News

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

One of the services offered by MTU to its customers is the opportunity to exchange a worn, time-expired engine for a good-as-new remanufactured unit.

1st December 2014

Engine remanufacture breathes new life into pilot vessels

1st December 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam has been awarded a repair and maintenance contract from MSC Cruises, with respect to the 2010-built, 293m ‘MSC Magnifica’.

1st December 2014

Cruise, dive support and ballast work for Damen Shiprepair

1st December 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Finnish company WE Tech Solutions says that its direct drive shaft generators can help provide a useful gain in ship efficiency, by providing as much as around 800kW to the ship’s electrical…

1st December 2014

Shaft generators help raise efficiency

1st December 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Kimmo Kokkila, product manager, propulsion products, ABB Marine & Cranes, Finland, describes why podded propulsors are one of the most efficient marine electrical propulsion systems in the marketplace.

1st December 2014

Gearless propulsor improves operational profitability

1st December 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dag Pike describes the recently completed ‘Pieter Schelte’ which is arguably the most sophisticated ship ever built as well as being one of the most versatile.

1st December 2014

Offshore lift ship is said to be ‘world’s largest’

1st December 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Increasing road congestion at many container ports has led a German company to develop a new concept of feeder barge, writes Dag Pike.

1st December 2014

Port feeder barge developed to reduce container congestion

1st December 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dynamic market forces over recent years have spurred enhancements to the principal LNG cargo containment systems, and have fostered the development of new solutions both by established cryogenic specialists and other industry…

1st December 2014

Rising performance, widening options in LNG containment

1st December 2014

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Meeting the challenge of the big squeeze that’s about to put the cost of operating in ECAs through the roof means, as Alexandros Chiotopoulos of DNV GL explains to Stevie Knight, “thinking…

1st December 2014

LNG and the cost effective slice and splice

1st December 2014

OPINION

OPINION

“When it comes to hull forms, many assume that there is ‘nothing more to be found’, but I believe there’s going to be even greater changes in the years to come,” Pieter…

1st December 2014

Pieter van Oossanen: Design on the wing

1st December 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New lifesaving technologies are being augmented with new supply and training arrangements to smooth out any supply chain issues; Wendy Laursen reports.

1st December 2014

New product agreements designed to aid supply

1st December 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Regulators and manufacturers continue to evolve sophisticated ways to ensure fire detection and suppression systems perform when needed, writes Wendy Laursen

1st December 2014

New services aim to ease fire protection equipment maintenance costs

1st December 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Big ships and engine swaps have been in the news in the German repair sector of late while research ships have made their periodic yard rounds and scrubber installations continue to keep…

30th November 2014

Varied work stamps German repair sector

30th November 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Tom Todd reports that Nobiskrug Werft in Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal was completing a full engine exchange on the veteran multi-purpose German research ship Poseidon in December.

29th November 2014

Nobiskrug tackles Poseidon engine swap

29th November 2014

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Scrubber installation work on five 17,400dwt Transfennica con-ro ships has become a lucrative new sector for German Dry Docks during the second half of this year, writes Tom Todd.

28th November 2014

Scrubber installations keep GDD busy

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to supply fully integrated solutions for a new series of six Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels being built in Norway for Maersk Supply Service AS.

28th November 2014

Wärtsilä solutions for Maersk AHTS vessels

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mexican state-run salt producer Exportadora de Sal SA de CV (ESSA), is reported to have signed a contract for a 15,000dwt specialist eco-friendly salt transport ship to be built at a Chinese…

28th November 2014

Mexican salt exporter orders eco-friendly ship

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has named what is said to be the first ever LNG-ready ultra large container vessel. The ‘Sajir’ is the first ship in UASC’s current newbuilding programme, comprising…

28th November 2014

UASC names first gas-ready ULCV at HHI

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a contract valued at £12 million to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an advanced multipurpose service vessel for Norwegian owner Myklebusthaug Management to be…

28th November 2014

Multi-purpose UT OSV is first to be built in Turkey

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to the International Chamber of Shipping, sea transport has managed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10% in the five years from 2007 to 2012.

28th November 2014

ICS gives its view on carbon emissions

28th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

France’s LNG membrane containment system expert, Gaztransport & Techigaz (GTT), has signed a technical service agreement with the Palumbo Malta Shipyard which has five repair yards in the Mediterranean basin.

27th November 2014

Demand for LNG membrane containment

27th November 2014