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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Construction of a 15m long stern section for the second conversion of a German conventional RoPax ferry to LNG DF operation has begun at Dutch yard Niestern Sander, reports Germany correspondent Tom…

21st May 2020

Second German LNG ferry conversion begins

21st May 2020

LNG

LNG

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded its first cyber security notation for an LNG carrier.

21st May 2020

BV awards first LNGC cyber classification

21st May 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Dutch consortium is on track to launch an innovative hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel in in 2021, writes Janny Kok.

20th May 2020

Innovative chemical chloride hydrogen vector for Dutch H2SHIPS project

20th May 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A fuel flexible injection system is allowing WinGD to explore various liquid alternative fuels, WinGD General Manager, Technology Development, Andreas Schmid explains

20th May 2020

WINGD EXTENDS LIQUID FUEL INJECTION RESEARCH PROJECT

20th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Frese is introducing a Modbus solution for its full range of Frese OPTIMA Compact dynamic valves.

20th May 2020

Modbus available for Optima Compact

20th May 2020

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Seaspan Ship Management has opted to install a comprehensive solution to steam balance and redundancy issues connected with IMO 2020-compliant fuels on eight Seaspan owned large container ships.

19th May 2020

Seaspan to implement steam solution to sulphur-compliant fuels

19th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Bergen-based shipping company Utkilen took delivery of the third of a series of four ice-class chemical tankers from Avic Dingheng shipyard on 15 May.

19th May 2020

Zero-emissions loading capacity for Utkilen chemical tanker

19th May 2020

LNG

LNG

Wärtsilä will provide an LNG package, comprising the Wärtsilä 31DF engine, gearbox, and LNGPac storage, supply and control system, for the first LNG-fuelled ferries to be built in Japan.

19th May 2020

Equipment for first Japan-built LNG ferries

19th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Damen Shipyards Group has won an order for a complete components package for a multi-purpose vessel contracted at Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) for KOEM, the Korea Marine Environment…

19th May 2020

Damen package for Korean multi-purpose vessel

19th May 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International coatings manufacturer, Hempel, began construction of a 102,000 t/y capacity production facility in Yantai on 18 May. The factory will replace the group’s existing facility in Yantai when it opens in…

19th May 2020

Hempel invests in Chinese production facility

19th May 2020

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Hans Jensen Lubricators has launched a new lubrication solution that eliminates the need for cylinder lubrication pumps and offers a significant reduction in cylinder lubricant oil consumption rates.

18th May 2020

New system heralds step change in cylinder lubrication

18th May 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nakilat has begun the second phase of its fleet management transition from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd, with a Q-Max LNG carrier being the first vessel transitioned in the phased…

18th May 2020

Nakilat and Shell in phase 2 of transition

18th May 2020

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

Agility and efficiency: Those are the watchwords for MTU’s turbocharger development, its director of development, turbocharging and fluid systems, Johannes Kech, told The Motorship.

18th May 2020

MTU offers ‘agile’ electrically-assisted turbocharger

18th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Europe’s offshore wind sector is the destination for the first of a new generation of deck carriers built in China, writes David Tinsley.

18th May 2020

HIGH-CAPACITY CARRIER FOR OFFSHORE WIND SECTOR

18th May 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions has won a contract to supply liquid gas injection propane (LGIP) dual-fuel engines to three LPG tankers currently under construction by CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. in Shanghai…

18th May 2020

MAN wins LGIP engine contract

18th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Lürssen Group and German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) are merging their military and naval surface shipbuilding activities saying the move is “long overdue” as well as “sensible and advantageous”, writes Germany…

18th May 2020

German naval yard merger seen as “long overdue”

18th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

A new universal measuring system from Kistler is providing reliable measurements for crash tests with no interruptions.

15th May 2020

Reliable crash test measuring from Kistler

15th May 2020

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV) has signed a joint partnership cooperation with Verolme Special Equipment for the provision of services to exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS).

15th May 2020

DSHV and Verolme in scrubber partnership

15th May 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The Evac Evolution ballast water treatment system (BWMS) will be installed on an aids to navigation vessel operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.

14th May 2020

Evac Evolution BWMS for Irish Lights vessel

14th May 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABS Nautical Systems (ABS NS) and SaaS technology provider, Q88, are joining forces to automate compliance management for ship owners and operators.

14th May 2020

ABS NS and Q88 automate compliance

14th May 2020