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NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Entries are flooding in for The Motorship Award, honouring emissions-cutting partnerships.

28th August 2018

Present your project to 250 senior maritime professionals

28th August 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shell has initiated testing for its new 0.50% very low sulphur marine fuel oil (VLSFO) in preparation for the IMO’s 2020 0.50% global sulphur cap.

28th August 2018

Shell trials sulphur compliant marine fuel

28th August 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A.P. Moller Maersk and Royal Vopak have signed an agreement to create a 0.5% sulphur bunkering facility at the port to aid future compliance.

28th August 2018

Maersk plans ULSFO facility in Rotterdam

28th August 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shipowners can save space, effort and costs with FuelSave’s new containerised version of its engine optimisation and emissions abatement system.

24th August 2018

New containerised engine optimisation system

24th August 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Lloyds Register are promoting their brand to an audience of 250 senior decision makers in the commercial shipping and services sector at Propulsion & Future Fuels 2018.

24th August 2018

Lloyds Register to sponsor Lunches at Propulsion & Future Fuels

24th August 2018

LNG

LNG

Two-stroke engine developer WinGD, marine technology provider Wärtsilä and membrane containment company GTT have announced a partnership to optimise the integration of engines, fuel gas systems and storage on gas-fuelled ships.

24th August 2018

Gas-fuelled ships partnership unveiled

24th August 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Ethylene and LPG carrier ‘Navigator Aurora’ has become the first ship to have its two-stroke main engine converted to burn ethane as fuel.

24th August 2018

World-first ethane fuel conversion completed

24th August 2018

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Albwardy Damen has expanded its services to Sohar Port in the Sultanate of Oman in what it calls a historic milestone as the joint venture company celebrates its 40th anniversary.

23rd August 2018

Albwardy Damen expands ship repair to Oman

23rd August 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EnSolve Biosystems is seeking global partners to help commercialise its scrubber technology following receiving a patent from the US Patent & Trade Office.

23rd August 2018

EnSolve wins US patent for scrubber tech

23rd August 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Motorship will host its fifth ExxonMobil roundtable at SMM on 5 September. Ahead of that meeting Iain White, Global Field Engineering Manager, ExxonMobil discusses challenges facing ship operators’ post 2020.

23rd August 2018

Data driven cylinder condition strategies

23rd August 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

India has been advocating port-based, mobile ballast water treatment since 2013. Sandip Patil of Indian Register of Shipping’s Research and Innovation Center outlines the solution.

23rd August 2018

A ballast water solution for muddy waters

23rd August 2018

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wind propulsion technologies are emerging as one option which can help cut fuel costs significantly, make vessels compliant with existing and impending emission regulations and create energy security and long-term resilience in…

22nd August 2018

Wind as a viable future propulsion technology

22nd August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä and De Beers Marine have signed an agreement for the replacement of generating sets aboard De Beers’ diamond mining ship Debmar Pacific which is engaged in diamond mining operations off the…

22nd August 2018

Wärtsilä gensets for diamond mining vessel

22nd August 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

First look at the speaker line-up for Propulsion & Future Fuels featuring over 40 speakers from the world’s leading ship operators, engine manufacturers, fuel companies, naval architects and service providers.

22nd August 2018

Provisional Programme out now!

22nd August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is making a significant investment in Finland with its new Smart Technology Hub, what it calls its next-generation innovation and production centre.

21st August 2018

Wärtsilä invests in Smart Technology Hub

21st August 2018

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Brunvoll has won two large equipment packages for a live fish carrier vessel and another plug-in hybrid system for a whale watching and sightseeing vessel.

21st August 2018

Brunvoll equipment orders focus on hybrid

21st August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German industrial group Siemens AG to jointly develop fuel cell-based drive and power generating systems for marine applications.

20th August 2018

Marine fuel cell-based drive partnership

20th August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Meyer is expanding use of Cadmatic design and information management software at its shipyards to improve its cruise vessel design and shorten design and construction lead-times.

17th August 2018

Cadmatic software to improve Meyer design

17th August 2018

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

Scientists at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy have developed a computational model which determines the maintenance intervals for exhaust gas turbochargers.

16th August 2018

Turbocharger service interval predictions

16th August 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel has moved one step closer to launch with the signing of a NOK 250 million vessel build deal with Vard.

16th August 2018

Yara autonomous vessel will be built by Vard

16th August 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has revealed it will, after all, be directly involved in the production of Germany’s biggest-ever cruise ships now being built at east German sister group MV…

16th August 2018

Lloyd Werft gets Genting cruise work after all

16th August 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Yara Environmental Technologies has become the first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) supplier to complete EIAPP certification of a client’s engine and SCR system, marking the first time a non-engine maker has led…

16th August 2018

Yara completes first Scheme B certification

16th August 2018

LNG

LNG

Canadian operator Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) has completed final commissioning of its latest gas-fuelled ferry, the first such vessel to be built in the region

16th August 2018

First LNG ferry built in North America

16th August 2018