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PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN Diesel & Turbo was first to the market with an LNG-fuelled two-stroke engine, and is now looking other low flash point fuels, as well as helping existing vessels save fuel and…

26th December 2013

MAN looks at alternative fuels and optimising the existing fleet

26th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mikhail Gutseriev, Russian billionaire owner of the Russneft company, one of the country’s leading oil producers, is reported to be considering purchasing the Red Sormovo shipyard and the Proletarian factory in St.…

24th December 2013

Russian billionaire may acquire troubled shipbuilding assets

24th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Damen Shipyards has been awarded a second contract from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government for an 80m ice-class ro-pax ferry.

24th December 2013

Second Damen ice-class ro-pax for Canada

24th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The World Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) has announced the coming year’s international student competition for designing a safe ferry.

23rd December 2013

Ferry design competition 2014

23rd December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has set up a special Casualty Investigation Team in order to look in to and determine the cause of casualties, following the loss of the container vessels, ‘MOL Comfort’.

23rd December 2013

‘MOL Comfort’ investigation

23rd December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Deepwater Enabler is the response to a tipping point according to Bob Rietveldt of Ulstein. Cheap is no longer really viable if it limits what you can do, and given this,…

23rd December 2013

Buoyant enough for the market

23rd December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Although people often seem to be looking for the next novel power source, it’s more likely that the offshore support market will see an increasingly complex set of combinations rather than a…

22nd December 2013

Tying it all together

22nd December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

‘Bow Pioneer’, delivered this year to Odfjell Tankers of Norway by DSME in South Korea, is the largest type 2 chemical tanker afloat, and is described here by David Tinsley.

22nd December 2013

Odfjell brings new scale to chemical trades

22nd December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

“You can’t assume much about what’s really happening to fuel consumption when a vessel is in Dynamic Position mode,” David Barton of Global Maritime tells Stevie Knight.

21st December 2013

Position and economy?

21st December 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä’s long-anticipated dual-fuel two-stroke engine has now been introduced to the market; we saw the first example in operation at the company’s Trieste plant in Italy.

20th December 2013

Low-pressure dual-fuel engine technology comes to two-stroke market

20th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Reports in French newspaper ‘Ouest France’ say that the STX St Nazaire shipyard and Brittany Ferries are cooperating on a project to build the world’s largest LNG-fuelled ferry, larger even than the…

20th December 2013

Largest LNG ferry for France

20th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

All the very best wishes for a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year from everyone at The Motorship.

20th December 2013

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

20th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime says that its K-Sim DP manoeuvring simulator, the latest and most advanced in the company’s DP training range, has received Class A Certification from DNV.

20th December 2013

Class approval for DP simulator

20th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

What shape should the next generation of ferries take? was the question addressed by Rolls-Royce’s Blue Ocean team at the InterFerry Conference, held earlier this year in Malta.

20th December 2013

Ferries for the future

20th December 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Hans Jensen Lubricators (HJL) of Denmark says that its SIP valves can improve overall efficiency, and help towards implementing a vessel’s SEEMP.

19th December 2013

Lubricator valves help achieve favourable SEEMP

19th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German shipyard Meyer Werft – no stranger to tanker newbuildings despite being better known for its cruise ships - has completed the design draft for a flexible new LNG bunker barge, reports…

19th December 2013

Meyer unveils LNG bunker barge

19th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Group has received its new coal carrier, ‘Hokuriku Maru’, built by Oshima Shipbuilding Company Ltd.

19th December 2013

NYK receives latest coal carrier

19th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed that the letter of intent signed with Canada’s Waterfront Shipping for five Electronic LGI (Liquid Gas Injection) methanol-powered engines, has converted into a firm contract.

19th December 2013

First commercial ME-LGI engine contract

19th December 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A Hamburg parliamentarian has proposed that the 23 ships operated by city excursion and ferry operator HADAG should be converted to LNG propulsion, reports Tom Todd.

19th December 2013

LNG fleet conversion proposal

19th December 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The reform of Russian shipbuilding, which was marked by a spate of scandals and behind-the-scenes struggle for gaining control over the strategic industry, is nearing completion, writes Eugene Gerden.

18th December 2013

Russia’s shipbuilding reform nears completion

18th December 2013