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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha have installed the first low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system for a two-stroke diesel engine, onboard a 34,000dwt bulk carrier built by The Hakodate…

2nd September 2015

First low-pressure EGR for bulk carrier

2nd September 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

General Dynamics NASSCO has launched the second ship in a series of the world’s first natural gas powered containerships built for transportation and logistics company, TOTE.

1st September 2015

Second Tote LNG containership launched

1st September 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Corvus Energy has pushed lithium-ion battery packs to the limit as part of a thermal runaway mitigation test observed by several marine industry stakeholders.

1st September 2015

Corvus conducts key battery safety test

1st September 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ME Production subsidiary Marine Exhaust Technology has secured contracts to supply scrubbers to two more vessels, with deliveries expected late this year and in early 2016.

1st September 2015

ME scrubbers for DFDS and Baleària

1st September 2015

LNG

LNG

Evergreen Holding Group subsidiary Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has sold a controlling stake in its gas-specialist subsidiary Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering Co to Shenzhen-based CIMC Enric.

1st September 2015

Evergreen sells Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering

1st September 2015

LNG

LNG

Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) has chosen Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering as the preferred bidder to build two 100m dual-fuel ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS).

1st September 2015

Ferguson preferred for CMAL newbuilds

1st September 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä has been awarded another contract for scrubber systems by ro-ro and passenger vessel operator Finnlines, supplying a further three vessels after an initial contract for six ships last year.

28th August 2015

Wärtsilä wins second Finnlines scrubber order

28th August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bethan Bradley and Chris Moxon of leading maritime law firm Clyde & Co examine the complexities of contracting for ship conversions, with a focus on the growing field of conversions for LNG…

28th August 2015

LNG conversions raise legal issues

28th August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Wilhelmsen Ships Service believes a new approach to drydocking – giving ship owners and managers the opportunity to work with an agent they know and trust – will make the process more…

28th August 2015

Time for a new approach to drydocking?

28th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

It’s a common mistake to assume that “if you take a midway position on technological development you get the best of both worlds,” says Pieter Dijkstra of Visedo Marine.

28th August 2015

Pieter Dijkstra: Don’t leave it halfway

28th August 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Work on a variety of callers, from container ships through ferries to cruise liners and offshore vessels, has kept German shipyards active into the autumn, reports Tom Todd.

28th August 2015

Varied work keeps German yards busy

28th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As the global maritime industry wrestles with the implications of ‘big data’, Peter Mantel, managing director of BMT SMART, examines how shore-based fleet and vessel performance management – and intelligent analysis of…

28th August 2015

Data intelligence is king

28th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mathieu de Tugny of Bureau Veritas admits that in the beginning he was a little insulated from commercial realities, assuming “like most engineers” that technology trumps everything. He talks to Stevie Knight.

28th August 2015

Mathieu de Tugny: Technology ‘is only the entry permit’

28th August 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

Bill Thomson explores the major themes behind the forthcoming publication of integrated class rules from DNV GL, as the class society updates and streamlines the guidance of its two pre-merger predecessors.

28th August 2015

Class rules harmonised for efficiency

28th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Confined PSV footprint and need to do more - but don’t like working over the side? Then envelope operations inside a slide-out extension.

28th August 2015

More done out back

28th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

An innovative subsea plant is raising expectation in the Asgard field but it’s also required a long, hard look at ways to lower the processing modules.

28th August 2015

Raising the pressure

28th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK manufacturer Thermaflue has received approval from Lloyd’s Register for its range of protective pipe, flange and joint covers.

28th August 2015

Lloyd’s approval for Thermaflue flange shields

28th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The drive for energy efficiency – in particular the harnessing of otherwise wasted energy from a ship or its environment - is causing the marine industry to look more closely at energy…

28th August 2015

Managing risk as batteries break new ground

28th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The first class society guidelines on composite propellers are to be published by ClassNK this month – a landmark recognition of the growing practical benefits of composite materials to the shipbuilding industry.

28th August 2015

ClassNK to launch composite propeller guidelines

28th August 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch company Shipyard De Hoop has delivered the first of a new series of PSVs which it believes mark an important evolution on its other recently delivered vessels.

28th August 2015

De Hoop’s Esnaad evolution

28th August 2015