All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 270
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NewsTitan LNG looks beyond LNG barging capacity expansion
As the expansion of LNG bunkering infrastructure across northern Europe accelerates, attention is turning to expanding supply at smaller ports. Titan LNG''s Commercial Director Michael Schaap offers his perspective, having recently received an EUR11m grant to expand its network of bunker barges to cover Lubeck and Zeebrugge.
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NewsLBG offers possibility of further emissions reductions
The environmental requirements of operating in the Wadden Sea – a Unesco World Heritage Site – meant that sustainability had been a focus for Doeksen throughout the project, managing director Paul Melles told The Motorship.
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NewsADERCO WARNS OF VLSFO THREATS FOR SHIPOWNERS
Aderco, the fuel treatment technology supplier, is warning that the IMO low sulphur fuel cap introduced in January 2020 has not eradicated the potential threats from the five key issues that can damage the health and maintenance of diesel engines.
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NewsBMT appoints new CSE managing director
BMT has appointed a new managing director for its Commercial Shipping Europe business. Dennis de Bruin has taken up his new role with immediate effect.
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NewsAvoiding the bump: two-stroke entry ignition innovation
We’re used to engines which pretty much explode the gases inside the chamber: however, there is a way to avoid it, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsEuropean Green Deal spells more hurdles for shipping
The IMO’s hard-won 2018 agreement on shipping’s greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 have now been superseded by more ambitious requirements set forth in last December’s European Green Deal. Once again, the European Commission has forced shipping’s hand, risking the creation of separate emissions regimes in different geographies.
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NewsNewport offers LNG conversion services
Newport Shipping offers a full range of services for LNG conversions for clients to meet the challenge of achieving the International Maritime Organisation’s decarbonisation goals.
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NewsCovid-19: Techcross introduces remote FATs
Techcross has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by solving customer service issues remotely using solutions such as videoconferencing or training local engineers to deliver support.
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NewsZF refocuses auto powertrain unit on e-mobility developments
ZF is restructuring the technology company''s passenger vehicle focused powertrain unit, and will create a new division out of the previous Car Powertrain Technology and E-Mobility Divisions to offer electrified driveline solutions under one roof.
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NewsMartin Oetjen to lead combined MAN ES purchasing and supply chain division
MAN Energy Solutions is combining the separate Supply Chain and Production divisions - Martin Oetjen will join the Executive Board on 1 August 2020 with responsibility for the newly created division.
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NewsFirst truck-to-ship LNG bunkering in Germany
On 27 July Gasum conducted the first truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Germany, delivering fuel to the first LNG-fuelled research vessel.
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NewsDamen to supply tugs to Antwerp
Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to deliver two RSD Tugs 2513 after an intensive tender process.
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NewsEEXI approach poses challenges for ferry segment
If the IMO adopts the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) approach, the new rules will have a particular impact on the ferry sector, Kari Reinikainen hears.
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NewsCOVID-19 guide to bulk handling
Vistrato Limited has produced a guide for ships and terminals handling solid bulk cargoes that focuses on minimising physical interactions between ship and shore personnel during loading/unloading operations as required by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsRivertrace integrates e-ORB tool to extend water quality solution
Rivertrace, the smart water quality monitoring technology provider, is offering an integrated SMARTSAFE e-ORB discharge monitoring system. The solution incorporates Rivertrace''s security system monitoring equipment with Prevention at Sea''s e-ORB (PAS electronic Oil Record Book) software application.
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NewsBerg Propulsion reorganises after Caterpillar purchase
After closing a deal on 30 June to buy Caterpillar Propulsion AB and re-establish Berg Propulsion, the company announced plans to consolidate its manufacturing in Sweden.
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NewsCOMMISSIONING FAILURES AN OMINOUS SIGN FOR BWTS OPERATION
An estimated 60-70 percent of the merchant fleet is yet to have a ballast water treatment system installed. Industry experience so far gives a clear warning of the pitfalls
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NewsBALLAST WATER EXCHANGE AS A LAST RESORT
Equipment delays are just the short-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsABB drives for full-electric workboat
Electrification among small vessels and workboats is an area of rapid innovation at the moment. One example of innovation is a fully-electric fish farming boat, Evoy, which is possibly the world’s fastest serial-production craft of its type. At the heart of Evoy’s electric propulsion system is an ABB drive.
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NewsSilverstream in eight newbuild LNGC deal
Silverstream Technologies has secured a new deal to install its air lubrication technology on board eight newbuild LNG carriers being constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea.
