Latest News – Page 243
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NewsFirst look at autonomous sea boats
BAE Systems’ Pacific 24 (P24) rigid inflatable boat could significantly enhance the UK Royal Navy’s ability to protect its sailors as the upgraded sea boat is able to execute its own missions without crew and be run from a warship.
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NewsIndustry coalition founds Copenhagen decarbonisation research centre
A group of leading industry participants have launched a new research centre in Copenhagen to further the development of new fuel types and technologies. The founding company partners behind the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping are ABS, A.P. Moller - Maersk, Cargill, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi ...
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NewsWärtsilä upgrades E-Marine cable layer vessel
Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide support to Dubai-based E-Marine, which is currently upgrading its fleet of cable layer vessels to achieve greater efficiencies.
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NewsSteerprop appoints new sales director
Steerprop, the propulsion specialist, has combined its sales and project management functions. Juho Rekola has been appointed as the company''s new director sales and project management, with effect from 1 June 2020.
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NewsFirst ship-to-ship LNG for cruise ship
Hamburg based LNG supplier Nauticor, a subsidiary of the Nordic energy company Gasum, has conducted the initial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for a newbuild cruise ship.
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NewsKongsberg and Incat in first waterjet deal
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won a milestone order which will see the company making its first delivery of large-size waterjets to Incat, the Tasmania-based designers and builders of high-speed, environmentally-efficient catamaran ferries.
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NewsTOSHIBA LTO TECH DEBUT ABOARD COPENHAGEN’S ELECTRIC FERRIES
The delivery of the first of five electric ferries from Damen Shipyards marked the full commercial launch of Echandia Marine’s new battery system, which has been developed using Japanese electronics giant Toshiba’s SCiB™ technology.
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NewsStandship gets ABS approval for neo-Panamax bulker
ABS has granted Approval in Principle to a neo-panamax bulk carrier design from the StandShip Joint Development Partnership (JDP).
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NewsFirst remote survey for harbour tug
Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (BV) has successfully completed a milestone remote marine survey in collaboration with PSA Marine for an LNG dual fuel PSA Marine harbour tug.
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NewsDifferent strokes: enter the combustion alternatives
We’re all familiar with diesel cycle and spark ignition engines, but there are a couple of new kids on the block, writes Stevie Knight. Surprisingly, they might fit right in...
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NewsGROWTH IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
Geir Bjørkeli, CEO at battery supplier Corvus, cites the strength of the company’s maritime heritage and technologies in an interview with The Motorship
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NewsABB launches holistic turbocharger service concept
ABB Turbocharging has introduced a new drydock to drydock service package. Turbo MarineCare offers a fixed price turnkey solution to maintenance, offering shipowners greater financial predictability and peace of mind.
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NewsSchottel launches retractable variants of SRT
German propulsion specialist Schottel has launched a retractable variant of its rim thruster (SRT). The solution is available in a retractable (SRT-R) variant, in which no additional flow resistance is generated when withdrawn, as well as an RT variant, in which the unit can be used as a transverse thruster ...
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NewsStena Bulk to offer biofuel options
Following a successful biofuel trial in April, Stena Bulk is now introducing low-carbon shipping options for its customers.
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NewsRolls-Royce brings microgrids in-house
Rolls-Royce has expanded the business formerly run as Qinous in to a Microgrid Competence Center which focuses on efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions.
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NewsVIGOROUS FLEET RENEWAL BY IRISH OWNER
Leading Irish owner Arklow Shipping, a prominent player in the European shortsea cargo trades, took delivery in June of a further two vessels from Dutch shipbuilding contractor Ferus Smit, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsABS Rules Digitised for Automatic Application in CAD Designs
ABS rules and guidelines are being digitised and linked to CAD modelling software to automatically verify designs developed for shipbuilding and ship repair.
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NewsAnother cancellation blow for German yard
In an unexpected about-turn, Brittany Ferries has cancelled its order for the €195 million ferry Honfleur – just as work was due to resume on the unfinished RoPax newbuild at insolvent German shipyard FSG, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsSupercritical CO2 in Exhaust Energy Recovery System
US-based Echogen Power Systems has partnered with GE to design a closed-loop exhaust energy recovery system that uses supercritical CO2 (sCO2) rather than steam as the working fluid.
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NewsWärtsilä to power zero-emission ferries
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to design and equip two zero-emission battery powered ferries for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö that will be built at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands.
