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NewsRolls-Royce design for wind farm vessel
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Astilleros Gondan, a shipyard in Spain, to design and equip a second Service Operation Vessel for Østensjø Rederi.
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NewsAlfa Laval HCO filter approved for validation testing
Following successful concept testing on board the crude oil tanker, Stena Suède, the latest Alfa Laval hydraulic control oil (HCO) filter is ready for validation tests.
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NewsFirst delivery for Cat hybrid thruster
Caterpillar Maine’s new Marine Solutions Centre will be overseeing the delivery of the first Cat Marine Hybrid Thruster system.
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NewsKappel propellers for Danaos container vessels
MAN Diesel and Turbo has won an order to supply Danaos Shipping with fixed pitch Kappel propellers to CSCL Europe and CSCL America.
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NewsMarorka and SMEDRI to develop ship efficiency in China
Global provider of energy management and operational performance solutions, Marorka Iceland, and the Shanghai Marine Diesel Engine Research Institute (SMDERI) have joined forces to make China’s shipping industry more efficient and sustainable.
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NewsVLEC order for Alfa Laval PureNOx
Alfa Laval’s PureNOx water treatment solution – PureNOx Prime – has been chosen for use in Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) systems on board five very large ethane carriers (VLEC) to be operated by United Ethane Carriers (UEC).
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NewsPPG to develop eco-friendly hull film system
PPG’s protective and marine business has received EU finding to produce a new fouling protection system for commercial vessels.
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NewsGerman owners confront challenging market
For one of the world’s biggest merchant fleets, environmental regulation and efficiency improvements remain high on the agenda even in the face of economic uncertainty, Martin Kröger, managing director of German shipowners association VDR, tells The Motorship.
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NewsAutonomous shipping: Closer than you think
With plans to build a remote-controlled coastal demonstrator ship by 2018, Rolls-Royce and partners in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications project are confident that such vessels are no longer a distant possibility. But what they discover along the way will be equally important. Gavin Lipsith reports.
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Measuring fuel quality
There is more reason than ever for ship operators to look more closely at how fuel quality can affect engine and vessel performance, writes Larry Rumbol, marine condition monitoring market development manager, ?Parker Kittiwake.
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NewsThe ‘all or nothing’ of ice design
“The problem is with ice is that it’s all or nothing,” says Arto Uuskallio of Aker Arctic. “It’s the nature of the physics: it’s either frozen or liquid.”
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News€3.5 billion German order takes shape
The ten new cruise ships ordered just this week from the shipyards making up Germany’s new Lloyd Werft Group by owners Genting Hong Kong are worth €3.5 billion, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsSchottel launches high-performance nozzle
Schottel has announced that its new high performance nozzle is now available in the Rudderpropper range.
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NewsA place for big ideas
Heavy fuel oil is ‘discouraged’ in the Arctic and completely banned in the Antarctic, which means there is a greater emphasis on low-pollution propulsion, for example LNG, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsMTU develops high-speed pure gas engine
Rolls-Royce’s high speed engine unit MTU is developing the first high-speed marine engines to operate on pure gas, with first applications planned on European ferries.
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NewsWhich way repair after German yard changes?
The dust is settling after yet another corporate reshuffle in German shipbuilding, but it remains to be seen if the latest changes will also benefit the repair and conversion sector as well as newbuilding, writes Tom Todd
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Finning calls for accurate fuel monitoring
Finning UK and Ireland is urging all ship operators to implement accurate monitoring technology to document fuel consumption.
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NewsSembcorp Marine Brazil yard completes debut repair
Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian subsidiary, has successfully completed the yard’s first vessel repair project.
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NewsMitsubishi acquisition to bolster gas-fuelled business
Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe’s (MTEE) new acquisition and merger of Norwegian Gas & Diesel Power AS (G&DP) has been finalised.
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NewsIncrease in oil condition monitoring
Shell Marine Products (SMP) has analysed over 50,000 cylinder drain oils samples via its Shell Rapid Lubricants Analysis (RLA) service for which it says demand has grown rapidly.
