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SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Adrian Miles, managing director of Stone Marine Propulsion, discusses the potential energy savings offered by the company’s Gate Rudder propulsion device

12th September 2019

SMP to launch game changing propulsion device

12th September 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The last few months have seen an upsurge in interest in Seawing, the automated power kite developed by Toulouse-based developer Airseas, even before the product’s commercial launch.

12th September 2019

Pulling power: applying dynamic control to towing kite technology

12th September 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A further phase in Matson Navigation’s modernisation programme for its Hawaiian services is set to be realised with the impending completion of the 52,000dwt con-ro vessel Lurline, writes David Tinsley.

11th September 2019

CON-RO TONNAGE BOOST TO HAWAIIAN TRADE

11th September 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Round Table leaders of shipping industry trade associations, BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO, have met in London to consider transformational issues affecting the sector.

11th September 2019

Leaders urge action on fuel standards

11th September 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB is supplying shore connection technology to three Corsica Linea ferries, helping to reduce noise pollution and emissions whilst berthed in the Port of Marseille in France.

11th September 2019

ABB enables emissions-free Marseille visits

11th September 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Prysmian Group is moving ahead with the construction of its fourth cable-layer. The keel was laid for its newbuild cable-laying vessel, Leonardo da Vinci, at the Vard shipyard in Norway in September…

11th September 2019

Prysmian cable layer newbuilding project progresses

11th September 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society ABS attracted a high-profile panel to discuss the industry’s decarbonisation challenge at a London International Shipping Week event on Monday.

10th September 2019

ABS LISW event identifies decarbonisation challenges

10th September 2019

LNG

LNG

MAN Cryo – MAN Energy Solutions’ marine LNG fuel-gas-system manufacturer – will supply an LNG fuel-gas supply system to Norwegian ship owner, Egil Ulvan Rederi, for a ‘multipurpose palletised cargo and refrigerated…

10th September 2019

MAN Cryo to supply LNG fuel-gas system

10th September 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Damen Green Solutions mobile ballast water treatment system has demonstrated its capability to help ships meet the International Maritime Organisations D2 standard which came into force on 8 September.

9th September 2019

Damens mobile BWTS meets new IMO rules

9th September 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ExxonMobil Marine and China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement aimed at strengthening ties between the companies.

9th September 2019

ExxonMobil and CMES strengthen ties

9th September 2019

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Wärtsilä thrusters have helped ensure successful sea trials for the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV).

6th September 2019

Wärtsilä thrusters aid SSCV trial success

6th September 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has designed the cargo system for the world’s largest containership, which was delivered in July 2019 by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries.

5th September 2019

MacGregor goes large on cargo handling

5th September 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

In a bid to achieve approval from both the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the US Coast Guard (USCG), Hapag-Lloyd is testing an SKF ballast water management system (BWMS) on board a…

5th September 2019

Hapag-Lloyd puts SKF BWMS to the test

5th September 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Luca Volta, Marine Fuels Venture Manager, ExxonMobil, offered his thoughts on the marine fuels market in an interview with The Motorship.

5th September 2019

Looking towards a new era

5th September 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Finnish technical consultancy Elomatic has developed a concept design for a zero-emission pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) in cooperation with the NYK Group and NYK’s research arm Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) of Japan,…

5th September 2019

ZERO-EMISSION CAR CARRIER PROPOSED

5th September 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Oldendorff carriers has ordered two transhipment vessels from Chengxi Shipyard in China for operation in Vietnam, each propelled by 2 x 1.9MW Azipod units. The order represents the first reference for ABBs…

5th September 2019

First Azipods for Oldendorff transhipment units

5th September 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Representing both a breakthrough for mobile nuclear technology and a landmark technical achievement by the Russian shipbuilding industry, the floating nuclear plant Akademik Lomonosov has departed Murmansk under tow for a remote…

5th September 2019

ARCTIC DELIVERY VOYAGE FOR NUCLEAR POWER BARGE

5th September 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

In response to ever-tightening environmental regulations, classification society ClassNK has released its new guidelines for wind-assisted propulsion systems.

4th September 2019

ClassNK releases wind propulsion guidelines

4th September 2019

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a broad scope of solutions to support cruise operator, Hurtigruten, in its push for greener and more sustainable shipping.

4th September 2019

Wärtsilä helps Hurtigruten in green ambitions

4th September 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The recovery of the offshore shipping segment is playing a key role in driving the revenues of ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin.

3rd September 2019

Offshore development driving Optimarin growth

3rd September 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Olav Hansen, Senior Principal Consultant at Lloyd’s Register will join the speakers on our Hydrogen panel on day one of Propulsion & Future Fuels.

3rd September 2019

Speaker confirmed: Lloyd’s Register

3rd September 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Propulsion & Future Fuels 2019 is fast approaching. Are you one of the many industry leading companies already confirmed to attend?

3rd September 2019

Who will you meet at Propulsion & Future Fuels?

3rd September 2019

LNG

LNG

Technology group, Wärtsilä, is to supply a unique, patent-pending LNG fuel storage and supply system for two new trailing suction hopper dredgers being built by Keppel Offshore & Marine for Dutch marine…

2nd September 2019

Wärtsilä supplies LNG system for Van Oord

2nd September 2019