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REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

ABB and Keppel Marine and Deepwater Technology (KMDTech) have joined forces to retrofit a harbour tugboat, making it the first autonomous tug in South Asia.

21st October 2019

First South Asian autonomous tug retrofit

21st October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fibre optic cable company, Nexans, has hosted the grand block ceremony for its new DP3 cable installation vessel.

18th October 2019

Grand block ceremony for Nexans cable layer

18th October 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lubricants supplier, Castrol, has advised the shipping industry to expect a period of ‘new normal’, with continuous change in environmental compliance standards adding layers of technical complexity for owners and operators.

17th October 2019

Get ready for ‘new normal’, says Castrol boss

17th October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

AET, the leading petroleum tanker owner and operator, named its newest vessels, two of the worlds first LNG Dual-Fuel Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers (DPSTs). The sister twin-skeg 123,100dwt shuttle tankers, Eagle Blane…

16th October 2019

AETs next-gen dual-fuel DPSTs named

16th October 2019

REGULATION

REGULATION

Amendments to the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention aimed at preventing the spread of potentially invasive species in ballast water are now in force.

16th October 2019

BWM Convention amendments now in force

16th October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Structural change and revitalisation of German shipbuilding is accompanied by technological and environmental strategies to keep the industry ahead of the curve.

16th October 2019

GERMAN YARDS INVEST FOR HIGH-END MARKETS

16th October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Steel cutting has been implemented in China on a 40,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier ordered for north European trade by a German-Canadian joint venture, writes David Tinsley.

14th October 2019

SELF-DISCHARGER FOR EUROPEAN STONE TRADE

14th October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot will oversee order and operation of a new fleet of ice class LNG carriers, writes Eugene Gerden

14th October 2019

Major LNG carrier order for Zvezda Shipyard

14th October 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

What is being billed as the world’s largest combined scientific research and cruise expedition vessel will dock at specialist German shipyard Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven (LWB) next April for about a year…

14th October 2019

German yard wins work on unique research ship

14th October 2019

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Schottel has announced the safe delivery of the one thousandth Rudderpropeller type SRP 460, making it the most successful azimuth thruster worldwide.

14th October 2019

Schottel delivers 1,000th SRP 460

14th October 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Technology group, Wärtsilä, and Norsepower have signed a service cooperation agreement, enabling Norsepower to order service from Wärtsilä, whilst Wärtsilä can pursue and sell Norsepower Rotor Sail projects.

14th October 2019

Partnership to advance wind propulsion

14th October 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Pa-X-ell2 research project to investigate and develop new generation fuel cells for use on ocean-going passenger ships is entering the next phase with a consortium of eight project partners.

11th October 2019

New phase for fuel cell cruise ship project

11th October 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Technology group Wärtsilä will engineer, supply, and install complete battery hybrid packages to two offshore supply vessels owned by the Norway-based operator Atlantic Offshore.

11th October 2019

Atlantic Offshore battery hybrid upgrade

11th October 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Delegates are invited to join us at the drinks reception for The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference 2019, taking place on 19 November 2019 at the Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall Hotel.

11th October 2019

Network at the drinks reception

11th October 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The final programme for Propulsion & Future Fuels 2019 is out now! The conference will take place at the Sofitel Alter Wall Hotel in Hamburg, Germany, from 19-21 November.

11th October 2019

Who’s on the final programme?

11th October 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The Motorship Award returns in 2019 honouring and recognising innovative low emissions vessels partnerships in the zero emissions race. A shortlist of four projects has now been finalised!

11th October 2019

Hear from real-time pioneering vessel technology projects

11th October 2019

LNG

LNG

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply an LNG bunkering vessel simulator to Kasi Group in Malaysia to provide hands-on training to those operating LNG bunkering services.

10th October 2019

Wärtsilä supplies LNG bunkering simulator

10th October 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Naval architecture firm, VPLP, has moved into the maritime transport sector with the development of a RoRo vessel for transporting components of the Ariane 6 rocket from Europe to French Guiana.

10th October 2019

Wing sails help propel rocket transport ship

10th October 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Different innovation pathways are meshing to give the humble crane not just one, but a number of new identities, writes Stevie Knight. So, the challenge now is to bring it all together…

10th October 2019

Deck kit could soon be getting much smarter

10th October 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The technology group Wärtsilä launched the Wärtsilä 31SG pure gas engine for marine market applications at the Gastech 2019 conference in Houston, Texas.

10th October 2019

World class efficiency: a pure gas engine for the marine market

10th October 2019