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Fine mesh modelling of local details and fatigue assessment GENERAL NEWS

Updated calculation tools from DNV GL

The first in a series of ten efficienct 14,000 teu container ships, the 'NYK Blue Jay' will benefit from the dual-rating capability of a nine-cylinder Wärtsilä X82 diesel engine PROPULSION

Operating economy focus for NYK series

The high-speed, single-fuel MTU 4000 engines on the new vessels will enable more efficient LNG operations than dual-fuel engines, according to Triyards VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Single-fuel LNG engines for new catamarans

Nordic Stralsund - one of three new partners for LWB VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Four German yards to share Genting work

The seven methanol carriers will be the first to feature Man Diesel & Turbo's ME-LGI dual fuel engine, with newly engineered combustion chamber including two liquid gas injection fuel valves and two fuel oil valves VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

First methanol-fuelled carriers set to sail

Klüberbio BM 32-142, is a high-performance lubricating grease for multi-purpose maritime applications, including cranes FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Eco-friendly bearings lubricant

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Improved ice load monitoring under development

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Evac receives a new cruise vessel order

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

French subsidy for Ecoslops desulphurisation project

The MM63 car ferry will be initially feature two battery packs as a hybrid vessel, with the option to add a further sixteen packs and shore connection to make it fully electric VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Torghatten Trafikkselskap enlists ABB for hybrid

The 'Spirit of British Columbia' and 'Spirit of Vancouver' will be converted for LNG fuel during mid-life upgrades by Remontowa LNG

Canadian LNG retrofits adopt Wärtsilä systems

The Hybrid Flettner Freighter was the winning concept under Project SAIL and is eliciting commercial interest from at least one ship owner PROPULSION

Wind power rationalised

The new container vessels will be equipped with a total of 32 Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 generating sets EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä to power new Chinese container vessels

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North P&I warns on generator upkeep

The first factory-produced EnergySail will undergo sea trials and class consultations after land-based testing in the second half of 2016 EQUIPMENT

First factory production for EnergySail

The PM shaft generator is part of an efficient power distribution package delivered by The Switch and WE Tech EQUIPMENT

PM shaft generator for Saga LNG carrier

Jotun's Hull Performance Solution led to fuel savings of US$1.5 million, a CO2 emissions reduction of 12,055 tonnes and speed lost of just 0.5% over a five-year period on ‘Penguin Arrow’ GENERAL NEWS

Jotun shares five-year anti-fouling savings

With hatch covers representing up to 15% of drydocking costs, tight planning can have a dramatic impact on overall expenditure REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hatch cover maintenance planning cuts drydocking costs

Proposed amendments to ISO 9217 leave ship operators and their engines more exposed to unsafe levels of contaminants in fuel oil, says Parker Kittiwake FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Parker Kittiwake joins fuel standards disapproval

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Fincantieri dry docks work