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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yara Marine Technologies has been awarded a contract for the supply of scrubber systems on four container feeder vessels that will be operated by Jüngerhans Maritime Services GmbH & Co.

8th November 2016

Yara scrubbers for Jüngerhans newbuilds

8th November 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society Lloyd’s Register has renewed its certification of the Ecospeed hard coating as one of the few approved abrasion resistant hull protection system for vessels operating in Polar waters.

8th November 2016

Polar certification renewal for Ecospeed

8th November 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Motorship will host a live blog from its Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Hamburg on 16-18 November, reporting minute-by-minute highlights for our global web audience.

7th November 2016

Live blog to capture Gas Fuelled Ships highlights

7th November 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hydrex Underwater Technologies says that its new alternative underwater habitat for rudder repairs is saving shipowners thousands of dollars in emergency drydocking costs.

7th November 2016

Reducing rudder repair costs

7th November 2016

OPINION

OPINION

“Britain’s maritime offering, especially when it comes to engineering and technology, is first class,” says Lord Jeffrey Mountevans. But in order to keep its place and relevance, Britain’s maritime industry must evolve,…

7th November 2016

No room for complacency

7th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A visionary approach to the needs of Canadian trade is encapsulated in a highly specialised tanker for year-round asphalt shipments. David Tinsley reports.

7th November 2016

Dual-fuel Canadian tanker for hot cargoes

7th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dive Support Vessels (DSV’s) are “notorious” for delays, says Marc Bloem, Product manager at Royal IHC: “There’s always a challenge around the delivery time.”

7th November 2016

Signed, sealed and delivered – on time

7th November 2016

LNG

LNG

There are 86 LNG fuelled ships currently in operation and 93 ships on order as of October 2016, according to DNV GL.

7th November 2016

LNG fuelled fleet update

7th November 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A 7,500dwt chemical tanker ordered and operated by Turkish conglomerate Içdas Çelik will be the first commercial reference for MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new hybrid propulsion solution HyProp Eco.

4th November 2016

MAN hybrid propulsion for Turkish tanker

4th November 2016

LNG

LNG

In the wake of IMO decisions on shipping emissions, rival perspectives have resurfaced on the potential of LNG to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from ships.

4th November 2016

LNG debate highlights fuel choice challenge

4th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

This year’s consolidation moves in major German yards – just the latest in a recent series - have redrawn the country’s coastal shipbuilding landscape yet again, but this time could have some…

4th November 2016

German shipyard landscape changes again

4th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Meyer Group subsidiary Neptun Werft is to get a new production hall to build four 140m self-floating engine room units (FERUs) a year for installation in cruise ship newbuildings at Meyer’s German…

3rd November 2016

Neptun invests for engine module production

3rd November 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

In recent years, the marine equipment industry and the shipyards have witnessed a productivity increase above the level of the Danish economy and Blue Denmark in general, according to a new report…

3rd November 2016

Danish marine market research

3rd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norwegian ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has secured a two-system contract with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

2nd November 2016

Optimarin secures further US BWT orders

2nd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor has won deck machinery orders for six 64m anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels being built for long-term charter in the Middle East to Saudi Aramco.

2nd November 2016

MacGregor deck machinery for Aramaco AHTS

2nd November 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Gibraltar’s vessel repair expert, Gibdock, has turned around a fast 11-day renewal project on a 142m Seatruck Ferries ro-ro vessel reasserting its market position in the short sea vessel repair market.

1st November 2016

Gibdock delivers for Seatruck

1st November 2016

REGULATION

REGULATION

The IMO should set standards of compliance for the communication connection between ships and shore, according to Transas CEO, Frank Coles.

1st November 2016

Transas calls for IMO connectivity standards

1st November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

UPDATED. UK company Automated Ships and Kongsberg Maritime have signed an MoU to build what the companies say will be the first unmanned and fully automated vessel for offshore operations.

1st November 2016

UK/Norway venture to build first unmanned offshore vessel

1st November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) have received Lloyd’s Register Approval in Principle for a 2MW waste heat recovery system that uses supercritical CO2 as a working fluid.

1st November 2016

Partners advance supercritical CO2 waste heat recovery

1st November 2016

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The installation timeframe for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention has been thrown back into uncertainty after fresh proposals at the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee last week.

31st October 2016

More indecision on BWMS installation timeframe

31st October 2016