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NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The 20% early bird offer ends on 31 July, so make your booking before the summer break! The Motorships Propulsion and Future Fuels conference will take place from 19-21 November in Hamburg,…

24th July 2019

Final chance to save €400

24th July 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Greece-based global bunker fuel and marine lubricants trader Shipoil has appointed Glencore unit Inatech to digitalise its trading and supply operations as part of a strategy to minimise the effect of the…

23rd July 2019

Bunker supplier goes digital for IMO 2020

23rd July 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MAN Energy Solutions is to integrate with Swiss-based e-trading platform provider, MESPAS. This will allow ship managers to receive immediate electronic offers from MAN with clear price indications and data that is…

23rd July 2019

MAN connects with e-procurement platform

23rd July 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based trade union for maritime professionals Nautilus International and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today raised serious concerns over the seizure of UK-registered oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of…

22nd July 2019

Unions call for release of Stena Impero crew

22nd July 2019

REGULATION

REGULATION

A consortium of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) will this year carry out a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on emergency systems and procedures.

22nd July 2019

PSC inspections focus on emergency systems

22nd July 2019

REGULATION

REGULATION

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published a new procedure for notification of non-availability of compliant fuel.

22nd July 2019

USCG issues new fuel procedure

22nd July 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Yara Marine Technologies’s ceo Peter Strandberg sees a long-term future for scrubbers but calls for the industry to allay washwater sceptics’ fears

22nd July 2019

In for the long haul

22nd July 2019

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Captain Richard von Berlepsch, Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd’s Fleet Management arm offered his thoughts to the Motorship in a wide-ranging interview at the shipping company’s Hamburg headquarters.

22nd July 2019

A view from the mountaintop

22nd July 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed concerns about the safety of seafarers and freedom of navigation after receiving reports that a British registered vessel, Stena Impero, has been diverted from…

19th July 2019

ICS: concerns about British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

19th July 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Safe Bulkers, an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, has announced that the first scrubber has been successfully installed and commissioned on ‘MV Martine’, a Japanese, Post-Panamax class vessel, built in…

19th July 2019

Safe Bulkers installs scrubber system

19th July 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has expressed its growing concern about introduction of the global sulphur cap on 1 January 2020, citing the scale of the challenge facing the…

19th July 2019

INTERCARGO warns on 2020 sulphur cap implementation

19th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch marine contractor, Van Oord, has decided to use the option of ordering a third trailing suction hopper dredger at specialist shipbuilder, Keppel FELS.

19th July 2019

Van Oord orders third Keppel dredger

19th July 2019

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Vessel General Permit (VGP) regulation continues to have a significant impact on marine operators’ lubricant selection. This paper will address key industry concerns and confusion around…

19th July 2019

Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants: Beyond the label

19th July 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

As the days count down to the entry into force of the 2020 0.5% sulphur cap, preparation is key. DNV GL offers a free web-based application of the Ship Implementation Plan (SIP)…

18th July 2019

DNV GL offers online Ship Implementation Plan through Veracity

18th July 2019

LNG

LNG

Dutch shipbuilders have won the third prestigious LNG project to be launched by Emden-based shipping group AG Ems - which pioneered German passenger ship LNG propulsion in 2015, writes Tom Todd.

18th July 2019

Dutch bag new German LNG conversion

18th July 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a clearance decision from the Chinese competition regulator, SAMR, for the company’s acquisition of the marine and offshore businesses of TTS Group ASA.

18th July 2019

MacGregor to acquire TTS Group ASA

18th July 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ABS and MARIN have launched a joint industry project (JIP) to investigate methods of assessing the performance of wind-assisted shipping propulsion technologies.

17th July 2019

Wind propulsion project launched

17th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Colombo Dockyard has delivered a modern Cable Laying Vessel to Kokusai Cable Ship Co. Ltd. (KCS). KDDI Cable Infinity successfully reached Yokohama port, Japan on 7 July 2019.

17th July 2019

COLOMBO DOCKYARD DELIVERS CABLE LAYING VESSEL

17th July 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri launched Paolo Thaon di Revel, the first of a new series of multipurpose offshore patrol vessels (OPV) for the Italian navy, at Muggiano shipyard in La Spezia on 15…

17th July 2019

GE supplies first hybrid CODAG package to Italian OPV

17th July 2019

REGULATION

REGULATION

Germany has become the 13th state to become a party to the International Maritime Organizations (IMO) Hong Kong convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.

17th July 2019

Germany ratifies Hong Kong convention

17th July 2019