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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Reports in the US press suggest that cruise operator Carnival has agreed a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency and US Coast Guard that will exempt it from the 2015 ECA sulphur…

5th September 2013

Carnival chooses exhaust gas cleaning to meet US ECA limits

5th September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Prüftechnik Alignment Systems of Germany has launched its Alignment Center 2.2, PC software package, claimed to take care of all the data management needs for the shaft and geometrical alignment of machinery

5th September 2013

Alignment data managed through process

5th September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

SB Broneske (Schwingungstechnik-Bronekse GmbH) has received Lloyd’s Register Type Approval for single steel pipe bulkhead penetration.

4th September 2013

New certificate for SB Broneske

4th September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tanker operator Eitzen Chemical is implementing Jotuns Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system on two of its largest chemical carriers.

4th September 2013

Energy-efficient coatings for chemical tankers

4th September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, otherwise known as “K” Line, has reached agreements with two shipbuilders to build four next generation car carrier vessels.

4th September 2013

New generation car carriers

4th September 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norwegian company Clean Marine says that its exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) from has clocked up a world first, by becoming the first EGCS to operate in the US emission control area…

4th September 2013

Scrubber proves itself in US ECA

4th September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Korean Register (KR) is to supply the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) with a new generation ‘RuleCheck’ system for port state control officers (PSCOs) in the Paris MOU region.

3rd September 2013

KR to supply new EMSA to Paris

3rd September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based marine aerofoil technology company Oceanfoil says that it has formed partnerships with naval architects Owen Clarke Design and University College London’s Energy Institute (UCL-Energy) to further develop the company’s wingsails for…

3rd September 2013

Boost for wind technology development

3rd September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The European TEN-T (Trans-European Network for Transport) programme recently announced funding for several major projects designed to encourage setting up of LNG bunkering facilities for ships in Europe.

2nd September 2013

Europe backs LNG ship fuel option

2nd September 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä is to supply the design and integrated solutions for a new LNG powered large platform supply vessel (PSV) for Siem Offshore.

2nd September 2013

Wärtsilä design for LNG powered PSV

2nd September 2013

LNG

LNG

It is not too late to book places at the 4th Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference, to be held on 11-12 September 2013, onboard the LNG-fuelled cruise ferry ‘Viking Grace’, as it…

1st September 2013

Gas Fuelled Ships Conference draws near

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The new round of heavy, expensive but comparatively fragile subsea modules are once more pushing against the limits of their deployment equipment and, according to Stevie Knight, are prompting a rethink.

1st September 2013

Running right through the middle

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

There’s more tonnage needed in the subsea construction market, but vessels are expensive, so any innovation that can help keep the rates down may well prove popular, writes Stevie Knight

1st September 2013

Holding costs down in the deep end

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Innovative automation taking place at the Kleven Verft yard in Ulsteinvik is looking to make the most out of a car-technology crossover which has been shaving time and costs from other industries,…

1st September 2013

Robots gain the advantage

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The issue with LNG power so far has been the disconnect between the large ocean going carriers and the bunkering facilities available in ports for vessels such as PSVs, Thanos Koliopulos, global…

1st September 2013

Connecting the disconnect

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Many of the new rigs expected to come into the North Sea region around end 2015 to 2016 will be bigger than the previous generation, but it’s unclear yet if the new…

1st September 2013

Playing the OSV guessing game

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

While multiple strands of technology are a necessity for support vessels, Stevie Knight says that it seems some users are being caught in the knot that’s been slowly tying up the bridge.

1st September 2013

A bridge over troubled water

1st September 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The distinctive foredeck covers of the recently delivered ice-support vessels Aleksey Chirikov and Vitus Bering sweep upward from the bow to near level with the wheelhouse, making both ships instantly recognisable. But…

1st September 2013

No freeze to icebound operations

1st September 2013

OPINION

OPINION

Shipping and shipbuilding could, say some commentators, fall apart in the next few years. A lack of any sense of urgency seems to be to blame.

1st September 2013

Heading for a log jam

1st September 2013

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Big repair projects neared completion at leading yards mid year as the spotlight stayed on offshore, but cruise, merchant and special ships also continued to prove their staple worth, reports Tom Todd.

1st September 2013

Offshore focus amid staple work keeps German yards in business

1st September 2013