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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European Community Shipowners Association has given a guarded welcome to the recent informal agreement by EU legislators on the Commission proposal for a regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)…

27th November 2014

ECSA gives cautious welcome to 2018 MRV in EU

27th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Day two of the Gas Fuelled Ships conference was introduced by chairman-for-the-day Martin Shaw of MOAMS. Mr Shaw thanked the delegates for attending the very well-received GE Marine-sponsored conference dinner on the…

26th November 2014

Gas Fuelled Ships Conference features round table talks

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has published a guide to the upcoming strict sulphur regulations for ships operating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in a bid to help shipowners avoid potential difficulties with the fuel…

26th November 2014

DNV GL helps industry prepare for sulphur switch

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has been awarded a major upgrade on the ‘MSV Seawell’, a light well intervention and dive support vessel operated by Helix UK.

26th November 2014

Damen secures major ship upgrade

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese classification society ClassNK has granted design approval to the 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems.

26th November 2014

ClassNK approves Niigata dual-fuel engine design

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cargotec’s MacGregor and Hatlapa divisions have been contracted to supply deck equipment and steering gear for three new eco-friendly bulk carriers being built in China.

26th November 2014

Deck equipment order for ‘green’ bulk carriers

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Baltic Shipbuilding, one of Russia’s largest shipyards, has signed a contract with the Krylov State Research Centre for the design and supply of electric propulsion systems for nuclear icebreakers, writes Eugene Gerden.

26th November 2014

Krylov to supply electric propulsion for icebreakers

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

CMR Group has launched what it describes as “a new and innovative approach to engine fuel usage measurement.”

26th November 2014

Improved fuel consumption measurement launched by CMR

26th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply an MAN 9L32/44CR engine to power a new trawler for independent US fishing company, Fishermen’s Finest.

25th November 2014

MAN power for US fishing trawler

25th November 2014

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Interferry has hailed the agreement made at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting on rules for locating fuel tanks on LNG powered ships as what is needed to safeguard further development…

25th November 2014

LNG fuel tank location agreement

25th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

At the 2014 Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Stavanger, the actual existing and future technology of LNG fuelled ship propulsion was the theme of the first actual conference session following the…

25th November 2014

Conference looks at LNG experience

25th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

W&O Europe has become the exclusive distributor for Hyde Guardian Gold ballast water management systems in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

25th November 2014

New European distributor for Hyde

25th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Mercator Media’s 2014 Gas Fuelled Ships conference, under the banner of The Motorship, got under way this morning in Stavanger, Norway, with the keynote addresses from a wide variety of important industry…

25th November 2014

130 gas fuelled ships confirmed, GFS conference is told

25th November 2014

LNG

LNG

US-based RSC Bio Solutions’ EnviroLogic environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) and SAFECARE cleaners have been certified as small vessel general permit (SVGP) compliant.

24th November 2014

RSC fluids meet US EPA requirements

24th November 2014

OPINION

OPINION

A piece of modern German history goes under the hammer in Rostock soon when the state yacht and conference boat once used by East Germany’s Communist leaders is sold at auction, writes…

23rd November 2014

Historic GDR boat goes to highest bidder

23rd November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Havyard Ship Technology is to design and build two more 843 Ice offshore icebreakers, to be built at its Leirvik shipyard – a contract worth NOK 1bn (US$148m).

21st November 2014

More Havyard icebreakers on order

21st November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Canadian energy storage system supplier Corvus Energy says that it has been awarded a contract to supply a lithium polymer battery bank for the conversion of a ferry to hybrid propulsion.

21st November 2014

LNG ferry to convert to hybrid power

21st November 2014

OPINION

OPINION

It is with great regret that we learned this week of the passing of Doug Woodyard. He had been in poor health for a number of years, but following a recovery he…

21st November 2014

Doug Woodyard

21st November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies, agreed that, in the ongoing market downturn, quality is paramount and must be maintained by continuous enhancement of industry standards and procedures.

20th November 2014

Tripartite 2014 looks at market downturn

20th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

To promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel within the maritime and offshore industry, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between DNV GL and Qatar shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM).

20th November 2014

DNV GL and N-KOM to cooperate on LNG as fuel

20th November 2014