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  • NAVIGO MCL Extra
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    Lukoil launches cylinder oil for low-sulphur fuel

    2017-06-06T08:41:00Z

    Russian-owned LUKOIL Marine Lubricants has launched NAVIGO MCL Extra, a marine cylinder oil for distillate, ultra-low sulphur fuel oil (0.1%) and low sulphur heavy fuel oil applications.

  • The collaboration wants to achieve cleaner shipping
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    LNG fuelled bulker project

    2017-06-05T17:15:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Lloyd’s Register (LR) are undertaking a joint development project (JDP) to design 180k DWT class dual fuelled bulk carriers.

  • Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock
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    VDC uses robotic technology in BWT installation

    2017-06-02T08:54:00Z

    Vancouver Drydock Co (VDC) has installed a ballast water treatment (BWT) system on Louis Dreyfus’ ''Ile de Batz'' special purpose/cable layer vessel using new technology.

  • 'Far Sun' will be fitted with VARD’s SeaQ Energy Storage System
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    Battery installation for Farstad PSV

    2017-06-01T15:50:00Z

    Vard will deliver an upgrade to a Farstad Shipping Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) to convert it to use state of the art battery technology lowering both emissions and operating costs.

  • NYK's Hideyuki Ando noted that improving safety is at the core of the group's investments in big data and digitalisation
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    NYK and DNV GL in engine data pilot

    2017-06-01T10:04:00Z

    Japanese ship owner NYK and class society DNV GL are collaborating in a project exploring possibilities for collecting and using big data to improve safety and efficiency.

  • Eimskip container vessel
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    Deltamarin container vessel to be built in China

    2017-06-01T06:28:00Z

    Icelandic Eimskip and Greenland-based Royal Arctic Line A/S have ordered three energy-efficient container vessels designed by Deltamarin.

  • FSRU
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    Framo delivers pumping systems for FSRU

    2017-06-01T06:25:00Z

    Norway-headquartered pump specialist Framo will deliver pumping systems to Höegh LNG’s new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).

  • Solvang will bring its EGR and ECR solution onboard four new ethylene carriers, Ask told CIMAC Circle delegates
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    Solvang rolls out EGC+EGR emissions solution

    2017-06-01T06:13:00Z

    Four new ethylene carriers to be delivered to Solvang Shipping in 2019 will feature a combined exhaust gas cleaning (EGC) and recirculation (EGR) system after a successful test onboard the Norwegian operator’s LPG tanker ‘Clipper Harald’.

  • With a builder now secured, Ecoship is due for completion in 2020
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    Ecoship builder confirmed

    2017-05-31T11:43:00Z

    Japan’s Peace Boat cruise organisation says it will construct its unique Ecoship green concept cruise vessel with the Finnish shipbuilder Arctech.

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    Natural gas R&D partnership

    2017-05-31T09:34:00Z

    Eni has signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fincantieri establishing a research and development partnership which will include energy project studies related to natural gas.

  • Volvo Penta has chosen SCR for its IMO Tier III solution, available on its auxiliary and genset engine ranges
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    Volvo Penta chooses SCR for Tier III concept

    2017-05-31T07:07:00Z

    Engine maker Volvo Penta has chosen selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to reduce NOx emissions as part of a newly launched IMO Tier III engine and after-treatment solution.

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    Bourbon enlists Kongsberg for connected vessels

    2017-05-31T06:33:00Z

    Bourbon and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a strategic agreement of collaborative development on connected and autonomous vessels.

  • The Hyperloop could disrupt shipping, as well as Gresta's idea that "we choose who to love based on traffic"
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    Love, traffic and disruption at Nor Shipping

    2017-05-30T16:10:00Z

    Speakers at the Nor Shipping opening conference tackled the weighty topic of shipping disruption on the first day of the biennial exhibition.

  • LNG bunkering map in Europe as displayed in the LNGi portal (image: DNV GL)
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    DNV GL launches LNG fuel finder

    2017-05-29T15:56:00Z

    A new service will connect LNG-using ship owners and charterers directly to gas bunker suppliers.

  • TMC's new boil-off gas compressor is said to enable operators of gas-fuelled ships to optimiise their fuel efficiency
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    TMC launches boil-off gas compressor

    2017-05-29T08:33:00Z

    Compressor specialist TMC has launched a boil-off gas (BOG) compressor that can be used on all vessels burning LNG as ship fuel.

  • Installation-free, cloud-based ship performance monitoring from NAPA relies on a database of more than 6.5 million voyages
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    NAPA launches installation-free performance monitoring

    2017-05-29T08:17:00Z

    Software and data house NAPA has launched a cloud-based performance monitoring solution that requires no installation.

  • Sembcorp's retrofit service will now offer COldharbour's in-tank, in-voyage, inert gas ballast water treatment technology
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    Sembcorp adds Coldharbour BWMS to retrofit solutions

    2017-05-29T07:50:00Z

    Singapore shipyard group Sembcorp Marine is to offer Coldharbour Marine’s inert-gas ballast water management system as part of its Green Technology Retrofit (GTR) service ship owners.

  • 'VIking Princess' will become the first OSV to use energy storage to replace a generator from September
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    Wärtsilä hybrid propulsion for Eidesvik OSV

    2017-05-28T06:18:00Z

    Eidesvik Offshore vessel ‘Viking Princess’ has become the first OSV to use batteries to reduce the number of installed generators after commissioning a hybrid propulsion system from Wärtsilä.

  • The ship is designed to ensure both economic benefits and environmental performances
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    Crucial stage passed for first LPG ferry

    2017-05-25T17:31:00Z

    The ‘world’s first’ Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) fuelled ferry designed to use GE’s Combined Gas turbine Electric and Steam (COGES) system has successfully completed Hazard Identification (HAZID) meetings.

  • A new frame size for the Power2 range will bring further vessel types within reach of two-stage turbocharging
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    ABB takes two-stage turbocharging to wider market

    2017-05-25T15:22:00Z

    ABB Turbocharging is launching a new frame size for its Power2 800-M two-stage turbocharging solution, enabling the company to offer the product for a wider range of vessels. The new frame size, Power2 845-M, will be launched in mid-2017.