News

‘Oceanic Sirius’, second of two high-specification X-Bow seismic ships from Ulstein VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

X-Bow proves effective on seismic survey ships

The Baltzavod foundry plant, which the USC/Wärtsilä partnership will use for ship machinery production EQUIPMENT

Ship machinery and system production in Russia

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Establishing true emission levels for ECA compliance

Preserving our ecosystems is one of today’s major challenges FUELS & LUBRICANTS

An eco-friendly alternative gear oil

Cruise ship ‘Carnival Glory’ has been converted to Promas PROPULSION

Short payback claimed for integrated propulsion solution

‘Rem Fortress’, a Wärtsilä-designed PSV delivered from Kleven Maritime in Norway VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Second of two ‘green’ PSVs from Kleven

Computer generated image of the Deltamarin B.Delta37 standard bulk carrier VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

New ‘green’ Handysize contract signed

Preliminary drawing of the CalMac hybrid ferry showing the stern ramp configuration VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Environmentally-sound hybrid ferries to be built on the Clyde

Very little breakdown was observed on the tanks of Samco Raven' during inspection GENERAL NEWS

Better than good after fifteen years

The BallastMaster ultraV ballast water management system from GEA Westfalia Separator Group has been type approved to IMO standards and released for the market with no constraints. GENERAL NEWS

Type approval for GEA ballast system

Remi Eriksen, new head of DNV’s maritime and oil & gas business: “The shipping industry is facing major changes on several fronts” GENERAL NEWS

DNV restructures following KEMA takeover

Mark Brownrigg: An EU ETS will require “fiendishly complex regulation” REGULATION

Distrust and disbelief over carbon

The move to 0.5% low sulphur fuel in 2020 or 25 requires a step change to distillates REGULATION

A market economy

European ferries will be facing a number of regulation issues. Photo F Schuler REGULATION

Cutting off the leg you stand on

Stadt no-loss drive system layout PROPULSION

No-loss electric propulsion selected for gas-fuelled ships

‘AET Innovator’, AET’s first lightering support ship and her sister are to be followed by two more examples GENERAL NEWS

New lightering support ships near completion

A SAM Electronics NACOS Platinum integrated bridge system, more than 130 of which have already been ordered worldwide for installation aboard ships of all types and sizes EQUIPMENT

Operators wary of ECDIS risks

EQUIPMENT

Navigation news in brief

The ‘Karin Schepers’ - whose poor record brought about the mandatory introduction of BNWAS EQUIPMENT

Addressing the human fatigue question

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