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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mercator Media Limited, publisher of The Motorship magazine and organiser of the Propulsion & Emissions and Gas Fuelled Ships conferences, has won a business excellence award for international development.

9th March 2015

Business award for Mercator Media

9th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The path to more efficient ships – both environmentally and economically – was the focus of an energetic second day at The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference 2015.

9th March 2015

Efficiency in focus at P&E conference

9th March 2015

LNG

LNG

Shell is working to comply with new regulations in the Northern American Emission Control Area (ECA) with an LNG offshore supply vessels – the first of its kind in the Gulf of…

6th March 2015

Shell reduces emissions with LNG OSV

6th March 2015

VIDEOS AND IMAGES PFF

VIDEOS AND IMAGES PFF

View videos from 2014 below

5th March 2015

2014 Videos

5th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey has added new dedicated capacity to build the popular Fast Crew Supplier 5009 at the yard – a dedicated 12,000m² facility called Antalya II.

5th March 2015

Damen increases capacity in Turkey

5th March 2015

LNG

LNG

The use of LNG as a fuel is supported by most industry stakeholders, but concerns still remain over its opportunities and risks, according to the European Commission’s preliminary results of an LNG…

5th March 2015

Commission reports on industry LNG concerns

5th March 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine has reached a ‘milestone achievement’ with an order for its new Tier 4 Final C280-16 generator sets – the marine industry’s highest horsepower, Tier 4 solution.

5th March 2015

Caterpillar reaches ‘milestone’ with Tier 4 engine

5th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first day of The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference yesterday (4 March) was characterised by a ‘business as usual’ attitude from shipowners in the face of recently introduced sulphur fuel limits.

5th March 2015

Plain sailing for shipowners on sulphur compliance

5th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new initiative launched by DNV GL aims to improve shipping’s safety record, environmental impact and global competitiveness by 2050 to create a more sustainable European transport system.

4th March 2015

Improving ‘Vessels for the Future’

4th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BIMCO has launched a new, multi-part guidance resource to support ship owners and operators to improve the environmental performance and efficiency of their ships.

4th March 2015

BIMCO environmental performance guide

4th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is expanding its fleet with six LNG-ready 20,000 teu containerships.

4th March 2015

MOL orders six LNG-ready containerships

4th March 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A series of eight newbuild 33,000 DWT chemical tankers will be equipped with explosion proof (EX) Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS), the first EX delivery since the system was…

4th March 2015

First EX BWMS delivery for Wärtsilä

4th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

We present our complete live blog from The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference, which took place in Hamburg this week (4-5 March). View speaker comments, photos and video highlights from an event…

4th March 2015

Blog review: Propulsion & Emissions 2015

4th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

We present our complete live blog from The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference, which took place in Hamburg this week (4-5 March). View speaker comments, photos and video highlights from an event…

4th March 2015

Propulsion & Emissions Conference blog review

4th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Underwater technology expert, Hydrex, reports that sales of its rudder protective coating Ecoshield, are going from strength to strength.

2nd March 2015

Continued success for Ecoshield

2nd March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Offshore operator Ezra Holdings has named ‘Lewek Constellation’, an ice-classed, multi-lay offshore construction vessel with ultra-deep water pipe laying and heavy lift capabilities that is described as the ‘flagship project-enabling asset’ of…

2nd March 2015

Ezra unveils ice-classed subsea flagship

2nd March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build another very large LPG carrier for Astomos Energy Corp, the fourth vessel in an identical series first ordered in 2013.

2nd March 2015

MHI takes Astomos LPG carrier order

2nd March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new 10,000 tonnes heavy lift vessel (HLV) is being added to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) existing offshore facility-building fleet after being completed by affiliate Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.

27th February 2015

A new HVL for Hyundai

27th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two large passenger ferries powered by Rolls-Royce gas engines have been recognised as the top scorers in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) which measures how environmentally-friendly vessels are.

26th February 2015

Green accolade for Rolls-Royce

26th February 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

L-3 SAM Electronics is to retrofit propulsion control and automation systems on a hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel operated by the Taiwanese Navy.

26th February 2015

L-3 to retrofit Taiwanese research vessel

26th February 2015