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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A remarkable duo of shuttle tankers to be built for AET are becoming a test bed for innovative technologies allowing the burning of volatile organic compounds as fuel.

4th April 2018

Shuttle tanker testing ground for VOC systems

4th April 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Greek operator and ship manager Almi Tankers recently commissioned the 315,000dwt VLCC Almi Atlas into its fleet, the first of two newbuilds specified to a particularly high environmental standard. By David Tinsley

4th April 2018

Almi VLCC newbuilds showcase green technology

4th April 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Coldharbour Marine has enlisted classification society ClassNK to assist in the process of obtaining Japanese type approval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

3rd April 2018

Coldharbour seeks Japanese BWTS type approval

3rd April 2018

LNG

LNG

Approval in Principle (AiP) has been granted to an LNG-fuelled 250,000 dwt class very large ore carrier (VLOC) design.

29th March 2018

Approval in principle for LNG fuelled VLOC

29th March 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD and Wärtsilä Gas Systems have tested a mix of natural gas and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in WinGD’s dual-fuel demonstrator engine in Trieste.

29th March 2018

WinGD demonstrates VOC fuel mix for dual-fuel engines

29th March 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed the order for the first two liquid petroleum gas (LPG) burning two-stroke engines, to power two very large gas carriers to be built for Exmar by…

29th March 2018

MAN confirms Exmar order for LPG engines

29th March 2018

OPINION

OPINION

The main deliverable from Wärtsilä’s acquisition of Transas will be the software development capability and digital platform needed to knit diverse elements into a cohesive smart ecosystem, writes Gavin Lipsith.

28th March 2018

Digital vision drives transformational Transas deal

28th March 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lithium-ion battery expert Dr John Warner is presenting at the NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018.

28th March 2018

Experts Highlight Viable Power and Propulsion Solutions for Next Generation Vessels

28th March 2018

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Van Oord has signed up to its first extensive Bolier service contract for all MaK medium-speed-diesel engines aboard the Subsea Rock Installation vessel Bravenes.

28th March 2018

MaK power by the hour agreement for Van Oord

28th March 2018

REGULATION

REGULATION

Ahead of critical meetings at the IMO which commence on 3 April the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that governments must compromise in order to agree a strategy for the further…

28th March 2018

ICS warns EU compromise needed on Paris Agreement

28th March 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

As one of the pioneers of deepsea transportation of vehicles in dedicated vessels, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has put down a new marker for pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) design through the commissioning…

28th March 2018

MOL puts down PCTC marker with Flexie series

28th March 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norwegian bank SEB has predicted that strong demand for low-sulphur oil and limited refinery capacity will drive the difference between heavy fuel oil and gas oil prices to beyond US$450 a tonne…

28th March 2018

SEB predicts US$450-plus fuel price spread

28th March 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Scrubbers that remove sulphur from exhaust gasses are one way of complying with the IMO’s global cap from 2020. Monitoring their performance is essential to compliance and should not be overlooked.

28th March 2018

Keeping an eye on scrubber performance

28th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new remote and autonomous operations research hub in Turku reinforces the investments that Rolls-Royce Marine is making in these areas of emerging technology. Gavin Lipsith reports.

28th March 2018

Rolls-Royce advances autonomy agenda

28th March 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

A robust and accurate Rotork valve actuation is at the centre of a new advanced oil tanker Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emission control system.

27th March 2018

Rotork actuator central to VOC emission control

27th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A European research project is to tackle the challenges of offshore windfarm O&M through a new service operation vessel (SOV) concept with the aim of making wind energy more cost-effective.

27th March 2018

European service operation vessel concept project

27th March 2018

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

AtZ Marine Technologies has added stabiliser repair and maintenance to its comprehensive portfolio of marine engineering solutions as an added service for owners and operators.

26th March 2018

AtZ adds stabiliser maintenance to its portfolio

26th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

WIlhelmsen Group still wants to ‘the everything store for the maritime industry’, chief digital officer Inge André Sandvik tells Stevie Knight, but the way customers are served - and the way companies…

25th March 2018

Opening up to digital opportunities

25th March 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

While building on strengths in the offshore market, Ulstein Verft has added hybrid ro-pax ferry and polar cruise vessels to the workload, writes David Tinsley.

25th March 2018

Ulstein shows pioneering spirit in new markets

25th March 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A comprehensive approach to ‘smart’ ship technology has been adopted by Chinese shipbuilding in a recently delivered handysize bulker, writes David Tinsley.

25th March 2018

Intelligent workhorse of the seas

25th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A £1.3m MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) project has found that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules.

23rd March 2018

Autonomous vessels can meet COLREG rules

23rd March 2018

LNG

LNG

GTT will undertake the tank design of two 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI).

22nd March 2018

GTT LNG tank design contract

22nd March 2018

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MTU’s high-speed engine Series 4000 with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) has successfully completed tests certifying compliance with IMO’s Tier III NOx limits.

22nd March 2018

Tier III compliance for MTU Series 4000

22nd March 2018