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  • Smart ships were on the agenda at the SMI Forum Photo: SINTEF Ocean
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    Smart shipping roadmap unveiled

    2020-11-06T12:07:00Z

    A new roadmap for smart and autonomous sea transport systems has been unveiled at the SMI Forum in Singapore on 22 October.

  • The ‘OZGUR’ has been restored at Sanmar Shipyards Altinova Photo: Sanmar Shipyards
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    Tug delivery strengthens Turkish ties

    2020-11-05T13:02:00Z

    A ceremony to mark the delivery of a new tug to Cyprus Turkish Safety & Salvage has been held at Sanmar Shipyards Altinova on 20 October.

  • GreenSteam and i4 Insight are joining forcGreenSteam and i4 Insight are joining forces Photo: i4 Insightes Photo: i4 Insight
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    AI collaboration drives GHG reductions

    2020-11-05T12:57:00Z

    GreenSteam is partnering with i4 Insight to help drive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and cut operating costs across the maritime sector.

  • The new Arc7 vessel design features three 17MW ABB Azipod electric propulsion units, compared with the 45MW total propulsion in the Christophe de Margerie (credit: SCF)
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    NEW Arc7 LNGS WILL HAVE 6MW MORE POWER THAN PREDECESSORS

    2020-11-04T23:56:00Z

    A new series of Arc7 LNG carriers will feature more advanced icebreaking hulls to permit year-round deliveries from the Arctic LNG 2 project.

  • The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live panel will bring together a panel of industry heavyweights
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    Experts to analyse the impact of ETS extension

    2020-11-04T23:45:00Z

    EU proposals to extend the scope of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to encompass shipping are potentially far reaching. The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Live is bringing together a panel of industry heavyweights to provide their expert views on this latest development and how they see it affecting ...

  • “We have achieved as much as we could,” believes the WG’s chair, Sveinung Oftedal (credit: IMO)
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    ISWG-GHG 7 delivers document to MEPC 75

    2020-11-04T23:10:00Z

    ISWG-GHG 7 sent MARPOL amendments brokered by chairman Sveinung Oftedal to MEPC 75 despite difficult discussions about EEXI and uncertainties over the legal status of CII

  • Dominik Schneiter, Vice President Research and Development at WinGD
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    Preparing for a transformed market: WinGD’s Dominik Schneiter

    2020-11-04T22:38:00Z

    Dominik Schneiter, Vice President of Research and Development at WinGD discusses the challenges and opportunities of developing solutions for upcoming transformations in the shipping market.

  • Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping (credit: ABS)
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    ABS: Fusing data to provide actionable insights

    2020-11-04T22:25:00Z

    Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping, discusses how ABS’s new digital platform will help shipowners to optimise operations

  • The first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) solution is due to enter service in 2021. (credit: ABB Turbocharging)
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    First FiTS2 is fitted into bulkcarrier newbuilding

    2020-11-04T13:33:00Z

    The engine trials for the first installation of ABB’s Flexible integrated Turbocharging System for Two-Stroke Engines (FiTS2) were carried out in May 2020.

  • Dr. Gunnar Stiesch, Senior Vice President, Head of Engineering Engines at MAN (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    MAN REVEALS TIMELINE FOR FOUR-STROKE METHANE SLIP SOLUTIONS

    2020-11-04T13:19:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions anticipates a 2025 market launch for one of its key technologies for eliminating methane slip from four-stroke gas-burning dual-fuel engines. The other, switching the engines from the Otto to the Diesel combustion principle, will be validated in conjunction with the use of future fuels such as methanol ...

  • Wärtsilä is supplying a technology package to Fincantieri Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä strengthens cruise sector position

    2020-11-04T10:56:00Z

    Wärtsilä is working with shipbuilder Fincantieri for the supply of a broad range of solutions to be installed in a number of cruise ships currently being built by the Italian yard.

  • Schottel will supply thrusters to Sanmar Shipyards Photo: Schottel
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    Schottel and Sanmar sign thruster deal

    2020-11-04T10:51:00Z

    Sanmar Shipyards and Schottel have signed a framework agreement making Schottel the exclusive supplier of thrusters for 90-tonne BP tugs of the Bigaçay class in a Robert Allan design.

  • Damen waterbus
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    Damen secures nine-vessel order with ferry JV

    2020-11-03T15:14:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has signed a contract with the Dutch ferry joint venture (JV) Aqualiner-Swets for a total of nine sustainable passenger vessels.

  • Versatile RSD59-type cargo vessel from Krasnoye Sormovo (credit: USC)
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    HIGH PAYLOADS WITH RUSSIAN SEA/RIVER CLASS

    2020-11-02T17:47:00Z

    One of Russia’s most productive inland shipyards has completed a further tranche of sea/river cargo vessels capacity-optimised for the country’s extensive waterway network, writes David Tinsley.

  • LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax with Mark III membrane tank
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    NEWCASTLEMAX DESIGN RUNS ON LNG WITHOUT LOSS OF CARGO CAPACITY

    2020-11-02T16:49:00Z

    Deltamarin and GTT''s LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax design has the same cargo capacity and dimensions as a standard 210,000dwt Newcastlemax but can carry enough LNG for two round trips from Australia to China or one round trip from Brazil to China.

  • A rendering of one of the pair of dual-fuel 22,000dwt chemical tankers under construction for Donsötank Rederi.
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    CHEMICAL TANKERS SET NEW STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENT AND CREW

    2020-11-02T16:48:00Z

    The two 22,000dwt chemical tankers under construction for Donsötank Rederi are leading the industry in emissions reductions and crew welfare.

  • ABB Azipod Photo: ABB
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    Azipod to power newbuild LNG carriers

    2020-11-02T10:29:00Z

    ABB has secured a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering worth more than US$300 million to supply a power and propulsion package for six new vessels that will transport LNG along the Northern Sea Route.

  • DNV GL has launched new digital notations Photo: DNV GL
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    New DNV GL rules drive smart ships

    2020-11-02T10:25:00Z

    DNV GL is launching a new digital chapter to its rules for ship classification.

  • William Hackett identified its heat-treated Grade 8 master link (pictured) as a potential solution to the challenges posed by HE to higher grades of steel (credit: William Hackett)
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    Technical guide to hydrogen embrittlement in topside and subsea lifts

    2020-10-30T17:12:00Z

    William Hackett, the offshore lifting hoists and chains specialist, has released an industry report to raise awareness about the risk of Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE) and Stress Induced Corrosion Cracking (SICC). The report is intended to help offshore operators minimise the risks associated with HE and SICC, and includes guidance on ...

  • ABS has released a white paper focusing on issues surrounding the introduction of Ammonia as Marine Fuel
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    White paper examines ammonia as a marine fuel

    2020-10-30T16:12:00Z

    ABS has released a white paper focusing on issues surrounding the introduction of ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in the design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.