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LNG

LNG

Against the backcloth of the growing volume and increasing diversity of LNG trade by sea, and the bid by shipowners and charterers for greater operating flexibility and unit cost efficiency, development and…

7th August 2017

Market leaders build on proven systems

7th August 2017

OPINION

OPINION

Our predecessors, writing in the September 1967 issue of The Motor Ship, were considering the dilemma facing ship designers following the demand for higher speeds, which in turn had led to a…

7th August 2017

Contra-rotating propellers and containers

7th August 2017

OPINION

OPINION

As the smoke from the latest salvo of cyber-scares clears, men like Ken Munro are promising to guide us through the minefield. Stevie Knight writes.

4th August 2017

Ken Munro: When ignorance is definitely not bliss

4th August 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Self-discharging bulker technology has an important new reference in the US-owned, Chinese-built ‘Ireland’, for Gulf of Mexico trade. David Tinsley reports.

4th August 2017

Self-unloaders for US stone import traffic

4th August 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hull antifouling systems are becoming less effective which is increasing the NIA threat.

4th August 2017

NIA threat increases as antifouling systems less effective

4th August 2017

LNG

LNG

Bucking the trend, MISC has opted for spherical cargo tanks and steam turbine propulsion in its new stage of LNG carrier fleet development, writes David Tinsley.

4th August 2017

Versatile LNG carrier series for Malaysia

4th August 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Oceanographers in China are to deploy the first Wärtsilä NOx abatement application in the country onboard two newbuild research vessels.

3rd August 2017

First engine emissions reducer fitted on Chinese research vessels

3rd August 2017

LNG

LNG

A 28-strong LNG coalition is urging shippers to speed up air quality improvements to ready itself for the 2020 Sulphur Cap.

3rd August 2017

LNG coalition urges shippers to speed up emissions compliance

3rd August 2017

LNG

LNG

On board the Viking Mariella, delegates at GFS this year will gain valuable insight, from feedback by operators, about the use of low flash point fuels and the development and use of…

3rd August 2017

GFS 2017 Conference programme released

3rd August 2017

LNG

LNG

The clout of a multi-sector industry LNG coalition working towards accelerating the widespread adoption of LNG has been boosted with the support of three big names in the industry.

2nd August 2017

LNG coalition boosted with new members

2nd August 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipyard workers in Hamburg can paint hulls safer, faster and cheaper thanks to a partnership between Blohm+Voss and Hubert Palfinger Technologies.

2nd August 2017

Hamburg hosts automatic hull coating technology

2nd August 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Researchers have cut shipping emissions forecasts because of new data highlighting the recent global slowdown in marine transport.

2nd August 2017

Pollution predictions slashed as shipping growth slows

2nd August 2017

LNG

LNG

LNG will be used to fuel a German research vessel for the first time to meet the IMOs Tier III regulations.

2nd August 2017

IMO regulations fuelling LNG vessel use

2nd August 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Unmanned Cargo Ship Development Alliance has formed to design and deliver an unmanned cargo ship with the aim of advancing prospects for autonomous shipping.

31st July 2017

Autonomous shipping alliance launched

31st July 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Preparations have begun for sea trials of the world’s first deployment of ECO Marine Power’s (EMP) patented rigid sail and solar power system in 2018.

31st July 2017

Hisafuku Kisen in sail and solar trial

31st July 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The first steerable thruster to be equipped with the new Germany-developed Schottel ProAnode, designed to prevent corrosion protection, will be delivered to a Russian customer.

28th July 2017

Schottel ProAnode prevents thruster corrosion

28th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä will supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for two new 56,000 DWT Handymax bulk carriers, the first order of its kind for Wärtsilä from a Japanese company.

27th July 2017

Wärtsilä scrubber systems for Japanese bulk carriers

27th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor will supply a complete mooring and riser system to Excelerate Energy as part of a contract to service a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Bangladesh.

26th July 2017

MacGregor to supply LNG riser system

26th July 2017

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Gibdock, the Gibraltar-based shiprepair facility, has carried out an extensive package of work on a 12,049dwt, 160m con-ro container ship to a very tight time scale.

26th July 2017

Gibdock con-ro repair job

26th July 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

MacGregor will supply a complete mooring and riser system to Excelerate Energy as part of a contract to service a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Bangladesh.

26th July 2017

GFS – MacGregor to supply LNG riser system

26th July 2017