All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 457

  • Fincantieri orders full scale deployment of Climeon’s heat power solution for its cruise ships
    News

    Fincanteri order for Climeon WHRS

    2016-04-28T14:49:00Z

    Fincantieri has selected Climeon’s heat power system, the Climeon Ocean, for its energy efficient solutions.

  • KBB will be showcasing its latest range of turbochargers at CIMAC 2016
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    KBB develops two-stage turbocharger

    2016-04-28T13:28:00Z

    German turbocharger manufacturer, KBB Turbo, will be presenting its latest turbocharging solutions at CIMAC 2016 – the International Council on Combustion Engines congress - in June.

  • News

    Drone detection of sulphur emissions

    2016-04-27T16:31:00Z

    Aerial drones may have the potential to assist enforcement of emissions legislation, but without an international standard for their use several questions remain, writes Lucinda Roberts, associate at law firm Clyde & Co.

  • Lloyd Werft: new group confirmed
    News

    Genting deal creates German yard giant

    2016-04-27T16:26:00Z

    The completion, just announced by Genting Hong Kong, of its €230.6 million purchase of Nordic Yards is the final step in one of Germany’s biggest and most significant shipbuilding shake-ups of recent years, reports Tom Todd.

  • Bibby’s new WaveMaster1 is a 90m long, 20m beam Service Operation Vessel (SOV) capable of a 30 day endurance. Image: Damen
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    Focused solution for Bibby

    2016-04-27T16:22:00Z

    With the the flatlining oil and gas market in the background Bibby Marine Services, like a number of others, has been eyeing the potential offered by offshore wind: however Bibby is clear the answer is crossover – not leftover – technology, writes Stevie Knight

  • Eric Hyder
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    SCR for a sustainable future

    2016-04-27T16:12:00Z

    With new regulations aiming to drastically reduce NOx emission levels for diesel engines, the need to control a vessel’s environmental impact has never been more important. Eric Hyder, strategic account manager at Finning UK and Ireland (Finning), argues that selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology is leading the way.

  • Cathelco has taken a range of orders for its desalination systems, including the 'Ton' above
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    Cathelco desalinators winning customers worldwide

    2016-04-27T14:50:00Z

    Cathelco’s desalination division is gaining a foothold in the commercial and military sectors with a host of orders for its range of space saving water makers.

  • News

    Algoma opts for MacGregor self-unloading systems

    2016-04-26T14:42:00Z

    MacGregor has received a new order for gravity self-unloading systems for two 29,800 dwt bulk carriers from the Yangzijiang shipyard, China.

  • News

    IMO aims for October decision on sulphur cap

    2016-04-26T12:42:00Z

    The date of the global 0.5% cap on sulphur in marine fuel is to be determined in October, if the outcome of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) fuel availability study allows.

  • The vessel’s first mission will be with DeepOcean, performing installation work for Statoil
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    Corvus battery system for hybrid OSV

    2016-04-26T12:16:00Z

    Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi AS has christened its new offshore construction vessel, ‘Edda Freya’. This new vessel was designed and built for the Greater North Sea market and utilizes an environmentally friendly and fuel saving diesel electric hybrid propulsion system powered by a Corvus Energy ESS (Energy Storage System).

  • Progress on fuel consumption data collection at MEPC 69, while further measures on emissions reduction and energy efficiency improvements remain to be discussed
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    IMO progresses on emissions and efficiency

    2016-04-26T11:46:00Z

    The 69th meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has concluded with the approval of mandatory reporting of vessels’ fuel consumption.

  • Optimising cylinder condition while meeting new emissions regulations is a key challenge for ship operators
    News

    The future engines forum

    2016-04-26T08:24:00Z

    The third ExxonMobil/The Motorship Roundtable will take place on 10 May in Hamburg, ahead of the 38th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, addressing the theme ‘Engine performance and condition in a new environmental age’.

  • Evolving engine and fuel supply systems are driving demand for increasingly high-performance valve designs
    News

    Evolving cryogenic valve design

    2016-04-25T09:26:00Z

    Emerging engine and fuel supply system designs are demanding higher performance from cryogenic valves, writes Duncan Gaskin, market development manager at Parker Bestobell Marine.

  • Gerard Rohann (left), CEO of VPS, and Oscar Johansen, chairman of Seagull Maritime, plan to bring fuel management e-learning to crew
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    Fuel management training partnership launched

    2016-04-25T09:02:00Z

    Veritas Petroleum Services and video training provider Seagull Maritime are to create a computer-based crew training tool on fuel management, including sampling, testing and bunkering.

  • Alignment measurement of a propeller shaft using Wärtsilä's gyro laser technology
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    Wärtsilä upgrades equipment alignment services

    2016-04-25T08:30:00Z

    Wärtsilä’s alignment service for propulsion equipment has been extended to new products and markets, with a newly developed condition measurement system allowing diagnosis to be performed while vessels are in operation.

  • News

    New oil leakage calculation tool

    2016-04-21T14:41:00Z

    Thordon Bearings has developed a new tool capable of calculating the amount of operational oil prevented from leaking into the ocean with the installation of a seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing.

  • Alewijnse has won a contract to refit the electrical systems on board the Belgian research ship, Belgica
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    Alewijnse wins Belgian refit contract

    2016-04-21T13:29:00Z

    Netherlands-based system integrator, Alewijnse Marine Systems, has won a significant contract to refit the key electrical systems on board RV Belgica, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

  • News

    New anticorrosive primer from AkzoNobel

    2016-04-20T15:46:00Z

    AkzoNobel Marine Coatings has launched a new anticorrosive universal primer, Intershield One-2-One.

  • RSC Bio Solutions' hydraulic fluids have been approved for use in MAN Turbo & Diesel propellers and stern tubes
    News

    RSC hydraulic fluids approved for use by MAN

    2016-04-20T15:36:00Z

    Specialists in environmentally acceptable lubricants and cleaners, RSC Bio Solutions, has announced that two of its hydraulic fluids have been approved for use in MAN Diesel & Turbo systems.

  • The unexpected and large scale of the machining work required made the 'Flintstone' repair job challenging to carry out
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    Fallpipe vessel repair

    2016-04-19T16:32:00Z

    The Fallpipe vessel ‘Flintstone’ has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam following a six-week programme of maintenance and repair, along with the completion of its first special survey.