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LNG

LNG

Titan LNG has been granted €11 million in funding from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the grant scheme supporting transport infrastructure, connectivity and the switch to greener fuels for transport.

23rd July 2020

EU funding for Titan LNG project

23rd July 2020

LNG

LNG

The first LNG bunker barge on North America’s west coast, which is expected to serve shipping from 2023, is to be built to ABS class.

23rd July 2020

ABS classification for ITB LNG bunker barge

23rd July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Rolls-Royce Power Systems and MAN Energy Solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on mýa, the open asset and fleet management system.

23rd July 2020

Rolls-Royce and MAN sign data platform MoU

23rd July 2020

LNG

LNG

Norway-based Kanfer Shipping has entered into an exclusive agreement to market CGR Arctic Marines 96-metre 6,000cbm Liquid Methane Bunkering Vessel (LMBV)

23rd July 2020

KANFER SHIPPING TO MARKET LIQUID METHANE BUNKER VESSEL

23rd July 2020

MSPFFC

MSPFFC

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23rd July 2020

Cruise & Ferry Review

23rd July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Energy Solutions is launching an extensive restructuring process to ensure the future viability of the company. The significant cost-cutting programme - entitled Program for the Future - is also intended to…

22nd July 2020

MAN ES announces extensive restructuring programme

22nd July 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) could see IMO and US efficacy determinations align by explicitly expanding the definition of “living” to exclude organisms that are alive but cannot reproduce.

22nd July 2020

UV SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS WORK TO US REQUIREMENTS

22nd July 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

German propulsion specialist Schottel is launching a range of medium-size azimuth thrusters. With the M-series, Schottel expects to meet the different challenges of shifted engine power classes, updated ice class rules and…

22nd July 2020

Schottel launches medium-size azimuth thrusters

22nd July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Innovation Norway has awarded NOK18.5m to ScanReach for a series of development projects to make operations safer, greener and more efficient at sea by bringing wireless connectivity to the maritime and offshore…

22nd July 2020

ScanReach gets onboard connectivity boost

22nd July 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Researchers at the University of Southampton have evaluated the potential for cryogenic storage of hydrogen and ammonia as bunker fuel and are now looking to composite tanks as the way forward

22nd July 2020

ONBOARD CRYOGENIC STORAGE OF NEW FUELS MAY BE FEASIBLE

22nd July 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Privately-owned Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Visentini is set to deliver its largest- and longest-ever vessel to Spanish ferry operator Trasmediterranea, writes David Tinsley.

22nd July 2020

NEW ENDORSEMENT OF ITALIAN RO-PAX DESIGN

22nd July 2020

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Retrofitting a 12-year-old 30 metre passenger vessel with an underwater wing and a bulbous bow reduced the vessel’s resistance and contributed to a 24% improvement in fuel efficiency.

20th July 2020

Underwater wing and bulbous bow lifts passenger vessel fuel efficiency

20th July 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Norway-based ASKO Maritime AS Norway has signed a contract for the construction of two autonomous electric ferries with Indias largest commercial shipyard, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

20th July 2020

AUTONOMOUS CARGO FERRIES FOR OSLO FJORD

20th July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ClassNK has released its ‘Guidelines for Designing Cyber Security Onboard Ships’ (Second Edition) for newbuilding designs, targeted at shipyards and ship-building owners.

20th July 2020

ClassNK updates cyber security guidelines

20th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will service Germany’s newest offshore wind park Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II).

17th July 2020

Siemens Gamesa services offshore wind farm

17th July 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

A Norwegian bulk carrier owned by Bio Feeder will soon be able to take on new assignments thanks to a customised upgrade by the Schottel Modernisation and Conversion Team.

17th July 2020

Schottel modernises Norwegian bulk carrier

17th July 2020

LNG

LNG

The potential benefits of LNG cold energy recovery via an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) unit have been theoretically evaluated for a container ship and a ferry, with promising fuel saving potential.

16th July 2020

LNG COLD ENERGY RECOVERY POTENTIAL STUDY

16th July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver a complete bridge systems installation for five ice breaking dual-fuel LNG carriers under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries shipbuilding complex in South Korea. The vessels are…

16th July 2020

Wärtsilä to supply integrated bridge systems to ice-breaking LNGCs

16th July 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Malaysian energy shipping group MISC Berhad has reached an agreement with Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL) to acquire six very large ethane carriers once construction is completed.

16th July 2020

MISC acquires STL VLECs

16th July 2020

LNG

LNG

Leading independent tanker owner and operator Knutsen OAS Shipping signed a technical service agreement with Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) covering a fleet of 17 vessels.

16th July 2020

Knutsen inks technical service agreement with GTT

16th July 2020