Latest News – Page 139

  • All of the major lube oil suppliers now offer approved MAN ES Category II 40BN solutions.
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    40 BN lubricants now meet MAN’s Cat II requirements

    2022-08-02T11:12:00Z

    All the major lubricant manufacturers have now ensured the 40 BN formulations are compliant with MAN Energy Solution’s Cat II requirements for cylinder oil detergency.

  • The IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments has failed to agree on whether poor CII performance should be a detainable deficiency.
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    CII won’t be detainable deficiency

    2022-08-02T11:03:00Z

    The IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments has failed to agree on whether poor CII performance should be a detainable deficiency. 

  • Wah Kwong has signed an agreement with BV to study the feasibility of on-board carbon capture and storage.
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    BV studies onboard CCS with Hong Kong shipowner

    2022-08-02T10:57:00Z

    Bureau Veritas (BV) and Wah Kwong, one of Hong Kong’s largest shipowners, have signed a cooperation agreement to study the feasibility of installing carbon capture and storage (CCS) units on existing ships.

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    MAN ES and Mitsui sign turbocharger deal

    2022-08-01T12:07:00Z

    New licence agreement with MAN Energy Solutions will bring Mitsui turbocharger technology to the market

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    ClassNK opens Rome office

    2022-08-01T12:02:00Z

    ClassNK has opened a new exclusive surveyor office in Rome, Italy

  • Chesapeake Shipbuilding (pictured) was one of four yards to be awarded grants of over $1mn under the Small Shipyard Grant Program.
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    US Funding For Smaller Players

    2022-08-01T10:57:00Z

    Government funding amounting to nearly $20m has provided a boost to modernisation and improvement plans at small shipyards throughout the USA.

  • Yara Clean Ammonia and Pilbara Ports Authority will conduct a year-long joint assessment of potential demand and required ammonia bunkering infrastructure.
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    Pilbara Ports plans ammonia bunkering

    2022-08-01T10:35:00Z

    Yara Clean Ammonia and Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) have signed an agreement to jointly facilitate the uptake of clean ammonia as a marine fuel in Western Australia.

  • Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV George III, the first LNG-fuelled vessel to fuel on the US West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii.
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    Pasha Hawaii takes delivery of LNG-fuelled container ship

    2022-08-01T10:28:00Z

    Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV George III, the first LNG-fuelled vessel to fuel on the US West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii.

  • MOL took part in a successful experiment that measured real-time and three-dimensional wind conditions within a 15 kilometre radius while underway.
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    MOL trials world’s first onboard wind measurement device

    2022-08-01T10:12:00Z

    Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Metro Weather have demonstrated the onboard operation of Metro Weather’s Doppler Lidar that measures faraway wind conditions in real time.

  • GTT Tech
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    LH2 AiPs for GTT

    2022-07-28T12:49:00Z

    DNV has granted GTT two approvals in principle for liquefied hydrogen designs

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    LT Service Contract for DF Dredger

    2022-07-28T10:14:00Z

    GIE Dragages-Ports has inked a long-term service contract (LTSA) with MAN PrimeServ for provisional eight-year period for a dual-fuel dredger operated by the French port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire.

  • Quadrise has used an MSAR production plant installed at a Cepsa refinery for trials with other operators
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    MSC to trial Quadrise biofuels

    2022-07-28T09:56:00Z

    MSC Shipmanagement Limited of Cyprus has signed a framework agreement with Quadrise, the supplier of MSAR® and bioMSAR™ emulsion technology and fuels. 

  • SK AUDACE in dry dock of MMHE (Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering)
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    CMS carries out 36,000 hour maintenance on X-DF engine

    2022-07-27T12:23:00Z

    CSSC Marine Service Co (CMS), the worldwide equipment service subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has successfully completed the world’s first ever 36,000 running hours major maintenance on dual-fuel (X-DF) marine engines.

  • NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation has begun a trial using 100% biodiesel supplied by Itochu Enex.
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    NYK and Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha start 100% biofuel trial

    2022-07-27T12:15:00Z

    NYK and NYK Group company Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation have started a test sailing using Neste Renewable Diesel supplied by Itochu Enex.

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    Accelerometer noise thresholds reduced

    2022-07-27T12:12:00Z

    Noise thresholds across all ranges have been significantly lowered on Kistler’s triaxial accelerometer 

  • Furetank has signed a contract for an 11th vessel in the Vinga class of dual-fuel tankers with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard.
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    Furetank orders 11th dual-fuel tanker

    2022-07-27T12:09:00Z

    Furetank has signed a contract for a new dual-fuel tanker which will become the 11th in its Vinga series of top-performing, energy efficient tankers.

  • American Ship Repair (ASR) will serve as C-LNG's official representative in the US.
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    ASR partners with C-LNG Solutions

    2022-07-27T10:56:00Z

    American Ship Repair (ASR) has partnered with C-LNG Solutions and will serve as their official representative in the US.

  • The UKHO's phased withdrawal of paper charts from production will take place over a number of years and is anticipated to conclude in late 2026.
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    UKHO readies for withdrawal of paper charts

    2022-07-27T10:50:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced its intention to develop options for the withdrawal from global paper chart production by late 2026 to increase focus on its digital navigation products and services.

  • Evergreen's Ever Alot has set a new record in boxship capacity.
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    New Milestone For Chinese Builders

    2022-07-27T10:37:00Z

    Taiwan’s Evergreen Group has commissioned the world’s highest capacity containership to date, topping the 24,000 teu mark. The first in a series of seven booked from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) yards, the 400m Ever Alot represents a new milestone for Chinese production. 

  • Andrew Scott, Business Development Manager, Babcock LGE
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    Ammonia and LCO2 among Babcock LGE’s development targets

    2022-07-26T10:26:00Z

    Andrew Scott, Business Development Director at Babcock LGE, assesses the emerging alternative fuel markets and gives an insight into the company’s development priorities in an exclusive interview with The Motorship.