News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has combined with the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) in a $600,000 investment for the ABS Harsh Environment Technology Center and associated research programme.

4th April 2012

ABS invests in ocean environment study

4th April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Sietas shipyard in Hamburg has made a start on the construction of the first sections and blocks of the offshore wind power jack-up vessel for Dutch marine engineering company Van Oord.

3rd April 2012

Production of Dutch vessel starts at insolvent German yard

3rd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian marine and offshore controls company Lilaas has reached its first direct service and distribution agreements in Asia, with Z-Power Automation in Singapore and Shanghai EJH Group in China.

3rd April 2012

Controls and joysticks distribution agreements for Asia

3rd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The 34th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference will take place in Hamburg, Germany on 23-24 May 2012 - it aims to give all ship operators, owners and managers the perfect platform to…

3rd April 2012

Propulsion & Emissions Conference 2012

3rd April 2012

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Singapore-based DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) is pleased to announce that several highly experienced individuals have joined its offices in Piraeus and Oslo.

3rd April 2012

New staff appointments at DNV Petroleum Services

3rd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first of two new double-ended ferries from the troubled German Sietas shipyard goes into service in the Baltic this month while the yard, still in receivership, reported new investor interest.

3rd April 2012

Ferry delivered as investor interest grows

3rd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ZF has introduced a marine transmission, the 5000 series, intended to address today’s market requirements for power capacity, available ratios, low noise, shifting comfort and short engagement times.

2nd April 2012

ZF launches new transmission family

2nd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian company OceanSaver has secured a contract to supply two Mark II ballast water treatment systems for two newbuild chemical tankers owned by Greek tanker operator CMM, to be built in Korea.

2nd April 2012

Order for new-generation BWTS

2nd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kleven Maritime in Norway has delivered another LNG-powered offshore supply vessel, the 90m 6,500dwt ’Viking Prince’, powered by four dual-fuel engines, to Norwegian operator Eidesvik Offshore.

2nd April 2012

Kleven delivers Eidesvik gas-fuelled OSV

2nd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to an American P&I Club alert to its members, the State of California has introduced a No Discharge Zone (NDZ) that prohibits vessel sewage discharge in all California marine waters. The…

2nd April 2012

California tightens discharge restrictions for its marine waters

2nd April 2012

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The call for papers has been announced for Mercator Media’s third Gas Fuelled Ships Conference this year, being held from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.

2nd April 2012

Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012 – Call for papers

2nd April 2012

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Hamburg is the place to be on 23-24 May 2012 when the Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference returns to the lavish surroundings of the Atlantic Kempinski Hotel. With a speaker list including…

1st April 2012

Shipowners need to be in possession of the facts to face up to the 2015 challenge

1st April 2012

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

The phrase ‘nothing is new’ seems to crop up regularly in this feature, where we look back through our archives to the copy of The Motor Ship dated exactly 50 years ago.

1st April 2012

Tankers pioneer waste heat recovery

1st April 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Wendy Laursen explains that ice design is a case of brute force, but not ignorance, as classification societies turn research into safety for ships operating in the Arctic.

1st April 2012

Ice research aims to cut uncertainty in design and operation

1st April 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Italian classification society RINA is currently nearing completion of a three-year, EU co-funded R&D project on marine inspection robotic assistant systems (MINOAS). The project includes the development of a small, remote-controlled, four-rotor…

1st April 2012

Remote controlled helicopter to inspect cargo holds

1st April 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Bureau Veritas has introduced a new family of additional class notations, WhiSp, that give special attention to whipping and springing of container ships. Since the vessel’s natural frequency decreases with size and…

1st April 2012

BV focuses on container ship springing

1st April 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

Wendy Laursen says that LNG’s CO2 performance may be debatable, but it will improve EEDI values and take shipowners beyond compliance.

1st April 2012

Outlook positive for LNG even when the charterer pays

1st April 2012

REGULATION

REGULATION

While facing increasingly competitive and often volatile market conditions, ship operators have the added challenge of finding cost-effective solutions to all-pervasive environmental controls; David Tinsley looks at some of the options.

1st April 2012

Emission deadlines concentrate minds

1st April 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wendy Laursen reminds us that there are solar-collecting sails on the horizon but it may be some time before they make their way into the emissions reduction plans of most shipowners.

1st April 2012

Putting solar technology into the hybrid mix

1st April 2012

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wendy Laursen outlines how commuter ferries with innovative power systems provide a testing ground for systems that could bring clean power to other vessel types, notably harbour tugs, thanks to battery technology.

1st April 2012

Ferries lead, tugs may follow

1st April 2012

OPINION

OPINION

As the third phase (Hercules C) of the European engine research project gets the go-ahead, David Tinsley reports on the work undertaken so far.

1st April 2012

Productive outcome from Pan-European engine research project

1st April 2012

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Eyes may be sharply focussed on offshore in German yards but the repair and conversion pallet remains as wide and flexible as ever – and has to be if even small work…

1st April 2012

German yards eye offshore but pallet remains broad

1st April 2012

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Development is well underway with a pioneering fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone, writes Dag Pike.

1st April 2012

Ferry uses electric power and air support

1st April 2012