th July 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

An estimated 60-70 percent of the merchant fleet is yet to have a ballast water treatment system installed. Industry experience so far gives a clear warning of the pitfalls

28th July 2020

COMMISSIONING FAILURES AN OMINOUS SIGN FOR BWTS OPERATION

28th July 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Equipment delays are just the short-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

28th July 2020

BALLAST WATER EXCHANGE AS A LAST RESORT

28th July 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Electrification among small vessels and workboats is an area of rapid innovation at the moment. One example of innovation is a fully-electric fish farming boat, Evoy, which is possibly the world’s fastest…

27th July 2020

ABB drives for full-electric workboat

27th July 2020

LNG

LNG

Silverstream Technologies has secured a new deal to install its air lubrication technology on board eight newbuild LNG carriers being constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South…

27th July 2020

Silverstream in eight newbuild LNGC deal

27th July 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast water treatment specialist Optimarin has agreed with US-based Lee Engineering Supply Company to warehouse critical spare parts and expand its global service network.

27th July 2020

Optimarin expands service and parts network

27th July 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

While LNG remains the best near-term choice as a transition fuel, work to meet market demand after 2030 is accelerating, Volkmar Galke, WinGD’s Global Director of Sales, tells The Motorship.

27th July 2020

Bridging the gap: designing solutions to meet demand after 2030

27th July 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch expertise in dredge technology and construction has a new reference in the 106-metre trailing suction hopper dredger Anchorage, built for the coastal marine aggregate trade, writes David Tinsley.

27th July 2020

CARGO DREDGER FOR DUTCH FLEET

27th July 2020

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Propellers are now just about as efficient as they can get, believes Jens Ring Nielsen, a senior technical engineer for MAN PrimeServ in Denmark.

27th July 2020

MAN ES screws down on propulsion efficiency

27th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The composite hull-section demonstrator within the EU-funded RAMSSES project is progressing. On 18 July, the project partners unveiled a full-scale composite ship hull section at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding’s (DSNS) facility in…

24th July 2020

RAMSSES hull section demonstrator progresses

24th July 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Julien Bec, Vice President, LNG as Fuel division at French technology and engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), offers his perspective on the lessons that the introduction of LNG into the fuel…

24th July 2020

Julien Bec of GTT: collaboration holds key to meeting future challenges

24th July 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for its concept design of an ammonia-fuelled 50,000dwt MR tanker carrier. The AiP is the first for an…

24th July 2020

LR grants AiP on NH3-fuelled MR tanker design

24th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has signed a global technical services agreement (TSA) with the Hong-Kong based ship management company, Fleet Management.

24th July 2020

GTT and Fleet Management sign TSA

24th July 2020