News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN PrimeServ is extending its ‘PrimeServ Omnicare’ solution in the marine market. MAN Energy Solutions’ service brands one-stop service solution will now include maintenance of non-MAN as well as MAN machinery, including…

8th May 2020

MAN PrimeServ diversifies Omnicare service offering

8th May 2020

LNG

LNG

The LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, has supplied Älvtank’s Ramelia in the first ship-to-ship bunkering operation for a product tanker in Germany.

7th May 2020

First ship-to-ship product tanker LNG bunkering in Germany

7th May 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

While attention has focused on the development of new more environmentally-friendly engine designs as the industry ramps up efforts to meet the IMOs 2050 decarbonisation targets, the diversifying marine fuel landscape will…

7th May 2020

ExxonMobil: rise of alternative fuels to alter lubrication landscape

7th May 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coast Guard has awarded Type Approval to Hyde Marine’s ballast water management system.

7th May 2020

USCG approval for Hyde Marine BWMS

7th May 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

The development of new more environmentally-friendly engine designs is set to accelerate as the industry ramps up efforts to meet the IMO’s 2050 decarbonisation targets. ExxonMobil Marine notes that engines in the…

7th May 2020

ExxonMobil Marine: Imagining the Future of Lubrication

7th May 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Alfa Laval has successfully adapted operations at its Aalborg production facility to adjust to Danish government restrictions, and is continuing to meet global demand for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 ballast water treatment…

6th May 2020

Resilient Alfa Laval BWMS production

6th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Vaisala, the climatic, NOx, and industrial sensor manufacturer, is launching an upgraded industrial transmitter solution in June 2020. The new Indigo 520 Transmitter will be able to accommodate up to two probes…

6th May 2020

Vaisala launches high-end transmitter solution

6th May 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

DNV GL and Alpha Ori Technologies (AOT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreeing to work together to further the marine industry’s ongoing digital transformation.

6th May 2020

MoU to spur digital shift in shipping

6th May 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Silverstream Technologies and Houlder have agreed to collaborate on design and integration procedures for both newbuild and retrofit installations of Silverstream’s air lubrication system, the Silverstream System.

6th May 2020

New partnership advances clean shipping

6th May 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

GAC has partnered with Singapore-based startup F-drones to develop large-scale drones that can deliver up to 100kg of supplies over 100km to vessels and offshore platforms.

5th May 2020

Drone delivery project underway

5th May 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a single, standalone Recommendation on Cyber Resilience (No. 166), consolidating 12 previous recommendations on the issue.

5th May 2020

IACS publishes unified cyber resilience recommendation

5th May 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The organisers of SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair, have confirmed that the event has been postponed until 2-5 February 2021.

5th May 2020

SMM postponed until February 2021

5th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

As the shipbuilding and allied industries in China begin to revive after the hiatus caused by Covid-19, a project for a series of LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers has boosted the orderbook, writes David…

5th May 2020

MAJOR ORDER IN CHINA FOR DUAL-FUEL TANKERS

5th May 2020

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A Japanese consortium is collaborating in a project to develop ships designed to use ammonia as fuel, using a MAN ES ammonia-fuelled engine as the prime mover.

5th May 2020

Japanese consortium to develop ammonia-fuelled vessels

5th May 2020

LNG

LNG

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has delivered the worlds largest LNG bunker vessel to Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) for operation in Northern Europe.

1st May 2020

Worlds largest LNG bunker vessel delivered

1st May 2020

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Wavefoil, the Norwegian bow foil technology company, said its retractable bow foil solution had significant fuel savings after analysis of six months of performance of its first installation aboard a Faroe Islands…

1st May 2020

Bow foil operational results reveal fuel savings

1st May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A consortium of Dutch dredging and offshore shipowners and financial institutions have agreed to take over Dutch shipbuilder and equipment supplier Royal IHC. As part of the deal, the Dutch Ministry of…

1st May 2020

New owners for Royal IHC

1st May 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Rathesan Ravendran, Technology and Innovation Specialist at Hans Jensen Lubricators offers his perspective on the effects of the IMO 2020 fuel changeover.

30th April 2020

Early experience of effects of LSFO and VLSFO on cylinder condition

30th April 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

After 100 days of VLSFO operation, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants is sharing recent experience on VLSFO operation with NAVIGO MCL Extra (40BN).

30th April 2020

LUKOIL shares lubricant experience operating on VLSFO

30th April 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Japanese renewable energy supplier Eco Marine Power (EMP) is carrying out a feasibility study into the installation of the company’s fixed sail and PV solution onto a LR2 Tanker.

30th April 2020

Japanese LR2 tanker hybrid sail feasibility study

30th April 2020