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NewsTallink's Megastar RoPax to provide data for autonomous vessel project
Cruise and ferry operator Tallink''s Megastar RoPax is to participate in a European Space Agency (ESA)-funded autonomous navigation research project, providing data from the busy Helsinki-Tallinn route crossing the Gulf of Finland.
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NewsMaritime fuel cell market grows in 2018
The maritime fuel cell market continued to develop in 2018, but the technology remains immature and dependent upon government support for viability in its fastest growth markets, Norway, Germany and Japan, a market report noted.
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NewsNYK trials blockchain in biofuel bunkering
Shipping and logistics company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) announced that it had completed a trial bunkering operation of biofuel to the BHP-chartered, NYK-owned bulk carrier Frontier Sky at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 30 January 2019.
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NewsABS issues guidance on LNG barges
Classification society, ABS has released guidance to assist shipyards and barge operators in the design and construction of liquefied gas tank barges equipped with remote control and other degrees of automation.
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NewsTurkey ratifies Hong Kong convention
Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries, has ratified the International Maritime Organization''s (IMO) Hong Kong convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.
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NewsCHINA BUILDS CAPACITY FOR ETHANE IMPORTS
A new chapter in the development of seaborne trade in ethane is set to unfold following the January handover of an 85,000m3-capacity liquefied gas carrier for shipments from the USA to China, David Tinsley writes.
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NewsICS updates Sulphur Cap compliance guidance
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has updated its guidance to international shipping on achieving Compliance with the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap.
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NewsEU impact assessment favours Med ECA
A European Commission funded impact assessment into a potential Mediterranean emissions control area (ECA) found that designating such an ECA would result in significant socio-economic benefits. This is the third such study to report since mid-December amid intensifying attention on a potential designation. The IMO''s MEPC is clarifying its existing ...
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NewsDSIC delivers 85,000 m3 VLEC
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore (DSIC Offshore) delivered its first 85,000 m3 very large ethane carrier (VLEC) to JHW Engineering & Contracting (JHW) on 15 January. The keel-laying of a second VLEC took place at the same time.
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NewsJMUC delivers ultra large container ship for ONE
Kure Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation delivered a 14,000 TEU ultra large container ship, the ONE GRUS, to Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 1 February. The delivery is the 13th of 15 vessels originally ordered by shipping operator NYK.
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NewsOshima delivers second coal carrier with binary power generation
Oshima Shipbuilding delivered a new coal carrier to shipping and logistics company “K” Line on 1 February 2019. The 91,861 DWT coal carrier, the CORONA YOUTHFUL, is equipped with a binary cycle power generation system unit, an innovative system that generates electricity from the exhaust heat emitted by the ship’s ...
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NewsConnect LNG’s Norwegian UTS success
Norway-based Connect LNG has conducted an offshore marine operation in Norway using its UTS jettyless transfer system.
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NewsJumbo Fairmaster put to work in Taiwan
Dutch transportation company, Jumbo has loaded 16 ultra-heavy petrochemical columns and accompanying cargo using its heavy lift vessel (HLV), the Fairmaster.
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NewsABS AIP FOR TWO DSIC LNG BULKER DESIGNS
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Group Co (DSIC) has received an AiP from ABS for a 208,000 DWT bulk carrier and a 260,000 DWT VLOC design concept capable of using LNG as fuel.
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NewsWoolwich ferry to reopen with hybrids
Transport for London (TfL) plans to resume its Thames crossing at Woolwich in February with the launch of two new hybrid diesel-electric ferries.
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NewsEfficient shaft generator boosts ice-class vessel
WE Tech Solutions has supplied its energy efficient Solution Three Economical Operations (PTO) and Boost Mode (PTI) together with direct drive permanent magnet shaft generator to ESL Shipping’s 25,600dwt self-unloader ice-class LNG-fuelled bulk carrier ‘Viiki’.
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NewsCleanship engineers scrubber retrofit deal
UK-based, Cleanship Solutions, has been selected as the dedicated scrubber engineering partner for a large container vessel operator’s 2019 scrubber retrofit programme.
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NewsShipowner interest in LPG-burning engines mounts
Shipowner interest in using LPG as a marine fuel is picking up, both for LPG carriers and for other vessels, with engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions confirming receipt of a seventh order for its ME-LGIP engine.
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NewsZvezda develops thruster tech and propulsion workshop
Rosneft announced on 10 December that it had developed an electric steerable thruster with a capacity of 7.5 MW for an ice-class multi-functional support vessel project at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex.
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News10 years of Alfa Laval PureSOx
The global sulphur cap will take effect in 11 months. But one important milestone has already been reached for exhaust gas cleaning system supplier, Alfa Laval. The new year marks a decade since the first vessel set sail with an Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubber on board.
