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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Kaj Portin, Wärtsilä’s General Manager of Research & Technology Programs, Engines Technology, discussed progress in developing hybrid solutions to use hydrogen in gas or combustion engines.

18th March 2019

Wärtsilä hydrogen research bears fruit

18th March 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Stena Bulk is to invest USD55 million in 16 open-loop exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubber) systems from Chinese manufacturer Shanghai Bluesoul Environment Technology. The units will be installed before January 2020 on…

18th March 2019

Stena Bulk invests USD55m in scrubbers

18th March 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Ten affiliates of energy company, Total Exploration & Production, have deployed Opsealogs MarineLog to optimise their offshore logistics operations by reducing costs and increasing productivity.

18th March 2019

Opsealog rolls out MarineLog to Total

18th March 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Wilhelmsen Ships Service, in partnership with Airbus, has deployed drone technology in real-time port conditions, delivering time-critical items to working vessels at anchorage.

18th March 2019

Wilhelmsen delivers from shore by drone

18th March 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Germany’s Peter Döhle has become the first shipping company to acquire new Scrubber Power Pack (S-PP) systems developed by Hamburg engineering firm E-powered Marine Solutions (E-MS), reports Tom Todd.

18th March 2019

German power packs ease scrubber installation

18th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Global shipping company, MSC, and Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, have signed the final contracts for the construction of four luxury cruise ships.

15th March 2019

Fincantieri to build four MSC cruise ships

15th March 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

A BC Ferries RoRo vessel has departed Remontowa Shiprepair Yard following the successful completion of a mid-life upgrade (MLU).

15th March 2019

Remontowa in RoRo LNG conversion

15th March 2019

LNG

LNG

ClassNK focuses on updating its classification rules and developing standards in new areas.

15th March 2019

ClassNK to fore in gas containment classification

15th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a contract with China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group to build two new generation pure car truck carriers (PCTC).

14th March 2019

UECC invests in new generation PCTCs

14th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GAC Marine’s Turkmenistan branch has been awarded two contracts by Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd (PC(T)SB) to provide marine services for its development of the Garagol Deniz West (GDW) offshore oil field.

14th March 2019

GAC Marine to supply services for Petronas

14th March 2019

LNG

LNG

Construction of Atair - the world’s first government-owned, LNG driven survey and research ship - is on target and in budget for delivery to German service next year. Tom Todd takes a…

13th March 2019

German LNG research newbuild is on track

13th March 2019

LNG

LNG

MAN Energy Solutions is introducing a newly-designed Pump Vaporiser Unit (PVU) to fuel its ME-GI engines, and will install the first reference of its PVU8000 in 2020.

13th March 2019

MAN Energy Solutions to introduce PVU to ME-GI engines

13th March 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Engine designer MAN Energy Solutions has introduced an updated version of its ‘workhorse’ MAN L23/30H engine, the MAN L23/30H Mk 3 EcoGen.

13th March 2019

MAN builds on classic L23/30H for Mk 3 EcoGen

13th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ACO Marine, together with wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has called for a revision to MARPOL Annex IV in order to verify the ongoing performance and discharge criteria of onboard…

13th March 2019

Enforce discharge rules, says ACO Marine

13th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Construction and engineering company, Deltamarin, has signed a contract with Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) for the design of a car passenger ferry for Finnish-Swedish consortium, Kvarken Link AB.

13th March 2019

Deltamarin and RMC to design new ferry

13th March 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions plans to embark on a risk assessment on the use of ammonia as a gaseous fuel for propulsion in conjunction with classification society DNV GL.

12th March 2019

MAN Energy Solutions to undertake ammonia study

12th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cargotec’s MacGregor has signed an agreement with Ocean Sourcing Pte Ltd to support MacGregor equipment installed on the Anglo Eastern Univan Group fleet of 650 managed vessels.

12th March 2019

MacGregor and Ocean Sourcing support deal

12th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Turkish tugboat builder Sanmar is to supply a Tractor tug to Genoa-based Italian ship operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti. The harbour/terminal/escort tug will be delivered by the end of 2019, and is based on…

12th March 2019

SANMAR TO SUPPLY TRACTOR TUG TO ITALY

12th March 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Low carbon marine fuel supplier, GoodFuels Marine, has joined forces with France-based transportation and logistics company CMA CGM to conduct a trial of a zero-emission heavy fuel oil (HFO) equivalent marine biofuel…

12th March 2019

CMA CGM to test sustainable marine bio-fuel

12th March 2019

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

With effect from 12 March 2019, Mr. Hiroaki Sakashita has been appointed as Senior Executive Vice President as well as Executive Director of classification society ClassNK.

12th March 2019

ClassNK appoints new Senior EVP

12th March 2019