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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Advanced, handysized tonnage from China will afford considerable scope as to liquefied gas cargoes, writes David Tinsley.

13th May 2020

VERSATILE NEW SERIES OF ETHYLENE TANKERS

13th May 2020

LNG

LNG

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd launched Japans first LNG bunker vessel at its Sakaide shipyard on 13 May. The vessel is expected to be handed over to a consortium by the end of…

13th May 2020

First Japanese LNG bunker vessel launched

13th May 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Kaj Portin, General Manager, Fuel & Operational Flexibility, Wärtsilä Marine, discussed progress in developing solutions to use hydrogen vectors, such as ammonia and hydrogen

13th May 2020

Wärtsilä advances ammonia and hydrogen research

13th May 2020

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit an engine optimisation solution, Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boost, to the main engines of four vessels owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait…

13th May 2020

Wärtsilä supplies two-stroke engine optimisation solution for KOTC VLCCs

13th May 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The hydrogen economy is gathering momentum with plans to take a green hydrogen plant into operation as early as 2023.

13th May 2020

Green hydrogen plant planned

13th May 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Commissioning sampling of newly installed ballast water treatment systems is a new requirement for ship owners that is likely to being introduced globally in early 2022. To help dispel some of the…

13th May 2020

Alfa Laval releases commissioning sampling white paper

13th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two new Ulstein PX121 platform supply vessels built at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co (SWS) in China have been delivered to owners, Sinoocean.

13th May 2020

First two Ulstein PSVs for COSL

13th May 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chartwell Marine is partnering with naval architects BAR Technologies to help deliver the next generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs).

13th May 2020

Partnership meets larger CTV demand

13th May 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

A requirement for water sampling to be conducted in connection with commissioning testing – more simply expressed as commissioning sampling – is being introduced for newly installed ballast water treatment systems. The…

13th May 2020

Commissioning sampling for BWTS

13th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

A German company has developed a new concept of electric motor suitable for marine use that permits the number of poles to be varied during operation, offers greater efficiency at partial load…

13th May 2020

A new concept for marine electric motors

13th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Coltraco Ultrasonics has launched a portable ultrasonic liquid level indicator for inspecting industrial tanks up to 15m in diameter.

12th May 2020

Safe tank inspection with ultrasonic tool

12th May 2020

MSPFFC

MSPFFC

Supporting Association

12th May 2020

Danish Shipping

12th May 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has brought together a global team to support the use of remote surveys within the marine and offshore industries.

11th May 2020

LR unveils global remote survey team

11th May 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Optimarin has adopted a novel approach to meet growing demand for flexible financing by offering the first leasing option within the ballast water management sector.

11th May 2020

Flexible financing comes to BWT sector

11th May 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As FRP projects addressing fire, joining and flexibility issues progress, Stevie Knight asks whether the time is ripe for wider adoption of large-structure composites in shipbuilding.

11th May 2020

Time for a plastics rethink?

11th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Construction of Russia’s long-mooted, Leader-class nuclear icebreaker, specified with 120MW of propulsion power and destined for the eastern Arctic, has been awarded to Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, writes David Tinsley.

11th May 2020

RUSSIAN GO-AHEAD FOR NUCLEAR ICEBREAKER BEHEMOTH

11th May 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Groups ferries department has recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The group which is dedicated to the waterborne public transport sector remains at the forefront of numerous initiatives that are driving…

8th May 2020

Innovation at heart of Damens ferry department

8th May 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) is amending its previously drafted guidelines in response to COVID-19 in view of the continuing effects of the crisis. The full…

8th May 2020

Paris MoU revises COVID-19 guidance

8th May 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols to ensure safe ship crew changes and travel during the Covid-19 pandemic to all IMO member states, the UN and…

8th May 2020

IMO backs protocols to facilitate crew changes

8th May 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) has amended its previously drafted guidelines in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance is being made publicly available to…

8th May 2020

Paris MoU: Temporary Guidance Related to COVID-19 For Port State Control Authorities

8th May 2020