All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 346
-
NewsABS holds BWM workshops
Classification society, ABS, has run a series of workshops aimed at improving the installation and operation of ballast water management (BWM) systems.
-
NewsDNV GL issues remote operation guidance
The offshore industry needs a robust set of standards enabling new, safely implemented systems to reach the market in order to reap the full benefit of remote operations, say experts from DNV GL.
-
NewsGEV eyes orders for new CNG carrier design in 2019
Global Energy Ventures (GEV), a developer of global integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) projects, is planning to order four CNG carriers based on its CNG 200 Optimum design in the second half of 2019.
-
NewsHempel launches new antifouling solution
International coatings manufacturer, Hempel, has launched Atlantic+, a new antifouling coating suitable for all vessel types and water temperatures.
-
NewsHatz engines given Stage V certification
German diesel engine manufacturer, Hatz, has been awarded certification from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) for its EU Stage V-compliant engines.
-
NewsBAWAT eyes USCG type approval in H2 2019
Copenhagen-based ballast water management system (BWMS) producer BAWAT hopes to receive full US Coastguard approval for its unique pasteurization-based system in the second half of 2019.
-
NewsBabcock wins 21st ecoSMRT contract
Aerospace and defence company Babcock International has secured its 21st supply contract for LNG single mixed refrigerant (SMR) solution ecoSMRT at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea.
-
NewsEnvirocleanse receives final USCG approval
The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to Envirocleanse for its inTank ballast water treatment system (BWTS).
-
NewsTallink's Megastar RoPax to provide data for autonomous vessel project
Cruise and ferry operator Tallink''s Megastar RoPax is to participate in a European Space Agency (ESA)-funded autonomous navigation research project, providing data from the busy Helsinki-Tallinn route crossing the Gulf of Finland.
-
NewsMaritime fuel cell market grows in 2018
The maritime fuel cell market continued to develop in 2018, but the technology remains immature and dependent upon government support for viability in its fastest growth markets, Norway, Germany and Japan, a market report noted.
-
NewsNYK trials blockchain in biofuel bunkering
Shipping and logistics company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) announced that it had completed a trial bunkering operation of biofuel to the BHP-chartered, NYK-owned bulk carrier Frontier Sky at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 30 January 2019.
-
NewsABS issues guidance on LNG barges
Classification society, ABS has released guidance to assist shipyards and barge operators in the design and construction of liquefied gas tank barges equipped with remote control and other degrees of automation.
-
NewsTurkey ratifies Hong Kong convention
Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries, has ratified the International Maritime Organization''s (IMO) Hong Kong convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.
-
NewsCHINA BUILDS CAPACITY FOR ETHANE IMPORTS
A new chapter in the development of seaborne trade in ethane is set to unfold following the January handover of an 85,000m3-capacity liquefied gas carrier for shipments from the USA to China, David Tinsley writes.
-
NewsICS updates Sulphur Cap compliance guidance
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has updated its guidance to international shipping on achieving Compliance with the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap.
-
NewsEU impact assessment favours Med ECA
A European Commission funded impact assessment into a potential Mediterranean emissions control area (ECA) found that designating such an ECA would result in significant socio-economic benefits. This is the third such study to report since mid-December amid intensifying attention on a potential designation. The IMO''s MEPC is clarifying its existing ...
-
NewsDSIC delivers 85,000 m3 VLEC
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore (DSIC Offshore) delivered its first 85,000 m3 very large ethane carrier (VLEC) to JHW Engineering & Contracting (JHW) on 15 January. The keel-laying of a second VLEC took place at the same time.
-
NewsJMUC delivers ultra large container ship for ONE
Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation delivered a 14,000 TEU ultra large container ship, the ONE GRUS, to Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 1 February. The delivery is the 13th of 15 vessels originally ordered by shipping operator NYK.
-
NewsOshima delivers second coal carrier with binary power generation
Oshima Shipbuilding delivered a new coal carrier to shipping and logistics company “K” Line on 1 February 2019. The 91,861 DWT coal carrier, the CORONA YOUTHFUL, is equipped with a binary cycle power generation system unit, an innovative system that generates electricity from the exhaust heat emitted by the ship’s ...
-
NewsConnect LNG’s Norwegian UTS success
Norway-based Connect LNG has conducted an offshore marine operation in Norway using its UTS jettyless transfer system.
