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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Business determination by Japanese shipbuilders is expressed in the reshaping of strategies and capacities in the face of unremitting competition, writes David Tinsley.

1st August 2019

CONSOLIDATION A CONTINUING THEME IN JAPAN

1st August 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The steel cutting ceremony of the second Costa Cruises ship build at Meyer Turku has begun with a new tradition with the use of the new plasma cutter line for the first…

1st August 2019

Costa Cruises ceremony at Meyer Turku

1st August 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Marinvest, the Swedish ship-management company, stated that two of its vessels, Mari Jone and Mari Boyle, have each passed 10,000 operating hours operating on methanol.

31st July 2019

Marinvest dual-fuel pair clock up 10,000 hours operating on methanol

31st July 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Europe added 4.9GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by WindEurope.

31st July 2019

Europe’s wind capacity up from 2018

31st July 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Classification society DNV GL has granted Type Approval to a lithium ion battery system supplied by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The shipbuilder said it was the first TA for a Korean supplier,…

31st July 2019

DNV GL grants type approval to SHI ESS

31st July 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The Schottel after sales team has carried out a modernisation on two double-ended ferries operated by FinFerries.

31st July 2019

Schottel retrofits Finnish ferry propellers

31st July 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Marine diesel power specialist Royston is working with a number of international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Malaysia to equip oilfield supply contract vessels (OSVs) with specialist electronic fuel management systems.

31st July 2019

Royston installs EFMS on Malaysian OSVs

31st July 2019

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Norwegian shipowner Solvang has introduced a series of ECO ethylene carriers that meet Tier III emissions standards by combining exhaust gas recirculation and scrubber technology.

30th July 2019

New Solvang ECO ethylene carrier series

30th July 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA.) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS.) have reintroduced the ‘Energizing American Shipbuilding Act’ seeking to invigorate America’s shipbuilding and maritime industries by requiring that increasing percentages of liquefied natural…

29th July 2019

Bill to boost US shipbuilding reintroduced

29th July 2019

LNG

LNG

The developer of the Newcastle GasDock LNG terminal in New South Wales in Australia, EPIK, is working together with energy consultancy, Wood Mackenzie, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Southeast Australian…

29th July 2019

EPIK reviews Southeast Australia gas market

29th July 2019

OPINION

OPINION

In a world facing complex environmental challenges, the best legislative responses are always evidence-based. Whether it is a complex decision on transport infrastructure, where to build more houses or whether or not…

29th July 2019

Putting the science of scrubber discharge first

29th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

TS Laevad, a subsidiary of Tallinna Sadam, has signed an agreement with the Estonian shipbuilding company Baltic Workboats to rebuild the ferry Tõll into an environmentally-friendly hybrid ship.

26th July 2019

Baltic Workboats converts ferry to hybrid

26th July 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (CIMC Raffles) to build four compressed natural gas (CNG) Optimum 200 ships.

26th July 2019

CIMC to supply CNG ships to Global Energy

26th July 2019

LNG

LNG

An ABS technical investigation, conducted at the request of a prominent Greek-based operator of LNG carriers, identified occasional, but infrequent, vibrations exceeding limits on a twin propeller LNG carrier fitted with super-efficient…

26th July 2019

Software fixes twin propeller vibration issue

26th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

UK shortsea specialist Scotline Marine Holdings has extended its newbuild programme in the Netherlands, ordering a third 4,800 dwt singledecker from the Royal Bodewes Group, writes David Tinsley.

26th July 2019

FURTHER INVESTMENT BY UK SHORTSEA CARRIER

26th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Japanese shipbuilding’s sustained high profile in the LPG carrier category is exemplified by the production of a versatile, medium-sized vessel incorporating ‘smart ship’ technology, writes David Tinsley.

25th July 2019

SMART SHIP RANKING FOR LPG TANKER

25th July 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The North Sea region has many features that make it an attractive starting point for scaling-up hydrogen supply and demand, according to a report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and…

25th July 2019

Future of Hydrogen looks to North Sea

25th July 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies and Frames Group have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly design and build large scale hydrogen storage systems based on liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology.

25th July 2019

Consortium focuses on liquid hydrogen storage

25th July 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

US-based Ecochlor has won a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS).

24th July 2019

Ecochlor wins Euronav BWMS contract

24th July 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

French UV-based treatment company, BIO-UV Group, has secured a contract to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a 28,890 tonne cruise ship.

24th July 2019

Cruise ship focus for BWTS retrofits

24th July 2019