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FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

NYK and its subsidiary Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co. Ltd. have jointly developed an additive (Yunic 700LS) for low-sulphur marine gas oil.

3rd August 2010

NYK develops additive for low-sulphur diesel

3rd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As the global marine industry continues to evolve based on increasingly stringent regulations, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been focused on maximising research and development to satisfy requirements whilst minimising the impact…

3rd August 2010

MaK engines target IMO III requirements

3rd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to figures released by Alphaliner, global container port handling volumes are expected to grow by 11.6% in 2010 to 545 Mteu, with a strong first-half performance tempered by slower growth in…

3rd August 2010

Global container volume to top pre-crisis levels

3rd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Caterpillar has developed engine retrofit kits for the Cat 3500 series of marine engines which will allow customers to upgrade mechanical unit injector (MUI) engines to reduce emissions to Environmental Protection Agency…

3rd August 2010

Upgrade kits for Cat marine engines

3rd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rivertrace Engineering Ltd in England has launched the Smart 50M, a new boiler water monitor designed to address specific industry concerns over boiler and pipe blockages and the consequent potential for burn…

2nd August 2010

Smarter boiler monitor launched

2nd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Ras Laffan dry dock in Qatar will be operational by the year-end according to Nakilat managing director Mohamed Ghannam. The work is being undertaken as part of the comprehensive development of Ras…

2nd August 2010

Ras Laffan drydock operational by year-end

2nd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Oman Drydock Company (ODC) is planning to commence ship repair operations at its new facility in Duqm in March 2011. “As much as 75% of the infrastructure (including civil work) and superstructure…

2nd August 2010

Oman shiprepair yard on course for 2011

2nd August 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Engine company launches SCR for inland waters

31st July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Drydocks World – South East Asia has won a contract to build a new oil well intervention compact semi-submersible (CSS) vessel, representing a third order from Singapore-based Hallin Marine. The vessel will…

31st July 2010

Drydocks World wins semisub order

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for privately owned Chinese customer Zhejiang Share.

31st July 2010

Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Aalborg Industries in Denmark has successfully finalised the land-based tests towards obtaining IMO type approval for its AquaTriComb ballast water treatment system with what the company says are very satisfactory test results.

31st July 2010

Satisfactory tests results for Aalborg’s BWT solution

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Alfa Laval has received two orders of claimed record size for its PureBallast systems from two shipyards in Korea to be installed on board 14 container vessels under construction for A.P Møller-Maersk.

31st July 2010

Korean shipbuilders order PureBallast

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has signed a letter of intent with the Canadian ship design company Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) to develop a strategic cooperation agreement.

31st July 2010

Wärtsilä and Robert Allan sign cooperation agreement

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Under the designation Valve Control Management (VCM), ABB Turbocharging and engine component specialist INA Schaeffler KG in Germany are developing an advanced variable valve train system. We first announced this joint venture…

31st July 2010

ABB Turbocharging introduces VCM

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Hyundai Heavy Industries has recently completed the test run of the newly developed high output eco-friendly HiMSEN gas engine H35G in Korea.

31st July 2010

Hyundai Heavy develops eco-friendly gas engine

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Following a recent announcement centering on diesel engines, gas engine specialist GE has now reported the results of its joint development program with ABB Turbocharging for the application of two stage turbocharging…

31st July 2010

New gas engine signals ABB turbocharging 2-stage success

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dieter Kühne, managing director of the Lindenau Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik in Kiel, Germany, describes how the yard has applied large-ship ecological principles to a small coastal tanker, featuring double hull, redundant propulsion,…

31st July 2010

‘Seychelles Paradise’ – a coastal oil/LNG tanker designed with ‘green’ credentials

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Piston seals for cleaner engines

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Engine company launches SCR for inland waters

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes…

31st July 2010

Hitzler completes first of three river icebreakers

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European…

31st July 2010

Innovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch yard Damen is best-known for its policy of standardising designs and using common parts as much as possible throughout the range, but recently the Damen group has embarked on what it…

31st July 2010

Composite water taxi fleet enters service

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

As shipping rules and regulations tighten, an independent class society believes that it has found a neat way to solve the problems of smaller flag states whose vessels are often targeted and…

31st July 2010

IRS surveyors target smaller flags

31st July 2010