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  • Volkmar Galke, WinGD’s Global Director of Sales. (Image: WinGD)
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    Surging orders for WinGD’s biggest engines amid boxship spree

    2021-06-29T10:31:00Z

    Winterthur-based engine developer WinGD has received more than 80 orders for its largest engines in 2021, reflecting the spate of orders for large containerships. WinGD''s orderbook for 920mm bore X92-B engines has grown six times compared to the number of engines ordered at the same time last year.

  • Kaj Portin (left) and Juha Kytölä at Wärtsilä's engine test cell in Vaasa. (Credit: Christoffer Björklund/Wärtsilä)
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    Wärtsilä to add methanol engine to portfolio by 2024

    2021-06-28T13:39:00Z

    Kaj Portin, General Manager, Fuel & Operational Flexibility, Wärtsilä Marine, discussed progress in developing hydrogen-vector solutions in an exclusive interview with The Motorship.

  • BAE Systems' Support Information Knowledge Management (S-IKM) tool.
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    New BAE Systems data management solution to improve RN ship availability

    2021-06-28T13:31:00Z

    The UK''s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a five-year contract to BAE Systems to provide a data management system to multiple ships in the Royal Navy fleet.

  • FSW can deliver welds free of typical arc welding defects like porosity, solidification cracking and embrittlement.
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    BOOST FOR NEW WELDING METHOD

    2021-06-28T13:16:00Z

    Proven in aluminium shipbuilding, friction stir welding (FSW) technology is the subject of a multinational research project to extend applications to steel fabrication, writes David Tinsley.

  • GEV C-H2 vessel (Copyright Global Energy Ventures)
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    CH2 CARRIER PROTOTYPE DESIGN WILL TRANSITION TO ZERO-CARBON FUELS

    2021-06-28T12:51:00Z

    The design for a vessel capable of carrying 430 tons of compressed hydrogen (C-H2) being developed by Australia-based Global Energy Ventures (GEV) will likely initially have an LNG dual-fuel generator and electric drive system as a first step in making the transition to zero-carbon propulsion.

  • James Moran, North Director (Singapore) Photo: North P&I Club
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    New Singapore office for North P&I Club

    2021-06-28T12:36:00Z

    North P&I Club has taken occupancy of new offices in Singapore, its regional headquarters for Asia, enabling a focus on further growth in the region.

  • Svanehøj has an order to supply deepwell gas fuel pumps for 22 ULCVs Photo: Svanehøj
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    Svanehøj breakthrough in container market

    2021-06-28T12:32:00Z

    Svanehøj has broken through into the container ship market with an order from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries for deepwell gas fuel pumps for 22 ultra large container vessels.

  • Panos Koutsourakis, ABS Director of Sustainability Strategy, Singapore
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    Methanol is a realistic alternative as a marine fuel

    2021-06-25T16:28:00Z

    Methanol can provide a straightforward, regulated transition for the shipping industry, writes Panos Koutsourakis, ABS Director of Sustainability Strategy, Singapore

  • A new partnership will help shipowners reach decarbonisation targets
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    Helping shipowners decarbonise

    2021-06-25T13:55:00Z

    Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS), Deltamarin and Bureau Veritas are joining forces to provide ship performance and energy transition solutions for the world’s shipowners.

  • The ‘Germanica’ taking on board methanol Photo: Anna Hult/Stena Line
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    Producing methanol from residual steel gases

    2021-06-25T13:44:00Z

    Stena Line is thought to have achieved a world first with the powering of one of its RoPax ferries on methanol recycled from residual steel gases.

  • A picture of MV Glen Maddox in June 2021, illustrating the completion of the structure around the stern and inside the hull. (copyright Mark Gibson)
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    Ferguson targets Q3 2022 delivery for first CalMac dual-fuel ferry

    2021-06-25T13:39:00Z

    Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) has announced that the first of two dual-fuel Caledonian MacBrayne ferries being built at the yard will be delivered between “July and September 2022”.

  • The proposed consolidation between Keppel O&M and Sembcorp Marine (pictured) will create 'complementary yard capabilities', the companies announced. (credit: Sembcorp Marine)
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    Sembcorp Marine discusses potential merger with Keppel O&M

    2021-06-25T12:58:00Z

    The Singaporean maritime engineering services provider Sembcorp Marine has opened talks to combine its operations with local competitor Keppel O&M, the two companies announced in a stock market filing yesterday.

  • The results of a patch test of Selektope containing paint in Tokyo Bay after 12 months.
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    CMP ADDS SELEKTOPE ANTIFOULING TO DEEPSEA VESSEL COATINGS

    2021-06-24T14:06:00Z

    Chugoku Marine Paints is integrating I-Tech’s antifouling technology Selektope into a new coating within the SEAFLO NEO series for worldwide trading vessels. The new low friction, hydrolysis antifouling coating will be available from July 2021.

  • Wärtsilä is supplying its LNG cargo handling and fuel system to two LNG bunkering vessels Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä wins two LNG system orders

    2021-06-24T13:43:00Z

    Wärtsilä has received two more orders for its complete LNG cargo handling and fuel system from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

  • DNV has issued guidance on interpreting the rules around the maintenance of LSA equipment Photo: David Dixon
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    DNV guidance on maintaining LSA equipment

    2021-06-24T13:39:00Z

    DNV has clarified its interpretation of the rules around the maintenance and testing of life saving appliances (LSA) equipment.

  • Dr. Otto Preiss (left), Chief Technology Officer and COO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, and Dr. Uwe Lauber (right), CEO of MAN Energy Solutions, signing the agreement.
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    MAN ES and Rolls-Royce sign turbocharger cooperation agreement

    2021-06-24T13:29:00Z

    Rolls-Royce and MAN Energy Solutions have signed an agreement for a strategic partnership under which MAN”s PBST brand will distribute mtu turbochargers. PBST will include the latest generation of the mtu turbocharger family ZR1 to ZR5 in its product portfolio and will distribute them under the series name HIRO in ...

  • Shipyard Ferus Smit and Arklow Shipping opted to fit Van der Velden BARKE high-lift flap rudders to its series of 8,500dwt singledeckers.
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    High-lift rudders for Arklow singledeckers

    2021-06-24T12:57:00Z

    Damen Marine Components has announced that it has completed deliveries of an order for BARKE high-lift flap rudders for 6 x 8,500dwt singledeckers for Arklow Shipping. The company has also delivered Van der Velden MASTER rudders for four 16,500dwt vessels.

  • Norsepower’s first installation of its tiltable Rotor Sails on board a bulk carrier Photo: Norsepower
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    Vale's ambitions to decarbonise the front haul route

    2021-06-23T16:47:00Z

    Mining major Vale’s ambitions to lead the low carbon agenda include its maritime supply chain, Rodrigo Bermelho, Shipping Technical Manager at Vale explains.

  • The LNG bunker vessel Gas Agility seen during recent operations at the Dunkerque LNG Terminal. (credit: Dunkerque LNG – HappyDay)
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    TotalEnergies Marine Fuels positions for a transformed maritime landscape

    2021-06-23T16:42:00Z

    Frédéric Meyer, Director Strategy & Projects for TotalEnergies Marine Fuels explains how the marine fuels business unit of TotalEnergies plans to leverage the company’s investments into cleaner, renewable energies to serve its shipping customers.

  • One Sea has released a white paper on autonomous shipping Photo: One Sea
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    Autonomous shipping white paper

    2021-06-23T16:35:00Z

    An alliance bringing together experts in autonomous ship technology has released a new white paper on the relationship between ship safety and autonomous technology.