News

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine is conducting its second retrofit of a dual-fuel MaK diesel engine, onboard Furetank Rederi’s 143.9m tanker ‘Fure West’.

5th August 2015

Dual-fuel retrofit for Furetank vessel

5th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Zamakona Yards has delivered the next-generation tuna freezer vessel, ‘Euskadi Alai’ to the Bermeo Group Echebastar, completing the three-ship order.

5th August 2015

Zamakona Yards completes Echebastar order

5th August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Oceanographic research vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ has completed a major refit in its twentieth anniversary year, with work – including an electrical conversion by Alewijnse Marine Systems – set to extend the…

5th August 2015

Alewijnse completes ‘Marion Dufresne II’ refit

5th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has been enhancing its remote service offering and asset performance optimisation solutions to keep up with how digitalisation is changing the way marine and power plant maintenance services are conducted.

5th August 2015

Wärtsilä enhances virtual engineering offering

5th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is investing in the development of next-generation combustion engines at its MTU R&D site in Friedrichshafen, which has now officially gone into service.

5th August 2015

Rolls-Royce invests in R&D site

5th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has released its ‘Guidelines for Compressed Natural Gas Carriers’, which provide safety requirements for the design and construction of CNG carriers.

4th August 2015

ClassNK released CNG Guidelines

4th August 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

Energy and emissions monitoring expert, IMAREM, has introduced a new MRV programme offering a complete solution to the new EU requirements regarding monitoring, reporting and verification of vessels’ carbon emissions.

3rd August 2015

IMAREM to launch MRV shipping programme

3rd August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Sener has completed the refit of the ‘Almirante Irizar’ icebreaker following a fire onboard back in 2007.

3rd August 2015

Sener completes Almirante Izmar refit

3rd August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The second of a new generation of cable laying vessels developed by Damen Shipyards Group was launched last week at the company’s Galati yard in Romania.

3rd August 2015

Maersk subsea vessel launched in Galati

3rd August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A deal between Malaysia’s Genting Group and Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) on a major shareholding could be clinched by the end of August, writes Tom Todd.

3rd August 2015

Early deals tipped for Genting and LWB

3rd August 2015

LNG

LNG

A joint venture of K Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited and Chandris Hellas Inc has entered into a long-term charter agreement with the BP Group for two new LNG carriers.

31st July 2015

Newbuild LNG carriers for BP Group

31st July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Meyer Werft is to build two new next-generation cruise ships for Costa Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, which will be the world’s first to run on LNG, representing a major environmental breakthrough.

30th July 2015

‘First’ LNG-powered cruise ships for Costa

30th July 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-based Elcometer is upgrading its digital dewpoint meter with the next generation Elcometer 319, which is now compatible with both Android and iOS mobile devices for instant report generation.

29th July 2015

Elcometer upgrades digital dewpoint meter

29th July 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global offshore crane manufacturer Sormec has supplied two knuckle-boom marine cranes for a Dutch-built offshore supply vessel operating in one of Nigerias largest deepwater oil fields.

29th July 2015

Sormec cranes for Nigerian OSV

29th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Sanmar Shipyards has delivered three more vessels to the Aqaba Port Marine Services Company (APMSCO) for the Sheikh Subah Al Ahmad Al Subah LNG terminal at Aqaba, Jordan.

28th July 2015

Sanmar vessels head for Jordan

28th July 2015

LNG

LNG

GTT is to supply its Mark III Flex technology for an LNG carrier (LNGC) being built by Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

27th July 2015

GTT nets LNG carrier order

27th July 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Centre for Marine Engineer Officers and Chief Engineers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has taken delivery of a Transas Marine Engine Room Simulator ERS 5000 TechSim.

24th July 2015

Transas simulator for Argentinian training centre

24th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

South African Shipyards is updating its costing process with a new cost management system, CostFact, to ensure its latest naval projects feature cost efficient solutions.

23rd July 2015

South African Shipyards enhances cost management

23rd July 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The UK P&I Club says that concerns remain over the use of low-sulphur fuel, largely because many countries have their own bespoke requirements with differing rules and costs across jurisdictions.

23rd July 2015

Low sulphur fuel concerns

23rd July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is joining forces with Darmstadt-based Akasol GmbH to develop battery systems for MTU’s hybrid and e-drive propulsion systems.

22nd July 2015

MTU and Akasol collaborate on energy storage

22nd July 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited (GBSL) has completed repairing the 228m drill ship ‘Stena Forth’ ten days ahead of schedule - a job which challenged the yard’s traditional way of approaching project development…

21st July 2015

Bahamas drill ship repair

21st July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has signed a letter of intent for three ocean-going cruise liners understood to be of around 120,000gt and two top-end inland cruise ships, writes Tom Todd.

21st July 2015

Lloyd Werft to build cruise ship quintet

21st July 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

A spot survey of product tankers has revealed that few are prepared for impending regulations on the monitoring of biofuel discharge, according to Rivertrace Engineering.

21st July 2015

Biofuel regulations threaten tanker productivity

21st July 2015