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MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Norsk Fisketransport’s new wellboat is said to be the first vessel in the world to use the Raven integrated navigation system (INS) developed by Norwegian Electric Systems.

14th January 2021

World first for integrated bridge solution

14th January 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

i4 Insight is partnering with FNT at Sea Services to incorporate ‘condition monitoring’, a service that uses analytics and sensing data to predict machine reliability and prevent breakdowns, on to the i4…

14th January 2021

Condition monitoring partnership

14th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Harren & Partner is launching SAL Renewables, a sister company to SAL Heavy Lift, focused on servicing the offshore wind sector. The newly-established company has added a DP jack-up vessel to its…

13th January 2021

Harren & Partners launches offshore wind focused SAL Renewables

13th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society DNV GL will change its name to DNV on 1 March 2021 as part of a wider rebrand for the diversified assurance and risk management company.

13th January 2021

DNV GL to rebrand as DNV

13th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The planned rapid expansion in offshore wind capacity in Europe, as well as the demands from the next generations of turbines, is expected to lead to supply bottlenecks within five years. The…

13th January 2021

Ambitious growth plans put pressure on fleet capacity

13th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fluechem has launched a new system that allows shipping owners to create their own urea solution on board.

13th January 2021

Create your own urea on board

13th January 2021

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Wärtsilä Fleet Operations Solution (FOS) by Wärtsilä Voyage is to be employed by UltraShip for its entire fleet of 18 LPG tanker vessels.

13th January 2021

Wärtsilä FOS chosen for LPG tankers

13th January 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Sterling PlanB (SPBES), the Canadian energy storage system develop, has signed a deal with MJR Power and Automation, a Northeast England-based marine power and electrical engineering business, to offer UK customers SPBES…

12th January 2021

SPBES inks sales and service partnership with UK provider

12th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A side channel pump designed to supply LPG via the Secondary Fuel Supply System (SFSS) to the main shipboard engine is the first pump of its kind to receive Lloyds Register acceptance…

12th January 2021

Type approval for side channel pump for dual-fuel LPG engines

12th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new agreement between ABB Turbocharging, Hyundai Global Service (HGS) and Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) has established a ‘total service solution’ for ABB and Hyundai customers, delivering optimal…

12th January 2021

ABB boosts turbo service partnership for HGS customers

12th January 2021

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shell Marine has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide marine lubricants to cruise line operator Carnival Corporation’s global fleet of 89 ships.

12th January 2021

Shell secures Carnival lubricants contract

12th January 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine is to extend its range of C32 high-speed engines with the launch of the C32B Triple Turbo version. The new engine is rated at 2,433 hp at 2,300 rpm, delivering…

11th January 2021

Cat to introduce new C32B variant in 2021

11th January 2021

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

DNV confirmed as headline sponsor for Motorship’s Propulsion and Future Fuels Conference in Hamburg.

11th January 2021

DNV confirmed as headline sponsor

11th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 2020 Nor-Shipping exhibition and conference is to be postponed from June 2021 until 10-13 January 2022. Rather than potentially holding a scaled down, socially distanced exhibition, Nor-Shipping has opted to delay…

11th January 2021

Nor-Shipping 2021 delayed until January

11th January 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wind is picking up, writes Stevie Knight.

11th January 2021

Driven by a steady wind

11th January 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Concordia Damen has selected Veth Propulsion by Twin Disc as the bow thruster supplier for a series of 40 Parsifal LNG tankers.

11th January 2021

Concordia selects Veth for LNG tankers

11th January 2021

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Corvus Energy has received an order from Wärtsilä for four energy storage systems (ESS) for the offshore support vessel fleet operated by Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf.

11th January 2021

Corvus to supply ESS for offshore support

11th January 2021

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Cummins recently launched its new PowerCommand® Microgrid Control product for optimising distributed energy resources, and the company anticipates that the technology could eventually bring benefits to marine applications.

8th January 2021

CUMMINS FORESEES POTENTIAL FOR MARINE DECENTRALISED MICROGRID

8th January 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine has landed the prestigious order for a sail-assisted ro-ro vessel designed to transport rocket components, writes David Tinsley.

8th January 2021

SAIL-FITTED RO-RO FOR TRANSATLANTIC RUN

8th January 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Norsk Fisketransport has taken delivery of a new Havyard wellboat said to offer greater salmon capacity, enhanced fish welfare and a greener propulsion system.

8th January 2021

New Havyard vessel for salmon farming

8th January 2021