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LNG

LNG

Houlder, Wärtsilä and Trelleborg have developed a floating transfer terminal (FTT) that will enable ship to-shore LNG bunkering without a jetty, reducing infrastructure investment for small to mid-scale projects.

30th March 2017

Floating terminal to simplify LNG bunkering

30th March 2017

LNG

LNG

ABB is to supply power and electric propulsion systems to a new 174,000m3 floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) for BW…

30th March 2017

ABB power for BW Group FSRU

30th March 2017

LNG

LNG

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries is to build four 114,000 dwt tankers - understood to be the first gas-fuelled aframax vessels ordered - for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF).

30th March 2017

SCF orders gas-fuelled aframax quartet

30th March 2017

LNG

LNG

The recently delivered ‘MOL Triumph’ – at 20,170 teu, the world’s largest containership – has been built with the potential for conversion to LNG fueled operations, owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has…

30th March 2017

World’s largest containership designed ‘LNG ready’

30th March 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce and MacGregor, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research to explore the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo handling systems.

29th March 2017

Rolls-Royce and MacGregor study containership autonomy

29th March 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipyards may struggle to meet the demand for ballast water management (BWM) system installations if owners seek to postpone compliance by performing early surveys, according to class society DNV GL and system…

29th March 2017

IOPP decoupling threatens BWM installation schedule

29th March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kobe Steel Ltd plans to start marketing a new binary cycle power generation system for ships which is apparently the first in the world to generate electricity from the exhaust heat emitted…

28th March 2017

Binary cycle power generation system for ships

28th March 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Minerals on and beneath the seabed may represent the next great bounty of the ocean, but retrieving them can be a daunting challenge. Stevie Knights examines two early deep-sea mining projects.

27th March 2017

Digging deep: the new seafloor industry

27th March 2017

OPINION

OPINION

“There are some very pretty pictures of cruise vessels surrounded by floating ice in the brochures, but these vessels have no ice class: to an expert eye it’s actually extremely dangerous,” Hannu…

27th March 2017

Hannu Jukola: Cold realism

27th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The 8th Gas Fuelled Ships Conference will be held onboard the Viking Mariella which will give delegates the unique opportunity to view working fuel cells in situ. Leaving from Helsinki on 13…

24th March 2017

GFS – Unique venue revealed – another first for GFS!

24th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The 8th Gas Fuelled Ships Conference will be held onboard the Viking Mariella which will give delegates the unique opportunity to view working fuel cells in situ. Leaving from Helsinki on 13…

24th March 2017

GFS – Gas Fuelled Ships onboard Fuel Cell powered Viking Mariella

24th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Maersk Tankers is to conduct a test of wind propulsion technology using Flettner rotors supplied by Norsepower, under a project coordinated by Shell and majority funded by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute.

24th March 2017

P&E – Maersk Tankers to host Flettner rotor trial

24th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Book your place at the 2017 Conference to learn more about cost saving and performance enhancing solutions that will help ship owners and operators to meet environmental regulations when also facing economic…

24th March 2017

P&E – Propulsion & Emissions Conference: highlighting cost savings

24th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

As well as giving practical solutions for cost savings and emissions reduction, delegates at the Propulsion & Emissions Conference will have the opportunity to hear from Stefan Micallef, Director MEPC, IMO and…

24th March 2017

P&E – Hear from policy makers and industry leaders

24th March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Join DNV GL. JP Sauer & Sohn, KRAL, Tecno Veritas, VAF Instruments and many more companies who will be exhibiting at the 2017 Propulsion & Emissions Conference.

24th March 2017

P&E – Looking to reach fleet directors, technical managers and managing directors of ship owners and operators?

24th March 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With less than six months to go until the BWM Convention comes into force, DNV GL has launched a BWM plan generator app to help those owners and operators which still need…

23rd March 2017

DNV GL launches BWM plan generator

23rd March 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Held onboard the Viking Mariella, the Conference Dinner will bring delegates together in a relaxed environment to network and exchange views on the latest technologies presented at the ground breaking Gas Fuelled…

23rd March 2017

GFS – Conference Dinner to be sponsored by GE Marine for the 6th time!

23rd March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yara Marine Technologies is to supply hybrid scrubber systems to a Saga Cruises newbuild under construction at Meyer Werft.

23rd March 2017

Yara scrubbers for Saga Cruises newbuild

23rd March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has opened a ballast water management (BWM) training facility in Manila, in cooperation with system supplier Optimarin and open hatch shipowner Saga Shipholding.

23rd March 2017

Anglo-Eastern opens Manila BWM training facility

23rd March 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen’s InvaSave external ballast water treatment system which is designed primarily for use in ports and harbours has received IMO type approval.

22nd March 2017

IMO approval for Damen external BWMS

22nd March 2017