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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Debate over discharge standards and type approval testing continue to create uncertainty for shipowners despite the reassurances of the equipment manufacturers, according to Wendy Laursen.

18th February 2013

Too many type approvals

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Some operators are deliberately flouting bilge water discharge rules, writes Wendy Laursen.

18th February 2013

A corrupt corporate culture

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bill Davidson, chief engineer of California Maritime Academy’s research and training vessel Golden Bear, has now had hands-on experience with three different ballast water treatment systems, writes Wendy Laursen.

18th February 2013

An engineer’s perspective on ballast water treatment

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Current scrubber systems focus on the removal of SOx and NOx from ship engines rather than polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and particulate matter (PM) that end up in the scrubber effluent, writes…

18th February 2013

Scrubbers need a hydrocarbon add-on

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sven Jadzinski, senior product manager marine, at GEA Westfalia Separator Group looks at GEA’s approach to efficient and compliant ballast water treatment.

18th February 2013

Environmentally-friendly and trouble-free voyages

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In its drive to be a complete systems supplier to the maritime industry, Wärtsilä is looking far beyond its core propulsion-related product portfolio.

18th February 2013

Condition monitoring provides key to ship automation

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dart Automation, the automation and instrumentation division of Nico International, has been accredited with Germanischer Lloyd certification as an authorised service supplier for vibration monitoring and machinery diagnostics onboard ships.

18th February 2013

Vibration monitoring certified

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

“We simply saw a gap: a vessel that can handle high seas more easily than the normal offshore tug and barge combinations,” says Remko Bouma of Damen Shipyards Bergum.

18th February 2013

Tug and barge alternative

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Of the latest build to come out of Ulstein’s yard, Haavard Stave says: “Although is called ‘Seven Viking’, should really have ‘Victorinox’ stamped onto it like a Swiss Army knife, it has…

18th February 2013

More compact than a Swiss Army knife

18th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Challenges, Kleven MD Ståle Rasmussen tells MS, tend to arise in combination with each other when building LNG vessels.

18th February 2013

Growing gas challenges

18th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Cruise operator Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement with Swedish marine fuel system manufacturer Jowa Technology to install fuel switching equipment and provide training onboard Carnivals fleet.

15th February 2013

Carnival chooses Jowa management system

15th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Singapore based shipping company, Toisa Ltd, has signed a contract with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of a multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV), designed by Norway’s Ulstein.

13th February 2013

Ulstein design for Toisa

13th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with GC Rieber Shipping for a seismic vessel, to the Skipsteknisk ST 324 XT design.

13th February 2013

Seismic vessel ordered from Kleven

13th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Global power and automation group, ABB, has acquired California based port automation expert, APS Technology Group, in a bid to extend its crane system portfolio into the container port market.

13th February 2013

ABB acquires APS Technology

13th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK based maritime service company, Harris Pye Group, has formed an alliance with fellow UK engineering company, Cyrus-RW, to work together on engineering projects around the globe.

12th February 2013

Harris Pye and Cyrus-RW form alliance

12th February 2013

OPINION

OPINION

The UK media has recently run a number of stories about a ‘mystery’ marine pollutant that was supposedly responsible for the deaths of a large number of seabirds on the English south…

11th February 2013

‘Green’ additive or lethal pollutant?

11th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

OceanSaver is offering shipowners what it calls a “10% investment, 100% certainty” deal on its ballast water treatment systems (BWTS).

11th February 2013

OceanSaver tries to cut BWTS uncertainty

11th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK specialised marine engineering company, Burgess Marine, has acquired fellow British ship repair company, Testbank.

11th February 2013

Burgess Marine acquires Testbank Ship Repair

11th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Arsenio A Dominguez, vice chairman of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for The Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference’.

8th February 2013

Keynote speaker confirmed for P&E Conference

8th February 2013

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

German shipyard Neptun is reported transferring work to Meyer Werft to help its parent company cut costs and further raise productivity to meet stiffer competition, writes Tom Todd.

8th February 2013

Neptun helps as parent Meyer cuts costs

8th February 2013