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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Finding finance can often prove an obstacle to efficiency-enhancing measures; Stephanie Draper, chair and co-founder, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, explains how innovative financing and transparency can inspire technological progression to drive operational efficiencies,…

18th March 2014

Driving sustainability: overcoming barriers for technology uptake

18th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK is to acquire the Finnish maritime software house NAPA, in a deal which is claimed to help improve safety and performance of the maritime industry as a whole.

18th March 2014

Class society acquires maritime software house

18th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea has announced a Russian contract for an LNG carrier with icebreaking capabilities.

17th March 2014

DSME wins ice-class gas tanker order

17th March 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced a device known as EcoCam, intended for retrofitting to its mechanical two-stroke engines with single turbochargers.

17th March 2014

EcoCam continues MAN diesel fuel optimisation

17th March 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Although alternatives are looking increasingly attractive, Lloyd’s Register believes that the trusted traditional two-stroke diesel engine will continue to be the first choice in large ship propulsion for many years to come.

17th March 2014

Diesel is far from dead

17th March 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Dr Anatoly Mezheritsky, president of Canadian engineering company MA TurboEngine, looks at alterations to turbocharger configuration for large marine engines employing slow steaming and other part-load operations to cut fuel costs and…

17th March 2014

Cost-effective turbocharger modification for fuel saving and emission control

17th March 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

With ever-tighter emissions limits in port areas, there are pressures on vessels operating mostly within harbor confines, like tugs and bunker barges, to be as clean as possible; Dag Pike describes an…

15th March 2014

Bunker barge uses electric propulsion

15th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Bourgas Shipyards, a shipbuilding and repair yard located on the country’s Black Sea coast, has been put up for sale, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

14th March 2014

Bulgaria’s Bourgas Shipyards put up for auction

14th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Holdings has announced contracts for the design and construction of two Vard 1.08 PSVs for offshore contractor Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA), which is based in Fremantle, WA.

14th March 2014

Australian owner orders two Vard PSVs

14th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply deck equipment for a series of eight 58,500 tonne bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China.

14th March 2014

MacGregor secures “substantial” contract

14th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

France’s high-technology group, Orolia, has signed a strategic partnership with the global hardware and software provider, Transas, to develop new e-maritime solutions for the shipping industry.

13th March 2014

E-maritime solutions partnership

13th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABB reports that its modular liquid-cooled drives and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are part of an application-specific propulsion and thruster power system for offshore supply ships from Vard Electro.

12th March 2014

ABB supplies drive systems to Vard Electro for PSVs

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Insurer The American Club has warned its members that customs authorities in Argentina are becoming particularly strict regarding declaration of ships stores.

12th March 2014

Insurer warns of ‘oily business’ in Argentina

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has completed its largest ever newbuild order by exercising the final option for one 18,000 teu vessel with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

12th March 2014

UASC completes largest ever order

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK, the Tokyo-based classification society, has established a new inspection panel into large containership safety, following the Japanese government investigations into the ‘MOL Comfort’ incident.

12th March 2014

ClassNK responds to boxship safety concerns

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Holdings, the Singapore-based Fincantieri subsidiary formerly known as STX Offshore, has announced contracts for two more offshore support vessels, following the announcement on 11 March of a large subsea construction vessel…

12th March 2014

Two more OSVs from Vard

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification Society Lloyd’s Register has issued a new study, ‘Global Marine Fuel Trends 2030’, as a follow-up to its 2013 report ‘Global Marine Trends 2030’.

12th March 2014

HFO still dominant in 2030, says LR study

12th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nam Cheong Group in Malaysia has ordered more electric propulsion system from Stadt, a sustainable electric propulsion expert based in Norway.

11th March 2014

Major new Asian contract for Stadt

11th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Engine control and instrumentation company CMR has launched new local operating panels (LOPs) for ship machinery, designed to marine standards.

11th March 2014

Improved control panels for electronic engines

11th March 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Holdings says that it has entered into a letter of intent with Solstad Offshore of Norway for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV), said to…

11th March 2014

Solstad orders large sub-sea construction vessel

11th March 2014