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  • WinGD's partnership with Propulsion Analytics will produce an advanced engine diagnostics system enabling condition-based monitoring and predictive maintenance as well as performance optimisation
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    WinGD partnership to advance engine diagnostics

    2017-01-18T10:58:00Z

    WinGD has signed an agreement with Propulsion Analytics to develop an advanced diagnostics system for application across the engine developer’s range of two-stroke engines.

  • This is the first time that the USCG has ordered MAN 28/33D STC engines
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    MAN power for USCG Offshore Patrol Cutters

    2017-01-17T15:56:00Z

    The US Coast Guard (USCG) has chosen MAN’s 28/33D STC engines as its propulsion of choice for its new Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) programme.

  • Scrubber refit at GDD- hub of new German yard alliance Photo: Eckardt
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    More German yards join forces

    2017-01-16T10:20:00Z

    Three more German shipyards are closing ranks in the face of what they describe as “cut-throat” competition on the repair and conversion market, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd.

  • The naming and delivery ceremony on 6 January
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    LNG carrier delivered

    2017-01-12T16:09:00Z

    TOKYO-Mitsui OSK Lines has delivered the LNG carrier ''CESI Qingdao'' to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on 6 January.

  • Samsung has history of building tri-fuel LNG tankers for GasLog
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    GTT technology will equip new LNG carrier

    2017-01-12T10:48:00Z

    Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) Mark V technology will equip a new LNG carrier being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

  • Establishing a new partnership in the UAE and Turkey
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    New partnership for Gulf Navigation Holding

    2017-01-12T09:16:00Z

    Holding and Gulf Navigation Holding have entered into a to provide an integrated set of marine services.

  • Grand Bahama Shipyard has a healthy order book
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    Healthy order book for Grand Bahama Shipyard

    2017-01-10T15:52:00Z

    Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited (GBSL) recorded a strong performance in 2016 which included work on 49 commercial vessels and 20 cruise ships.

  • The new factory aims to help China's shipping industry move into the age of LNG fuel
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    First vessel contracts for Chinese engine factory

    2017-01-09T12:28:00Z

    CSSC Wärtsilä Engine Co Ltd (CWEC), the joint venture formed between Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has opened its new Shanghai production facility and announced its first vessel contracts.

  • MHI has built a name for itself with its MET Turbochargers
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    MET turbocharger for WinGD

    2017-01-05T14:33:00Z

    The MET turbocharger has been selected as the first turbocharger for dual-fuel X-DF engines produced by Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd (WinGD).

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    Battery and automation partnership

    2017-01-04T16:05:00Z

    PBES and Høglund Marine Automation have gone into partnership to produce industrial quality energy storage for hybrid and fully electric commercial marine vessels.

  • Installation of scrubbers onboard TT-Line RoPAX vessel Peter Pan
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    Baltec installs Ecospray scrubber for TT Line

    2017-01-04T15:08:00Z

    Baltec Marine are installing four hybrid exhaust gas cleaning systems, manufactured by Ecospray Technologies.

  • Global Class ship from Star Cruises
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    Evac waste systems for Star Cruises newbuilds

    2017-01-03T11:23:00Z

    German shipyard Mv Werften is set to install the Evac Complete Cleantech Solution on board two new Global Class ships for Star Cruises.

  • Wärtsilä will handle all scheduled engine maintenance activities, workshop services and online remote support for the 'Spirit of Hela' (pictured) and 'Gigira Laitebo'
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    Wärtsilä care for MOL LNG carriers

    2017-01-03T09:49:00Z

    Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year maintenance agreement for two LNG carriers with MOL LNG Transport Europe Ltd, a strategic move to increase the reliability of the vessels'' operations and reduce operational costs.

  • OceanSaver becomes the first electro-chlorination BWMS system to be type approved by the US Coast Guard
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    US type approves Alfa Laval and OceanSaver BWMS

    2016-12-24T10:09:00Z

    The US Coast Guard (USCG) has granted its second and third ballast water management system (BWMS) type approvals, to Alfa Laval and OceanSaver.

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    Alfa Laval scrubbers for Grimaldi Group

    2016-12-23T13:35:00Z

    The Grimaldi Group has placed orders for seven hybrid Alfa Laval PureSOx systems with U-design scrubbers.

  • Gearless Azipod propulsion is available for all polar ships from lighter expedition vessels to heavy icebreakers
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    ABB Azipod polar paper

    2016-12-23T11:37:00Z

    With recent forecasts indicating an upward trend in Arctic cruise traffic, ABB has presented a white paper about Azipod propulsions in polar waters.

  • The countries will propose a HFO Arctic reduction plan at the IMO’s summer 2017 meeting
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    US and Canada move to limit Arctic HFO use

    2016-12-22T16:46:00Z

    The US and Canada have committed to concrete actions to protect and sustain the Arctic ecosystem with the countries beginning a strategy to phase down the use of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO).

  • Mols-Linien will have a capacity of 600 people
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    Propulsion deal for Danish passenger ferry

    2016-12-22T16:10:00Z

    Rolls-Royce will provide the main propellers and propulsion control system to a new passenger ferry ordered by Mols-Linien.

  • Hapag-Lloyd has achieved significant energy savings on the 8,749 teu Kyoto Express since installing spee-controlled cooling water pumps
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    Speed control of cooling seawater pumps

    2016-12-22T09:19:00Z

    Hapag-Lloyd has completed the retrofitting of 23 of its container fleet with modern, electronically controlled water pumps, resulting in a big decrease in energy consumption.

  • Wärtsilä's Sea-Master system monitoring the condition of tailshaft equipment
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    Taking strides in shaftline monitoring

    2016-12-22T09:13:00Z

    Advances in wireless sensors and analytics capabilities are driving an increasing focus on tailshaft and shaftline condition. Wärtsilä Seals & Bearings are taking the lead in a burgeoning sector with the most comprehensive monitoring system to reach the market so far.