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PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Silverstream Technologies Silverstream System will be installed on 12 new Grimaldi Group hybrid Ro-Ro vessels to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

10th September 2018

Silverstream air lubrication for Grimaldi fleet

10th September 2018

REGULATION

REGULATION

DNV GL has released a new class guideline covering autonomous and remotely operated ships to meet growing levels of autonomy in shipping.

10th September 2018

DNV GL releases autonomous class guideline

10th September 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Becker Marine Systems has developed new digital product enhancements which can monitor ship operation and detect wear early on.

10th September 2018

Becker Marine’s energy saving developments

10th September 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has developed its concept of a ‘carbon robust’ ship as part of its Maritime Forecast to 2050, exploring the impact of the energy transition on shipping.

10th September 2018

Carbon robust ships to navigate energy transition

10th September 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Around 50,000 visitors from more than 120 countries attended the SMM trade fair in Hamburg last week, highlighting the increasingly strategic role played by technology in shipping.

10th September 2018

New strategies and technologies at SMM

10th September 2018

LNG

LNG

Setting new standards in energy efficiency and environmental compatibility for the Nordic steel industry’s raw materials supply chain, the 25,600dwt bulk carriers Haaga and Viikki have been handed over by China’s Jinling…

10th September 2018

Greener bulk logistics for Baltic steelmaker

10th September 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Japanese liner alliance One Network Express (ONE) has revealed that it will use very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) as its main compliance option for IMO’s 2020 Marine Sulphur Rule.

10th September 2018

ONE chooses low-sulphur fuel for 2020 compliance

10th September 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

GEA has launched new efficiency improving products including a chemical-free ballast water management system, a marine separator and a unit for cleaning the disc stack of mineral oil separators.

7th September 2018

GEA offers chemical-free BWMS

7th September 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Only one week remains to book your delegate place at Propulsion & Future Fuels, saving 20% with the early bird discount, and the deadline for Motorship Award submissions is also fast approaching,…

7th September 2018

Time is ticking: early bird discount and The Motorship Award

7th September 2018

LNG

LNG

The owner of the world’s first LNG-fuelled two-stroke engines has praised the performance of the MAN ME-GI engines after three years of powering 3,100 teu containerships ‘Isla Bella’ and Perla del Caribe’.

7th September 2018

Tote celebrates three years of LNG sailing

7th September 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A roundtable discussion organised by ExxonMobil and The Motorship considered the cylinder condition challenges around new legislation and how digitalisation can help shipping to tackle them.

6th September 2018

Exploring cylinder condition challenges

6th September 2018

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Rolls-Royce has launched the latest in its line of Bergen medium-speed pure gas engines, the B36:45, sharing a common platform with its recently developed B33:45 liquid fuel engines.

6th September 2018

Rolls-Royce launches B36:45 pure gas engine

6th September 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Sembcorp Marine is to install exhaust gas scrubbers and ballast water management systems on 13 ships owned by Greek operator Maran Tankers.

6th September 2018

Sembmarine secures Maran Tankers retrofit work

6th September 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Harnessing clean electricity to produce combustible fuels will be a ‘game changer’ as the industry strives to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 according to Frank Starke, CEO of Caterpillar Motoren.

4th September 2018

Power-to-X key to emissions reduction

4th September 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dubai-based Zaitoun Green Shipping is leading a consortium of global technology providers to develop a containership with higher levels of performance and environmental efficiency.

4th September 2018

Cutting edge container ship consortium

4th September 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

An engine capable of burning most low-flashpoint fuels available today could be ready by 2020 if MAN Energy Solutions can successfully lower injection pressures for LPG.

4th September 2018

LPG launch marks step towards multi-gas engine

4th September 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Energy Solutions has launched its first two-stroke engine capable of burning liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) following Friday’s announcement that BW LPG will be the first to retrofit the new engine type.

3rd September 2018

LPG retrofit order marks MAN engine launch

3rd September 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Digital technologies and environmental solutions will top the agenda at the 2018 instalment of shipping’s biggest exhibition, SMM, in Hamburg on 4-7 September.

3rd September 2018

Shipping’s SMMart revolution in the spotlight

3rd September 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Liquid hydrogen is heir to many of LNG’s issues as well as some of its technology, including the same old ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem of development versus demand. Some, however, are preparing to jump…

3rd September 2018

LH2 ship carries hopes for a hydrogen society

3rd September 2018

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Two 30m tall Norsepower rotor sails have been installed onboard a Maersk Tankers Long Range 2 (LR2) product tanker vessel to targeting a reduction in fuel cost and associated emissions.

31st August 2018

Rotor sails reduce tanker fuel costs

31st August 2018