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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) and German-based hydrogen developer H2 Industries are collaborating on the development of safety standards governing the shipboard use of an innovative hydrogen-based fuel, Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

20th December 2018

LR developing standards for hydrogen-based fuel

20th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese technology group, Eco Marine Power (EMP) has joined forces with Singapore shipping company, Masterbulk, to install a new battery pack on a large general cargo ship.

20th December 2018

EMP and Masterbulk install new battery

20th December 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to De Nora for its BALPURE ballast water management system (BWMS).

20th December 2018

De Nora BALPURE system gains USCG type approval

20th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A pair of cruiseships being built for Norwegian owner Hurtigruten are the first to combine batteries with diesel generators. The Motorship visited Kleven shipyard to learn more.

19th December 2018

Clean start for new era of expedition cruising

19th December 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has received the first order for its new engine from Oshima Shipbuilding for a 99,000dwt bulk carrier to be operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

19th December 2018

Oshima buys first low-pressure EGR from J-Eng

19th December 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Fuel testing will be a vital marine service after 2020, not merely a commodity, writes Chris Dyson, director of engineering and scientific consultancy Exponent.

18th December 2018

Shipping must up its fuel testing game

18th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Columbia Shipmanagement has opened a performance optimisation control room that aims to improve operations by connecting technical, commercial and crew management.

18th December 2018

Columbia opens optimisation control room

18th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Central to a scheme to provide Australian grain producers with a more cost-effective export channel, an innovative class of shallow-draught transhipment vessel is approaching completion in China.

18th December 2018

New transhipment vessel for grain exports

18th December 2018

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The January 1969 issue of ‘The Motor Ship’ opened, not with the customary look back over the year, but a look at technical prospects for 1969 and beyond.

18th December 2018

Batteries, fuel cells and gas in 1969

18th December 2018

LNG

LNG

Used in only a few vessels hitherto, a home-grown tank system has been revived for a series of LNG carriers now starting to enter service following long delays. David Tinsley reports.

18th December 2018

New incarnation of Japanese LNG system

18th December 2018

LNG

LNG

An innovative and versatile design of South Korean-built LNG bunkering and regional supply tanker has been timechartered for Baltic duties, writes David Tinsley.

18th December 2018

Bunker tanker boosts Baltic LNG chain

18th December 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Condensate arising from the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic is to be shipped to export markets by an Arc 7-class icebreaking tanker newly-built in China, writes David Tinsley.

17th December 2018

Condensate tanker for Yamal polar trade

17th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ship designer Havyard and operator Havila Kystruten are to develop and test a ‘high capacity hydrogen energy system’ after receiving a NOK104.3 million (US$12.1 million) grant.

17th December 2018

Funding for Havyard hydrogen fuel cell project

17th December 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Speaking at Propulsion & Future Fuels is a unique opportunity to promote your company’s innovations and successes to an audience of over 150 senior managers in the commercial shipping sector.

13th December 2018

Could your company speak at PFF 2019?

13th December 2018

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Performance of the Eco-Flettner, a rotor sail propulsion system, is reported to be exceeding expectations.

13th December 2018

Flettner investment pays off for Fehn

13th December 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Global Maritime Forum has chosen Singapore as the venue for its 2019 annual summit.

12th December 2018

Singapore to host maritime summit

12th December 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Propulsion & Future Fuels 2018 featured a shipowner panel discussing plans for the future fleet of commercial shipping.

12th December 2018

Did you miss PFF 2018? Meet our shipowners

12th December 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Benefit from the fantastic line up of Propulsion & Future Fuels speakers after the event. More than 80 profiles, papers and presentations from this year’s conference are now available to download from…

12th December 2018

Have you downloaded the proceedings from PFF 2018?

12th December 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Submissions are now invited for the 2019 Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference, held in Hamburg, Germany from 19-21 November 2019.

12th December 2018

Propulsion & Future Fuels 2019: topics released

12th December 2018

LNG

LNG

ABS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute (KOMERI) to create a new facility dedicated to improving the safety of LNG as fuel.

11th December 2018

New facility targets improved LNG fuel safety

11th December 2018