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BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to develop new regulations governing vessel incidental discharges following President Trump’s approval of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) on 4 December 2018.

4th January 2019

EPA to develop VGP replacement post-VIDA

4th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has signed a contract with Norwegian ship owner Engenes fiskeriselskap AS to build a 69.9m long, 16m beam stern trawler, to be delivered in Q1 2021.

4th January 2019

Gondan to build Engenes ice-class trawler

4th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Korean shipbuilder, Daehan Shipbuilding (DHSC), has been given approval in principle from DNV GL for a new LNG-fuelled 115k dwt Aframax tanker.

4th January 2019

DNV GL gives AIP to Daehan LNG tanker

4th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Hamburg-based container liner Hapag-Lloyd will install scrubbers onboard ten vessels over the next two years ahead of the entry into force of the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap.

4th January 2019

Hapag Lloyd to retrofit ten scrubbers to containerships

4th January 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

BIMCO has called for newbuilds to be fitted with a Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to lower costs and improve efficiency.

4th January 2019

BIMCO calls for newbuilds CMMS

4th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has ordered a 49,000 dwt methanol-fuelled chemical tanker with an expected delivery date of 2019.NYK announced in December that the project was being partly financed by a…

3rd January 2019

NYK orders methanol-fuelled carrier

3rd January 2019

LNG

LNG

Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot, part of the SCF Group, has placed an order at the Zvezda shipyard in eastern Russia for the construction of three new generation product carriers that use LNG…

3rd January 2019

Sovcomflot orders new LNG carriers

3rd January 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine has won contracts worth S$300m to construct an ice-class LNG bunker vessel and refurbish a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) together with 65 scrubber retrofit…

3rd January 2019

Keppel wins scrubber and LNG contracts

3rd January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In cash-constrained times, few regions can compete with the sheer volume of shipyard investments currently emerging in the Arabian Gulf. We highlight some of the latest projects.

21st December 2018

Diverse projects broaden Gulf maritime market

21st December 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and German-based hydrogen developer H2 Industries are collaborating on the development of safety standards governing the shipboard use of an innovative hydrogen-based fuel, Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

20th December 2018

LR developing standards for hydrogen-based fuel

20th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese technology group, Eco Marine Power (EMP) has joined forces with Singapore shipping company, Masterbulk, to install a new battery pack on a large general cargo ship.

20th December 2018

EMP and Masterbulk install new battery

20th December 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to De Nora for its BALPURE ballast water management system (BWMS).

20th December 2018

De Nora BALPURE system gains USCG type approval

20th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A pair of cruiseships being built for Norwegian owner Hurtigruten are the first to combine batteries with diesel generators. The Motorship visited Kleven shipyard to learn more.

19th December 2018

Clean start for new era of expedition cruising

19th December 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has received the first order for its new engine from Oshima Shipbuilding for a 99,000dwt bulk carrier to be operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

19th December 2018

Oshima buys first low-pressure EGR from J-Eng

19th December 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Fuel testing will be a vital marine service after 2020, not merely a commodity, writes Chris Dyson, director of engineering and scientific consultancy Exponent.

18th December 2018

Shipping must up its fuel testing game

18th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Columbia Shipmanagement has opened a performance optimisation control room that aims to improve operations by connecting technical, commercial and crew management.

18th December 2018

Columbia opens optimisation control room

18th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Central to a scheme to provide Australian grain producers with a more cost-effective export channel, an innovative class of shallow-draught transhipment vessel is approaching completion in China.

18th December 2018

New transhipment vessel for grain exports

18th December 2018

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The January 1969 issue of ‘The Motor Ship’ opened, not with the customary look back over the year, but a look at technical prospects for 1969 and beyond.

18th December 2018

Batteries, fuel cells and gas in 1969

18th December 2018

LNG

LNG

Used in only a few vessels hitherto, a home-grown tank system has been revived for a series of LNG carriers now starting to enter service following long delays. David Tinsley reports.

18th December 2018

New incarnation of Japanese LNG system

18th December 2018

LNG

LNG

An innovative and versatile design of South Korean-built LNG bunkering and regional supply tanker has been timechartered for Baltic duties, writes David Tinsley.

18th December 2018

Bunker tanker boosts Baltic LNG chain

18th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Condensate arising from the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic is to be shipped to export markets by an Arc 7-class icebreaking tanker newly-built in China, writes David Tinsley.

17th December 2018

Condensate tanker for Yamal polar trade

17th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ship designer Havyard and operator Havila Kystruten are to develop and test a ‘high capacity hydrogen energy system’ after receiving a NOK104.3 million (US$12.1 million) grant.

17th December 2018

Funding for Havyard hydrogen fuel cell project

17th December 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Speaking at Propulsion & Future Fuels is a unique opportunity to promote your company’s innovations and successes to an audience of over 150 senior managers in the commercial shipping sector.

13th December 2018

Could your company speak at PFF 2019?

13th December 2018