News

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The final programme for this year’s Gasfuelled Ships (GFS) Conference, which takes places onboard the Viking Line’s ‘Viking Grace’, has been released.

4th July 2013

Final GFS Conference 2013 programme

4th July 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Rolls-Royce has contracted with Brazilian shipyard Aliança Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, for a design and equipment package for two offshore vessels.

4th July 2013

Brazilian offshore contract for Rolls-Royce

4th July 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has announced that the RT-flex58T version D ER-3 has successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT) at licensee Diesel United (DU) in Japan.

4th July 2013

Type approval for another RT-flex engine

4th July 2013

LNG

LNG

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has shipped its first MaK M 46 DF dual fuel marine engine to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan.

3rd July 2013

First dual-fuel MaK engine goes to AIDA cruise ship

3rd July 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Damen Shipyard Group has been busily targeting the offshore market of late and this week it launched its brand pioneering new PSV series to the market.

2nd July 2013

Damen pioneers new PSV range

2nd July 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar is nailing its colours firmly to the ‘one stop shop’ propulsion supplier mast, alongside other companies such as Wärtsilä, Rolls-Royce and MAN, with its acquisition of Berg Propulsion.

1st July 2013

Berg Propulsion to become part of Caterpillar

1st July 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines, has become part of the Tognum Group, a leading supplier of engines and propulsion systems and distributed power generation systems.

1st July 2013

Bergen Engines merged into Tognum group

1st July 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

PSM Marine, the UK expert in marine tank liquid measurement and control systems, has designed and developed a new low cost solution to prevent the theft of bunker fuel and lube oil.

1st July 2013

Cracking down on fuel theft

1st July 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s final Vessel General Permit requirements are focusing attention on bio lubricants, particularly for stern tubes and thrusters, says Castrol’s environmental specialist Susannah Linington.

1st July 2013

Bio lubes cut damage from discharge

1st July 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

With both gas-fuelled and conventional four-stroke technologies currently at a mature stage, the industry waits to see whether, and when, LNG as fuel will become the norm in the markets traditionally served…

1st July 2013

Industry awaits LNG developments

1st July 2013

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Danish company C.C.Jensen describes, in a case study, how its oil filter systems were installed onboard a number of offshore supply vessels, saving on oil consumption, manpower and cost, paying for themselves…

1st July 2013

Sludge handling cut, and short payback time

1st July 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

David Tinsley looks at the first of a pair of multi-purpose icebreaking ships for Sovcomflot of Russia, recently completed at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, and looks forward to similar future deliveries from the…

1st July 2013

New-generation icebreaking supply vessels for Sakhalin duty

1st July 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new research ship, being built in Singapore for the Australian Marine National Facility, comes under the examination of David Tinsley.

1st July 2013

Australia set to expand blue-water research capacity

1st July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stephen Ratcliffe of PSM looks at the implications of the impending tanker cargo overpressure legislation and argues the case for system monitoring as an economical and effective alternative to secondary systems.

1st July 2013

Cargo overpressure: relieving the pain of compliance

1st July 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Magic pipes used for fuel theft are still around, so are West African pirates, says Wendy Laursen.

1st July 2013

Catching and deterring fuel theft

1st July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The push to increase efficiency, saving fuel, costs and emissions is the main driver behind recent developments in deck gear and cargo access equipment.

1st July 2013

Efficiency drives cargo system developments

1st July 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

US company GreenLink Systems describes the advantages of using a regulatory-compliant on board testing system to determine actual levels of exhaust emissions

1st July 2013

On board testing delivers data needed to clean up ships

1st July 2013

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) says that its FuelTrax marine fuel management system has been granted patent protection by the European Patent Office (EPO).

1st July 2013

EU patent for fuel monitor

1st July 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

According to Dutch company Krankendonk, shipyards are coming under pressure thanks to the IMO PSPC coating regulations, which states that plates that are used in ballast tanks need to have a 2mm…

1st July 2013

Edge milling machine designed for PSPC rules

1st July 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new ME-LGI concept is intended to expand the company’s dual-fuel portfolio enabling the exploitation of more low-flash-point fuels such as methanol and LPG.

28th June 2013

MAN describes new dual-fuel gas engine concept

28th June 2013