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LNG

LNG

China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Group Co (DSIC) has received an AiP from ABS for a 208,000 DWT bulk carrier and a 260,000 DWT VLOC design concept capable of using LNG as fuel.

1st February 2019

ABS AIP FOR TWO DSIC LNG BULKER DESIGNS

1st February 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Transport for London (TfL) plans to resume its Thames crossing at Woolwich in February with the launch of two new hybrid diesel-electric ferries.

31st January 2019

Woolwich ferry to reopen with hybrids

31st January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WE Tech Solutions has supplied its energy efficient Solution Three Economical Operations (PTO) and Boost Mode (PTI) together with direct drive permanent magnet shaft generator to ESL Shipping’s 25,600dwt self-unloader ice-class LNG-fuelled…

31st January 2019

Efficient shaft generator boosts ice-class vessel

31st January 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK-based, Cleanship Solutions, has been selected as the dedicated scrubber engineering partner for a large container vessel operator’s 2019 scrubber retrofit programme.

31st January 2019

Cleanship engineers scrubber retrofit deal

31st January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipowner interest in using LPG as a marine fuel is picking up, both for LPG carriers and for other vessels, with engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions confirming receipt of a seventh order…

31st January 2019

Shipowner interest in LPG-burning engines mounts

31st January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rosneft announced on 10 December that it had developed an electric steerable thruster with a capacity of 7.5 MW for an ice-class multi-functional support vessel project at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex.

31st January 2019

Zvezda develops thruster tech and propulsion workshop

31st January 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The global sulphur cap will take effect in 11 months. But one important milestone has already been reached for exhaust gas cleaning system supplier, Alfa Laval. The new year marks a decade…

31st January 2019

10 years of Alfa Laval PureSOx

31st January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, ClassNK, has launched Primeship-PSC Intelligence, a support system aimed at improving Port State Control (PSC) performance and ship management.

30th January 2019

NK launches PSC performance system

30th January 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin revealed today that 2019 is set to be a record year, with the orderbook currently five times the size it was at this point in 2018.…

30th January 2019

Optimarin reports record early order surge

30th January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Asahi Tanker, the Japanese ship operator, has unveiled a vessel design for the worlds first fully-electric tanker, in conjunction with ship broker Exeno-Yamamizu.

30th January 2019

Asahi Tanker introduces all-electric bunker vessel concept

30th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, DNV GL, has developed a method of hull condition monitoring which makes use of the ships digital twin, a virtual model prepared during the design phase.

30th January 2019

DNV GL brings digital twin back to life

30th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply the engines for a new heavy-lift crane installation-vessel for Oslo-based OHT (Offshore Heavy Transport), the specialist heavy-transport-and-installation contractor. MAN’s scope of supply covers…

30th January 2019

MAN 32/44CR ordered for offshore wind vessel

30th January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Irish Ferries has realised a major new stage of fleet development with the introduction in January of the German-built, 54,985gt ro-pax ferry W.B.Yeats to Dublin/Holyhead sailings. Currently the largest ferry on the…

30th January 2019

DEBUT FOR FUTURE-PROOF IRISH FERRY

30th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new study aims to show the early action needed to enable the shipping and supply infrastructure industries to deliver zero-emission vessels (ZEVs) that are crucial to achieve the IMO’s Greenhouse Gas…

29th January 2019

ZEV study maps 2050 action needed

29th January 2019

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Mitsui (MES) has placed the first orders for MAN Energy Solutions SCR-HP (Selective Catalytic Reduction – High Pressure) product. MES ordered 3 × SCR-HP (cluster 3) units in connection with the building…

29th January 2019

Mitsui places first orders for new MAN SCR-HP

29th January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

YANMAR Europe has signed a strategic partnership agreement with German-based NORIS Group to supply alarm and monitoring panels and controls for the European market.

29th January 2019

YANMAR Europe partners with NORIS

29th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Moss Maritime, in cooperation with Equinor, Wilhelmsen and DNV-GL, has developed a design for a Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2) bunker vessel. The vessel design comes at a time when hydrogen is finally developing…

29th January 2019

Moss and DNV GL present hydrogen bunker vessel design

29th January 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Gazpromneft Lubricants has received approvals from Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) for five of its cylinder oils indicating the firm’s confidence in the products.

29th January 2019

J-ENG APPROVAL FOR GAZPROM CYLINDER OILS

29th January 2019

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

Interest in installing an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) or scrubber has never been higher, as the IMO 2020 global sulphur limit requirements which will enter effect on 1 January 2020. As…

29th January 2019

Practical Considerations for the Installation of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems

29th January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Havyard Shipyard in Leirvik, Sogn is to build five electric ferries for ferry operator Fjord1. The five ferries are expected to be delivered in 2019, with all five to be fully operational…

28th January 2019

Corvus to power five Fjord1 Norwegian electric ferries

28th January 2019