News

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Marine is leading a three-year, £1.7 million project investigating propulsion applications of a magnetically geared motor developed by UK company Magnomatics.

10th February 2016

Rolls-Royce leads magnetic propulsion project

10th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Norwegian trial combining exhaust gas recirculation and scrubber use has not quite met Tier III NOx emissions, but suggests a potentially clean future for heavy fuel oil.

9th February 2016

EGR trial plots clean future for HFO

9th February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lemissoler Navigation affiliate company Frontmarine Co is to coat its new series of eight supramax bulkers with Hempel’s Dynamic anti-fouling product after successful sea trials on four of the vessels.

9th February 2016

Dynamic efficiency gains for Lemissoler newbuilds

9th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and INTERTANKO have expressed reservations about some of the proposed revisions to the international ISO 8217 specifications of marine fuels, warning that some changes may be unfavourable to…

9th February 2016

Industry concerns over draft fuel standard

9th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SCF Novoship Technical Management has selected the Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System to be retrofitted on three Aframax Oil Tankers and one Product Carrier.

9th February 2016

SCF Novoship selects Ecochlor BWMS

9th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new crane ship designed by Dutch company Royal IHC will feature the Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS).

9th February 2016

Wärtsilä BWMS for Royal IHC crane ship

9th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Oil companies are increasingly demanding fuel management and monitoring systems onboard contracted OSV’s according to diesel power specialist Royston.

8th February 2016

Oil companies demand fuel management

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norwegian ballast water management system (BWMS) supplier Optimarin says US type approval is ‘imminent’ as it wins its first order in the fishing segment.

8th February 2016

Optimarin fishing breakthrough as US approval nears

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sea trials aboard Erik Thun’s LNG-fuelled short-sea dry bulk vessel ‘Greenland’ have validated the performance of Thordon Bearings COMPAC propeller shaft solution.

8th February 2016

LNG bulker trials validate seawater lubrication

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cathelco is to install a UV and filtration ballast water management system onboard a new offshore vessel under construction by Eastern Shipbuilding Group for Harvey Gulf International Marine.

8th February 2016

Cathelco BWMS for Harvey offshore vessel

8th February 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

French classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), is classing the new Chinese-built 37,000dwt asphalt carrier, recently delivered to US-based Sargeant Marine.

8th February 2016

BV classes biggest purpose-built asphalt carrier

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor has announced that it will now offer the offshore industry a new fibre-rope crane.

8th February 2016

MacGregor and Parkburn collaborate on cranes

8th February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German propulsion specialist Schottel has extended its repair facilities at its headquarters in Spay. Whereas only recently the space was used for manufacturing new drives the halls now offer ideal conditions over…

5th February 2016

Schottel extends drive repair facilities

5th February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has published a guidance note to provide best practices for cyber security as a foundation element of overall safety and security within and across marine and offshore industries.

4th February 2016

ABS publishes CyberSafety guidance

4th February 2016

LNG

LNG

Offshore marine and engineering consultancy, Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, has been contracted by Korean-based Gas Entec Co. Ltd to provide an engineering study of a new-build LNG barge that…

4th February 2016

Aqualis Offshore contracted for LNG barge study

4th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced production of its first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR) system to reduce harmful NOx emissions from two-stroke engines.

3rd February 2016

Hyundai develops high pressure SCR system

3rd February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

GE Marine’s plans to harness the group’s Industrial Internet will be realised this year when it launches what is claimed to be the market’s first truly predictive vessel monitoring system.

3rd February 2016

GE Marine reveals digital ambitions

3rd February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has signed a contract with Scot Tanker for up to eight chemical tanker retrofits using the patented MarineLine polymer cargo tank coating system.

3rd February 2016

APC cargo tank coating for Scot Tanker

3rd February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification services provider, ABS, has joined forces with China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) to bring together technical capabilities on trans-Arctic shipping.

2nd February 2016

COSCO enlists ABS for trans-Arctic projects

2nd February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optimarin has won a ten vessel contract from Atlantis Tankers Group and its management arm Armona Denizcilik.

2nd February 2016

Atlantis Tankers orders ten Optimarin systems

2nd February 2016