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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The quality of marine fuel has risen in early 2015 according to early results revealed by the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA).

10th February 2015

Marine fuel shows improvement in 2015

10th February 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

French ballast water treatment manufacturer BIO-UV has partnered with US-based Choice Ballast Solutions for engineering and installation of its BIO-SEA systems for US shipowners.

10th February 2015

BIO-UV partners with Choice Ballast Solutions

10th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The first large passenger ferry to rely entirely on battery power begins operations this year, but it’s not the only passenger vessel to have included energy storage in the power mix, writes…

10th February 2015

Battery powered ferries report

10th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä is to provide a total of 20 generating sets for five 14,500 teu container vessels under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard for China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO).

10th February 2015

Wärtsilä gensets for five Chinese ships

10th February 2015

LNG

LNG

Wärtsilä is to supply DF dual-fuel engines for a specialised LNG bunker vessel being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company for Shell.

9th February 2015

Wärtsilä DF engines for Shell LNG bunker vessel

9th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has updates its ship design support software PrimeShip-Hull (HCSR), making it the first computer programme to reflect IACS’ Common Structural Rules (CSR) adopted in December 2014.

9th February 2015

ClassNK software integrates common structural rules

9th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A Dutch yard will build what is being described as the world’s first pure LNG driven port and inland barge for German owners, writes Tom Todd.

9th February 2015

Borkum bags first pure LNG barge

9th February 2015

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has completed unexpected bow repairs to the British offshore dive support ship Red7 Alliance after a collision with a lock gate on the Kiel Canal, writes Tom Todd.

9th February 2015

Lindenau tackles canal accident ship

9th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A couple of new offshore support designs demonstrate that there’s more to style and efficiency than the inverted bow, writes Stevie Knight in the February issue of The Motorship.

6th February 2015

Beyond the X-Bow

6th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cunard’s cruise ship, ‘Queen Mary 2’, is being fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system that will enable it to fully comply with the IMO’s pollution prevention requirements.

6th February 2015

Wärtsilä pollution prevention for ‘QM2’

6th February 2015

REGULATION

REGULATION

The shipping and bunker refining industries should not rely on a postponement to the IMO’s global 0.5% cap on sulphur in fuel, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has said.

6th February 2015

Work to 2020 sulphur deadline, ICS urges

6th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Naval architect and marine engineers Foreship have worked with Finnish ship owner Meriaura Group on hull optimization for its two new ‘EcoCaster’ cargo carriers, which are expected to almost halve fuel consumption…

5th February 2015

Foreship hull form for Finnish ecoship

5th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Denmark-based DESMI Ocean Guard’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) using ultraviolet light, RayClean, has been granted AMS acceptance by the US Coast Guard (USCG).

5th February 2015

DESMI BWTS accepted by US Coast Guard

5th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has issued approval for Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation’s newly developed corrosion resistant steel (NSGP-2) for use on the upper deck and/or inner bottom of crude oil tanker cargo oil…

5th February 2015

Corrosion resistant steel approval

5th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The construction of Zvezda shipyard in far eastern Russia is set for delays after oil giant Rosneft has asked the national government to double its contribution to the project.

5th February 2015

Rosneft seeks more support for Zvezda shipyard

5th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GE Marine’s 12V250 marine diesel engine has received EPA Tier 4 certification, meeting NOx emission requirements through its non-Selective Catalytic Converter (SCR) technology, which requires no urea-based after-treatment.

5th February 2015

GE Marine diesel engine certified EPA T4

5th February 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä Ship Power is to supply its 9-cylinder 34DF dual-fuel engine, controlled-pitch propeller and gearbox for the world’s first ever compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier, to enter operation in May 2016.

5th February 2015

Wärtsilä propulsion for first CNG carrier

5th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Icelandic energy management firm Marorka has won a contract to deliver ship performance monitoring systems to United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), with a view to optimizing fleet performance and reducing fuel consumption…

4th February 2015

UASC chooses Marorka for energy management

4th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Sovcomflot has enlisted the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) as it embarks on a fleet expansion to serve growing offshore projects on Russia’s continental shelf.

4th February 2015

Sovcomflot plans fleet expansion with RS

4th February 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US based CR Ocean Engineering (CROE) has secured a scrubber order from Finnish operator, Bore Ltd (Finland) to retrofit its ‘MV Seaguard’ ro-ro container vessel.

4th February 2015

CROE ro-ro scrubber order

4th February 2015