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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cyprus-based ship manager Oceanic Marine Management (OMM) is conducting a maintenance optimisation pilot project with Lloyd’s Register (LR).

14th June 2018

Oceanic Marine Management runs maintenance pilot project

14th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norbulk Shipping has installed an ultrasonic anti-fouling system from NRG Marine to protect raw sea water pipework on three LPG tankers.

14th June 2018

Ultrasonic anti-fouling for Norbulk tankers

14th June 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has approved Total Lubmarine’s new BN140 cylinder oil Talusia HR 140 for use with its engines, at the same time approving the oil and Talusia LS 25 for…

14th June 2018

Total Lubmarine wins high BN and blending approvals

14th June 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The maker of a system that injects a methanol and water emulsion into oil-burning engines is offering a contractual guarantee that it will cut total fuel costs by 10%.

13th June 2018

Fuel booster guarantees 10% cost saving

13th June 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Bahrain shipyard Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) is to install Hyundai ballast water management systems (BWMS) on at least three vessels owned by Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC).

13th June 2018

ASRY wins ballast installation work for AMPTC

13th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargo Care Solutions has developed an integrated, total service programme for cargo pumps in order to provide cost-effective peace of mind for vessel operators.

13th June 2018

Cost-effective cargo pump service programme

13th June 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

MTU, the core brand of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, is a world-leading provider of high and medium-speed diesel and gas engines, complete drive systems, distributed energy systems and fuel injection systems for…

13th June 2018

Silver Sponsors: MTU / Rolls-Royce

13th June 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An innovative solution that brings simplicity, predictability and optimal quality to the process of marine onboard maintenance has been launched to the market.

12th June 2018

Simplifying marine onboard maintenance

12th June 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Dutch dredging and offshore operator Van Oord has signed a five-year deal with Shell Marine covering lubrication across its fleet, currently comprising around 60 vessels.

12th June 2018

Van Oord signs fleetwide lubrication deal with Shell

12th June 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new facility in Norway will advance the testing of sustainable energy systems for use in shipping.

12th June 2018

Norwegian ‘catapult centre’ to test energy technologies

12th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ship owners’ compliance choices for the impending sulphur cap will have an impact on boiler combustion, Alfa Laval has warned.

12th June 2018

Beware boiler impact of sulphur choices

12th June 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

French equipment manufacturer LAB believes that composite materials offer a solution to installation, maintenance and recycling challenges associated with scrubbers made of metal alloys.

11th June 2018

Composite scrubbers to tackle lifecycle challenges

11th June 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to the first Korean made ballast water management system.

11th June 2018

Korean BWMS receives US type approval

11th June 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB marine software has been chosen to map the safest and most efficient routes for a fleet of heavy lift vessels servicing the expansion of a giant oil field in Kazakhstan.

11th June 2018

ABB mapping for Kazakh heavy lift vessels

11th June 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Wilhelmsen Ship Management has signed a five-year agreement with Wärtsilä covering the maintenance of exhaust gas cleaning systems installed on three vessels.

11th June 2018

Wärtsilä scrubber maintenance for Wilhelmsen

11th June 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

A large vessel owned by COSCO Shipping will host a pilot installation of a new scrubber technology developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

11th June 2018

COSCO Shipping to test Mitsubishi scrubber

11th June 2018

LNG

LNG

SWS and Lloyds Register (LR) have agreed to jointly develop an LNG dual-fuelled Newcastlemax 210K DWT bulk carrier design following its Approval in Principle (AiP).

8th June 2018

AiP of LNG bulk carrier design

8th June 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Just 750 ships would have scrubbers installed by 2020 if orders stopped today, according to figures compiled by class society DNV GL.

7th June 2018

Scrubber orders grow but trail projections

7th June 2018

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The 26,260dwt Great Lakes Fleet-managed bulk carrier SS John G. Munson has successfully finished its first season as a diesel-powered ship following a 12-month power conversion project.

7th June 2018

Diesel carrier conversion reduces emissions

7th June 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB’s Tekomar XPERT performance evaluation software has been upgraded to offer operators faster access to data enabling enhanced fleet performance.

6th June 2018

Performance evaluation software gets upgraded

6th June 2018