News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lukoil Marine Lubricants says that both Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo have approved Lukoil’s Navigo 100 MCL cylinder lubricant for two stroke main engines.

8th October 2013

Engine designers opt for 100BN cylinder oils

8th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen is to build the first of its newly designed Offshore Carrier 7500 for Van Oord at its Galati shipyard in Romania.

8th October 2013

New Damen carrier for Van Oord

8th October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A delegation from Chinese ship and crane builder ZPMC will visit German shipyard Sietas next week prior to deciding whether to make an offer for the bankrupt facility, writes Tom Todd

8th October 2013

Chinese eye insolvent Sietas yard

8th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced an order from Turkish tug specialist Sanmar shipyard of Istanbul for 12 shipsets of azimuth thrusters for various customers.

8th October 2013

12-tug thruster contract for Rolls-Royce

8th October 2013

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

The fourth ‘Motorship’ Gas Fuelled Ships Conference took place onboard the ‘Viking Grace’ cruise ferry sailing out of Stockholm en route for Mariehamn and Turku.

8th October 2013

First-hand experience of LNG underlines conference success

8th October 2013

LNG

LNG

Two LNG-fuelled tug newbuildings were named at Sanmar Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 October.

7th October 2013

Rolls-Royce power for first pure LNG-fuelled tugs

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Plans have been announced to form a new bank, specialising in lending to the marine and offshore industries, to be based in Oslo.

7th October 2013

New maritime bank to be set up in Norway

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dalian Marine Propeller Co Ltd (DMMP) is to produce and sell MAN Diesel and Turbo Alpha Kappel design propellers in China.

7th October 2013

MAN propeller agreement

7th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding has delivered the latest in the ‘Corona’ series of coal carriers to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line).

4th October 2013

‘Corona Royal’ delivery

4th October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Two winners have been announced for the Ocean Exchange 2013 Awards, each winning a US$100,000 prize from sponsors Gulfstream Aerospace and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL)

3rd October 2013

Ocean Exchange winners

3rd October 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two more orders for luxury inland cruise ships have been won by Meyer subsidiary Neptun Werft in Warnemuende, bringing the number ordered since 2000 to an incredible 45, writes Tom Todd.

3rd October 2013

German yards do well with very different ships

3rd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian shipping company Odfjell reports that its has signed contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering to build four LPG/ethylene gas tankers.

3rd October 2013

Odfjell orders gas tankers from Sinopacific

3rd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co (MHI-MME) says that it recently retrofitted its variable turbine inlet (VTI) system to the turbochargers of a Maersk Tankers VLCC.

3rd October 2013

Turbocharger retrofit carried out on Maersk VLCC

3rd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Det Norske Veritas has entered into an agreement with private investment company IK Investment Partners whereby IK will acquire DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS), for an undisclosed sum.

2nd October 2013

DNV to offload its Petroleum Services subsidiary

2nd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce is to supply a Promas Lite propulsion system to Norwegian operator Hurtigruten to improve propeller efficiency on its cruise ship ‘Richard With’.

2nd October 2013

Norwegian cruise ship to get Promas upgrade

2nd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to introduce a new series of steerable and transverse thrusters, known as the Wärtsilä Steerable Thruster (WST) and Wärtsilä Transverse Thruster (WTT) series, which will replace existing products in the…

2nd October 2013

Thrusters from Wärtsilä offer higher efficiency and wider power range

2nd October 2013

LNG

LNG

Today (2 October) sees the entry into service of the Buquebus LNG-fuelled fast ferry ‘Francisco’.

2nd October 2013

Nano-station for LNG refuelling in South America

2nd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish naval architect Knud E Hansen has unveiled a concept for a ‘reefer ro-ro’ ship, with the emphasis on energy saving at sea and in port.

2nd October 2013

Energy saving reefer design from Knud E Hansen

2nd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Jaya Holdings has received its second multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV), ‘Jaya Vigilant’, and is celebrating the start of a new charter.

2nd October 2013

‘Jaya Vigilant’ delivered

2nd October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bestobell Valves is enjoying a “great response” from delegates of the fourth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference, held in September onboard the LNG-fuelled ‘M/S Viking Grace’.

1st October 2013

Conference success for Bestobell

1st October 2013

REGULATION

REGULATION

RINA Group’s certification company, RINA Services, and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have agreed to co-operate on specific projects where each society claims complementary strengths.

1st October 2013

RINA joins with Russian Register on ice class

1st October 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

A growing number of scrubber technologies are gaining industry experience, but hybrid systems are providing a safe option for dealing with the current regulatory uncertainties, writes Wendy Laursen

1st October 2013

Hedging the bets

1st October 2013

LNG

LNG

Canadian gas distribution company Gaz Métro has announced that it is to supply three LNG-fuelled ferries that will be entering service in Québec from 2015.

1st October 2013

Ferry gas bunker agreement in Canada

1st October 2013