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SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Advanced, flexible powering arrangements coupled with refinements on a longstanding cargo containment technology characterise new entrants to the Japanese-controlled LNG carrier fleet.

3rd March 2020

MOSS-TYPE SYSTEM FOR CAMERON LNG TRADE

3rd March 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As Maersk tells employees to stay home after travel to affected countries, and China’s PMI slips below 2008 lows, Covid-19’s impacts on shipping become clearer.

3rd March 2020

Coronavirus wreaks havoc across global shipping industry

3rd March 2020

LNG

LNG

Cameron LNG’s Train 2 of its liquefaction-export project in Louisiana, US, has begun commercial operations under the tolling agreements in place to export LNG to customers in the global market.

3rd March 2020

Cameron LNG’s Train 2 begins operations

3rd March 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

London-headquartered Rolls-Royce Holdings is to conduct what it describes as “a strategic review” of its Bergen engine division in Norway, writes David Tinsley. The medium-speed designer and manufacturer is no longer viewed…

2nd March 2020

ROLLS-ROYCE TO REVIEW BERGEN DIVISION

2nd March 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Bawats ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has been awarded type approval by the United States Coast Guard.

2nd March 2020

Bawat BWTS awarded USCG approval

2nd March 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 has become one of the first non-Chinese ballast water treatment solutions to be type approved by the China Classification Society.

2nd March 2020

Alfa Laval BWTS given Chinese approval

2nd March 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Australian company TT-Line has cancelled contracts for two 48,000gt ro-pax ferries at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft(FSG) in Germany and plans instead to take the project to re-emergent Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), writes…

28th February 2020

GERMAN YARD LOSES TT-LINE CONTRACT

28th February 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABS Group has launched a new set of safety and risk-based services to support the 2021 Cyber Risk Management (CRM) guidelines recommended by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

28th February 2020

ABS launches cyber security services

28th February 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) units could take the warm spot left by more standard, steam turbine waste heat recovery (WHR) systems, writes Stevie Knight.

28th February 2020

ORCs: waste heat recycled

28th February 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A cross-industry membership group has announced it will support the use of the ISO 19848 data standard for shipboard machinery and equipment.

28th February 2020

Smart Maritime Council adopts data standard

28th February 2020

MSPFFC

MSPFFC

GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) is a technology and engineering company which designs cryogenic membrane containment systems dedicated to the transport and storage of liquefied gases, in particular LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). For…

27th February 2020

GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz)

27th February 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The first of a total of six multi-role tugs built by Remontowa Shipyard in Poland has recently been delivered to the Polish Navy.

27th February 2020

Polish Navy takes receipt of ASD tugs

27th February 2020

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

There is just one day left to submit your abstract for consideration for this year’s Propulsion & Future Fuels, taking place from 17-19 November 2020 at the Le Méridien Hotel, Hamburg Germany.

26th February 2020

One day left to submit an abstract for the 2020 programme

26th February 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment (MHI-MME) has received orders for retractable fin stabilisers for two luxury expedition vessels being built by Helsinki Shipyard of Finland.

26th February 2020

MHI stabilises polar cruise ships

26th February 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract worth approximately NOK300 million to equip three adventure cruise ships for Portuguese company, Mystic Cruises, with a fourth to follow.

26th February 2020

Kongsberg to equip polar cruise ships

26th February 2020

LNG

LNG

Marine solution company, Høglund, will supply Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) with a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for Tallink Group’s LNG-fuelled newbuild, MySTAR.

25th February 2020

Høglund to supply FGSS to Tallink newbuild ferry

25th February 2020

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

The first PBST-branded and -built cluster-3 SCR-HP (Selective Catalytic Reduction – High Pressure) system has passed its approval test. The system’s approval certification and engine test was carried out at MAKITA’s works,…

24th February 2020

Class approval for first PBST SCR-HP units

24th February 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Fleet operator SAL Heavy Lift has hired Inatech, a unit of Glencore, to ensure compliance with new low-sulphur emissions rules and optimise bunker strategies.

24th February 2020

App helps find best fuel prices

24th February 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new online platform has been developed to help ship operators source marine fuels and lubricants in ports across the world.

24th February 2020

App helps source best fuels and lubricants

24th February 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MAN Energy Solutions has developed a new cybersecurity system, EngineVault, that will protect main-engine networks from online and physical cyberattacks.

24th February 2020

MAN to roll out cybersecurity initiative for ME engines

24th February 2020