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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has renamed its Ship Power division Marine Solutions, and announced plans to make around 600 redundancies, as it reorganises the unit in light of the “sluggish global marine market”.

20th July 2015

Wärtsilä Ship Power reorganised amid redundancies

20th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Ship operator Cassen Eils, Fassmer Shipbuilding Company and Wärtsilä Corporation have resolved commissioning issues that delayed the naming and maiden voyage of the €30 million dual-fuel ferry ‘Helgoland’ over the weekend.

20th July 2015

LNG ferry commissioning problems resolved

20th July 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Diesel engine specialist, Royston, has successfully completed the overhaul and maintenance of a range of engine components for a platform supply vessel undergoing a scheduled service at Babcock’s Rosyth facility.

16th July 2015

Royston engine overhaul for OSV

16th July 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

As ship operators and regulators struggle with compliance and enforcement of emissions regulations, technology enabling continuous monitoring may be the answer, writes Chris Daw, managing director, Parker Kittiwake Procal. As increasingly stringent…

15th July 2015

Emissions monitoring: the continuous approach

15th July 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Chris Moxon and Beth Bradley of leading maritime law firm Clyde & Co examine the difficulties caused by conflicting fuel quality measurement standards, which were the subject of discussion once more at…

15th July 2015

IMO revisits fuel quality dilemma

15th July 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

In a recent report classification society DNV GL has taken a long-term look at some of the most likely fuel options for ship operators aiming to meet increasingly stringent emissions targets. The…

15th July 2015

Assessing future fuels

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

There’s a challenge inherent in tying up alongside a turret moored FPSO, triggering what may be an important evolution.

15th July 2015

Dancing with the FPSOs

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

There’s more to offshore support than meets the eye, writes Stevie Knight. Especially in countries that, along with a large gas and oil output, have a booming piracy sector.

15th July 2015

An Axe for defence

15th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is to supply engines and all essential ancillaries for a new self-propelled cutter dredger being built for Tianjin Dredging Company, part of the China Communication Construction Company (CCCC).

15th July 2015

Wärtsilä power for cutting-edge dredger

15th July 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As The Motorship reaches a milestone 1,000 followers on Twitter, the marine technology industry’s longest-established magazine is stepping up its social media strategy.

15th July 2015

Join us on LinkedIn and Twitter

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine (SCM) has entered into an engineering and construction contract worth US$1 billion with Heerema Offshore Services (HOS) to build the ‘world’s largest’ DP3 semi-submersible crane vessel (NSCV).

15th July 2015

Sembcorp to build ‘world’s largest’ crane vessel

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Germany’s HEAVYLIFT@SEA and SeaRenergy have unveiled a new Offshore Assistance Vessel (OAV), a further development of Service Operation Vessels (SOV), for the growing offshore industry.

15th July 2015

New Offshore Assistance Vessel design unveiled

15th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä’s X92 low-speed diesel engine will power one of the first in a new class of container vessels for CMA CGM, with a capacity of more than 20,000 teu.

15th July 2015

Wärtsilä power for CMA CGM container vessel

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

DFDS Seaways is to install scrubbers and fuel-saving upgrades on the ro-ro freight vessel ‘Finlandia Seaways’ as part of a €6 million investment in its Rosyth-Zeebrugge route.

15th July 2015

DFDS Seaways plans ‘Finlandia Seaways’ upgrades

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Keppel FELS Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), is to build a high specification liftboat worth US$85 million for Crystal Heights Holdings Ltd, a leading…

14th July 2015

High spec Keppel liftboat

14th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

With the increased use of low sulphur fuels and slow steaming now common practice, there is an even greater need for regular monitoring and analysis of used oil samples.

14th July 2015

Used oil analysis for continued reliability

14th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has become synonymous with gas fuelled ships, possibly thanks to the technology stemming from the use of boil off gas onboard LNG carriers.

14th July 2015

Beyond LNG: Alternative gas fuels advance

14th July 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Fairplay Towage has brought one of the first IMO Tier III certified gensets into operation, installing Rolls-Royce’s MTU Series 4000 diesel engines with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) on a new harbour tug.

13th July 2015

IMO III gensets enter service

13th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Construction has begun on the first Princess Cruises vessel designed specifically for the Chinese cruise market, with the keel laying taking place at Fincanteri’s Monfalcone Shipyard last week.

13th July 2015

Princess Cruises builds for China

13th July 2015

LNG

LNG

Shipyard companies from Canada, Italy and Poland are lining up to convert BC Ferries ro-ro vessels for dual-fuel operation, with a contract to be awarded later this year.

13th July 2015

International yards target BC Ferries conversions

13th July 2015