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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Sea-Bird Scientific is advancing technology for the rapid viability assessment of phytoplankton, designed specifically for ballast water analysis.

11th August 2016

BWMS sampling technology advances

11th August 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Green Solutions’ InvaSave technology has completed shipboard testing onboard the Henrike Schepers.

11th August 2016

Port ballast water solution approval

11th August 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Damen Green Solutions’ InvaSave technology has completed shipboard testing onboard the Henrike Schepers.

11th August 2016

Damen completes testing for port BWMS

11th August 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Just two months after a restructure that merged the ship repair and other yard activities of Hamburg’s Blohm+Voss, the company has confirmed its strength in the cruise sector with major works on…

11th August 2016

Royal refit as Blohm+Voss unites

11th August 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

At The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference in May, Ricardo UK presented a tool for evaluating how a multi-engine diesel electric vessel’s reliability could be boosted by advanced engine control, with or…

11th August 2016

Improving engine robustness for diesel electric vessels

11th August 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Antalya has secured ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification coinciding with a period of rapid expansion seeing the addition of three new production halls over just two years.

10th August 2016

Quality assurance for Damen Antalya

10th August 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has expanded its land-based test facilities for Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS).

9th August 2016

Korean Register expands BWMS test facilities

9th August 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The LNG bunkering of Ternsund has been completed at the Port of Rotterdam.

9th August 2016

First LNG bunkering at Rotterdam complete

9th August 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danelec Marine is leading a two-year R&D project which aims to help improve efficiency in ship operations and safer navigations.

9th August 2016

Danelec leads vessel optimisation and navigation project

9th August 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Geislinger’s new Silenco acoustic coupling is designed to minimise the transfer of the structure-borne sound.

8th August 2016

Geislinger launches noise reducing coupling

8th August 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine (N-KOM) has signed a fleet agreement with Samos Steamship Company during the recent Posidonia exhibition held in June 2016 in Athens.

4th August 2016

N-KOM secures Samos Steamship work

4th August 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has released the latest version of its design support software PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Ver.3.5.0.

4th August 2016

ClassNK releases new hull software

4th August 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

An often overlooked option in the ship design playbook, triple screw propulsion could offer a fuel efficient alternative to twin propeller configurations for a variety of vessels. That’s according to Oskar Levander,…

4th August 2016

Time for triple screw?

4th August 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

LNG-fuelled two-stroke propulsion is central to a bid to create a more environmentally compatible, economically attractive transport model for the Baltic. David Tinsley writes.

4th August 2016

Game-changer for Baltic tanker trade

4th August 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Elomatic and Deltamarin have signed a contract with MV Werften in Germany for the design of a Global Class mega passenger ship.

1st August 2016

New contract for mega passenger ship

1st August 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Water and wastewater expert, Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected to design and deliver products that prevent marine growth in seawater cooling systems for the Royal Australian Navy ANZAC Class frigates.

1st August 2016

Chloropac systems for Australian Navy

1st August 2016

OPINION

OPINION

“If you are offering something really different – not just ‘more of the same’ – then it’s actually quite difficult to sell,” says Hallvard Slettevoll, founder of STADT, the small engineering company…

29th July 2016

Hallvard Slettevoll: Converting the unbelievers

29th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Autonomous ship projects may have unexpected results for the entire industry writes Stevie Knight

29th July 2016

Auto-ships promise industry shift

29th July 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

All eyes are on cruise ships in Germany following the creation of a second major newbuilding group alongside Meyer Werft. The development, unthinkable just a short time ago, is expected to breathe…

29th July 2016

German cruise newbuilding expands

29th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Technology’s Catch 22 is that innovation is at worst an expensive failure and at best - if it’s a success - it will be superseded writes Stevie Knight. No wonder that so…

29th July 2016

Highly-charged vision

29th July 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Flettner rotors have a great deal going for them. In fact, early signs show they could prove an untapped goldmine – but getting it right will make or break those involved in…

29th July 2016

Different directions for Flettner rotors

29th July 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has concluded that 8000 N/mm3/2 is the minimum required brittle crack arrest toughness for extremely thick brittle crack arrest steel plates of 100mm used in ultra-large container ships.

28th July 2016

ClassNK identifies ULCS steel strength requirements

28th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MPR has developed a mobile ultrasonic propeller defect detection system which does away with the need to carry out testing manually.

28th July 2016

MPR ultrasonic propeller defect detection system

28th July 2016