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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract for the delivery of 12 azimuth thrusters to Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey, with an option for an additional 30 units.

24th November 2015

Multiple steerable propeller contract

24th November 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN PrimeServ is to retrofit 30 turbochargers on four vessels owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the engine service company has revealed.

24th November 2015

PrimeServ wins RCCL turbocharger retrofit contract

24th November 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Republic of Cape Verde is seeking expressions of interest for a 20-year plus contract for the rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of the Estaleiros Navais de Cabo Verde (CABNAVE) shipyard.

24th November 2015

Cape Verde tenders Cabnave shipyard operation

24th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new pelagic fishing trawler ordered by Scottish owner Mewstead LLP will be built according to a Wärtsilä design and will feature a broad scope of Wärtsilä propulsion machinery.

23rd November 2015

Wärtsilä designs and powers advanced trawler

23rd November 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Motorship presents further details of GTTs new high-pressure bunker barge, recently approved in principle by both Lloyd’s Register and Bureau Veritas.

23rd November 2015

GTT bunkering ship receives dual approval

23rd November 2015

LNG

LNG

At the recent Gas Fuelled Ships conference organised by The Motorship, Peter Keller, executive vice president of Tote, outlined the company’s LNG ambitions. Here we present highlights from his paper.

23rd November 2015

Driving LNG innovation in North America

23rd November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maersk Line has commissioned Danish company DESMI Ocean Guard to supply ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) for its series of new container vessels.

20th November 2015

DESMI Ocean Guard wins multiple BWTS orders

20th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Parker Kittiwake has announced that its Procal 2000 emissions analyser has been certified by Lloyd’s Register.

20th November 2015

Lloyds Register approvers Parker Kittiwake emissions analyser

20th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new consultancy tool from AkzoNobel, Intertrac Vision, has been launched to help ship owners and operators quantify the cost, fuel consumption and emissions implications of their fouling-control coatings selection.

20th November 2015

Predicting returns on hull coating investment

20th November 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

As the European Union regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions from ships progresses, five stakeholders discuss the challenges ahead.

20th November 2015

MRV: The devil in the detail

20th November 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Driven by an increasing focus on costs and tightening emissions regulations, ship owners and fuel suppliers are accelerating the refinement and commercialisation of water-in-fuel emulsions. Dag Pike reports.

20th November 2015

Emulsion fuels target market acceptance

20th November 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The German repair sector has been varied and interesting in the second half of the year with a balance of specialised and routine work keeping many yards active, writes Germany correspondent Tom…

20th November 2015

German yards report varied repair sector

20th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The shift from preventative to predictive maintenance decisions is one of the key means by which the industry can cut costs and extend the useful life of vessels, argues Larry Rumbol, marine…

20th November 2015

Engineers prefer reliability centred maintenance

20th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Design, installation, commissioning and maintenance all have an impact on safe operations, but owners must understand that no two installations are the same, explains Erik Christensen, global technical solution manager at Wilhelmsen…

20th November 2015

IMO addresses water mist systems maintenance

20th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The medical team at Drydocks World Dubai have successfully completed collaborative research with the UK’s Imperial College London into the health and wellbeing of its yard employees.

19th November 2015

Yard worker health research

19th November 2015

LNG

LNG

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Swedish operation has acquired the marine fuel and bunkering business of Cryo AB, a Linde Engineering subsidiary that also makes cryogenic equipment for handling LNG.

19th November 2015

MAN acquires Cryo Marine fuel interests

19th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Eaton has launched a next generation marine UPS, the Easton 9PHD, specifically designed to withstand harsh working conditions and secure the reliability of critical systems.

19th November 2015

Eaton launches new uninterruptable power supply

19th November 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB is now monitoring equipment onboard nearly 100 vessels from a new integrated operations centre in Billingstad, opened in September and introduced to press yesterday.

19th November 2015

Integrated operations centre enhances ABB monitoring

19th November 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Royston Limited has completed an engine overhaul on the Bluewater-owned offshore floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Haewene Brim.

18th November 2015

Bluewater FPSO gets engine overhaul

18th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bestobell Marine has secured two new orders to supply its new range of high pressure globe and check valves to be used in fuel gas systems on board ships.

17th November 2015

Bestobell secures high-pressure valve orders

17th November 2015