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MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

DNV GL has seen the number of remote surveys rise by 33% as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic makes physical visits challenging.

12th August 2020

Covid-19 pandemic sees remote surveys soar

12th August 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

On 6 August, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and ClassNK signed a joint R&D agreement for a dedicated floating storage and regasification barge for ammonia. The agreement also covered the commercialisation…

12th August 2020

ClassNK, NYK and JMU launch ammonia bunker vessel research project

12th August 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has issued Guidelines on Fatigue Assessment of Ships to underpin the distinguishing marks FTL (years) and FTL (years) Spectral North Atlantic, both introduced last year.

12th August 2020

RS INTRODUCES NEW GUIDELINES ON FATIGUE ASSESSMENT

12th August 2020

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Mercator Media Ltd regret to announce the postponement of Propulsion & Future Fuels, which will now be taking place from 18-20 May 2021 at the Le Méridien Hotel, Hamburg, Germany.

12th August 2020

New dates for Propulsion & Future Fuels

12th August 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first of two dual-fuel Caledonian MacBrayne ferries being built at Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd, has been moved to dry dock in Greenock to undergo a planned schedule of remedial work.

11th August 2020

Remedial work underway on dual fuel ferry

11th August 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A further two deliveries have been made by Oshima Shipbuilding into the fleet controlled by Oldendorff Carriers, Germany’s largest bulk shipping company, writes David Tinsley.

10th August 2020

OLDENDORFF MAINTAINS ECO FLEET INVESTMENT

10th August 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Norway is initiating a formal collaborative research and development project examining autonomous maritime operations.

10th August 2020

Initiative to manage MASS trials launches

10th August 2020

LNG

LNG

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering has been granted approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for a medium-size tanker equipped with a high-pressure LNG dual-fuel system.

10th August 2020

AiP from LR for SHI LNG tanker

10th August 2020

LNG

LNG

MAN Energy Solutions has issued a white paper addressing how it is addressing the challenge of methane slip from its portfolio of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The company continues to guarantee methane…

7th August 2020

MAN ES targets 4-stroke DF methane slip reductions

7th August 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

As part of the Maritime Energy Transition, MAN ES sees fuelling with LNG as a first step in preparing engines for the broader use of a range of synthetic fuels, on the…

7th August 2020

MAN ES: Managing Methane Slip

7th August 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Schottel has been selected to supply propulsion units for a second expedition cruise vessels being built by Croatian shipyard, Brodosplit, for Oceanwide Expeditions.

7th August 2020

Schottel to propel second polar cruiser

7th August 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 4th greenhouse gas (GHG) study updates absolute levels of GHG emissions from shipping to 2018, and also introduces a new voyage-based emissions metric.

7th August 2020

Fourth GHG study confirms rising trend in GHG emissions

7th August 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ecochlor has been awarded Type Approval from the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) for the IMO BWMS Code (MEPC.300(72) / revised 2016 G8) standards.

6th August 2020

NMA Type Approval for Ecochlor BWMS

6th August 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Company has ordered a condition monitoring system from Bakker Sliedrecht for the submersible motors on its trailing suction hopper dredger Jun Yang 1. The solution is intended to improve…

6th August 2020

Condition monitoring for submersible motors on Chinese TSHD

6th August 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Chinese shipbuilding’s challenge to Japanese pre-eminence in the woodchip carrier market is exemplified by the completion of a vessel of some five million cubic feet capacity on the Yangtze shoreline at Jiangyin,…

6th August 2020

CHINA DELIVERS A NEW RECORD-BREAKER

6th August 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The third phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe ship recycling in Bangladesh has been given the go-ahead, with Norway committing approximately US$1.5 million in support.

5th August 2020

Bangladesh recycling project enters Phase III

5th August 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Digital bunker fuel and lubricant platform Bulugo can now offer buyers external unsecured finance of up to US$20m under an exclusive agreement with Whitehall Finance.

5th August 2020

Fuel finance options from Bulugo

5th August 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two new 209m long, MAN-engined RoRo cargo ships identical to the last ship delivered by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in April have been placed by the new owner of the German yard, reports…

5th August 2020

FSG new owner orders RoRo cargo newbuilds

5th August 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

When Canadian fuel distributor North Arm Transportation decided to order a new tug, it opted for a pair of Veth Z-drives.

5th August 2020

Veth Z-drives for new North Arm Transport tugs

5th August 2020

LNG

LNG

LNT Marine has signed a Joint Design Project agreement with SDARI and Wuhu Shipyard to develop a design for a 40,000cbm LNG carrier. The shallow draft Wuhumax design will be optimised for…

4th August 2020

LNT Marine in JDP for Wuhumax 40,000cbm LNGC

4th August 2020