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SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

MAN Energy Solutions’ China Production and Four-Stroke Denmark’s Aft Ship & Propeller Department have signed an intercompany agreement aimed at expanding the propeller business in China.

30th January 2020

MAN expands Chinese propeller business

30th January 2020

LNG

LNG

Public Gas Corporation of Greece SA (DEPA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement worth up to €20m for the construction of a new LNG bunkering vessel for use…

29th January 2020

Funding for first Greek LNG bunkering

29th January 2020

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Furthering its commitment to wind propulsion technologies, ClassNK is joining not-for-profit organisation, the International Windship Association (IWSA).

29th January 2020

ClassNK commits to wind propulsion

29th January 2020

LNG

LNG

HHI-EMD (Hyundai’s Engine Machinery Division) has announced the completion of the first shop test for the first of six MAN ME-GI engines, with MAN Energy Solutions reporting that the engine successfully ran…

28th January 2020

Shop test for first DF 11G90ME-GI engine

28th January 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk and responsible for the premature deaths of an estimated 7 million people worldwide each year. Air pollution contributes to the global burden of…

28th January 2020

Reducing NOx emissions from ship exhaust

28th January 2020

LNG

LNG

The world’s first dual-fuel shuttle tanker was delivered from Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) Geoje shipyard in South Korea on 20 January to shipowner and operator Teekay Offshore.

27th January 2020

First DF shuttle tanker delivered

27th January 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

CMB is showing its environmental credentials by offsetting all its CO2 emissions in order to have net zero CO2 emissions from 2020.

27th January 2020

CMB carbon offsets aim for zero by 2020

27th January 2020

MSPFFC

MSPFFC

The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference 2021 call for papers - don’t miss your chance to take part in 2021! ‘Setting the pace for technological innovation in transoceanic zero-emission shipping’ This…

27th January 2020

Call for Papers

27th January 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Alfa Laval is committed to reaching this vital goal, which is key to decarbonizing the global shipping industry and reaching the International Maritime Organization (IMO) target of cutting vessel-related greenhouse gas emissions…

24th January 2020

Alfa Laval commits to zero-emission vessel target in decarbonisation coalition

24th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the main propulsion engines for two new 41m patrol vessels for the Royal Thai Navy. Each vessel will be powered by 2 ×…

24th January 2020

Royal Thai Navy selects MAN 175D for newbuildings

24th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The float-out of the coming flag-ship of Carnival Cruise line has been celebrated at Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.

24th January 2020

Carnival’s latest ship ‘floating smart city’

24th January 2020

LNG

LNG

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply all the main equipment for the first LNG-fuelled short-sea RoLo vessels to be operated by Finland-based Bore Ltd.

24th January 2020

Wärtsilä to equip Finnish LNG RoLos

24th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Copenhagen-based tanker operator TORM is to order its first dual-fuel ready engines as part of an order for two newbuild 114,000dwt LR2 product/crude oil tankers. The two new vessels will also be…

24th January 2020

First LNG-ready engines for LR2 newbuilds

24th January 2020

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Fjord1 has chosen Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) as the system integrator for the conversion of three ferries to hybrid electric power.

23rd January 2020

NES converts Fjord1 ferries to electric power

23rd January 2020

LNG

LNG

In only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel ‘Kairos’, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’.

23rd January 2020

First LNG bunkering in Rostock

23rd January 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Norwegian-led project to install the world’s first ammonia-powered fuel cell on a vessel has been awarded EUR10m from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation fund.

23rd January 2020

EU funding for first green ammonia fuel cell project

23rd January 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

RB|RD Armatori, a company controlled by Reuben Brothers with the joint venture participation of Rizzo and De Carlini families, has completed the takeover of Italian shipowner RBD Armatori.

23rd January 2020

Reuben Brothers acquire Italian shipowner assets

23rd January 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ABS and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have completed a landmark joint development project associated with HHI’s Integrated Smart-ship Solution.

22nd January 2020

ABS and HHI in landmark smart functions JDP

22nd January 2020

LNG

LNG

MAN Cryo has signed a contract to supply LNG fuel-gas supply systems to Swedish shipping line, Wallenius SOL, for its two RoRo newbuildings in China at Yantai Raffles shipyard.

22nd January 2020

MAN to supply LNG systems for Swedish RoRos

22nd January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A major investment for the Greenland trade is signified by the completion in China of the new flagship of the Royal Arctic Line (RAL), writes David Tinsley. The 2,150 TEU Tukuma Arctica…

21st January 2020

NEW CAPACITY FOR THE GREENLAND RUN

21st January 2020