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    Improved fuel consumption measurement launched by CMR

    2014-11-26T07:26:00Z

    CMR Group has launched what it describes as “a new and innovative approach to engine fuel usage measurement.”

  • The 'M/S America’s Finest' will be built at Dakota Creek Industries in Washington using an ST-116 OL design
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    MAN power for US fishing trawler

    2014-11-25T16:49:00Z

    MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply an MAN 9L32/44CR engine to power a new trawler for independent US fishing company, Fishermen’s Finest.

  • Interferry says that the new rules are what is needed to safeguard further development of the LNG option
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    LNG fuel tank location agreement

    2014-11-25T13:37:00Z

    Interferry has hailed the agreement made at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting on rules for locating fuel tanks on LNG powered ships as what is needed to safeguard further development of the LNG fuel option.

  • Session one speakers answer questions at the end of the first morning at the Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    Conference looks at LNG experience

    2014-11-25T11:27:00Z

    At the 2014 Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Stavanger, the actual existing and future technology of LNG fuelled ship propulsion was the theme of the first actual conference session following the keynotes.

  • The Hyde Guardian Gold BWTS has a new distributor in Europe
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    New European distributor for Hyde

    2014-11-25T10:44:00Z

    W&O Europe has become the exclusive distributor for Hyde Guardian Gold ballast water management systems in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

  • Conference chairman Lars Robert Pedersen of BIMCO welcomes delates to the fifth Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference
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    130 gas fuelled ships confirmed, GFS conference is told

    2014-11-25T09:56:00Z

    Mercator Media’s 2014 Gas Fuelled Ships conference, under the banner of The Motorship, got under way this morning in Stavanger, Norway, with the keynote addresses from a wide variety of important industry figures.

  • RSC's hydraulic, stern tub, thruster oils and cleaners were evaluated by independent laboratories to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) definitions of biodegradable, minimally toxic and not bioaccumulative
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    RSC fluids meet US EPA requirements

    2014-11-24T13:58:00Z

    US-based RSC Bio Solutions’ EnviroLogic environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) and SAFECARE cleaners have been certified as small vessel general permit (SVGP) compliant.

  • Murky past: ex GDR state yacht 'Vineta' (ex 'A Koebis') is up for grabs
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    Historic GDR boat goes to highest bidder

    2014-11-23T15:58:00Z

    A piece of modern German history goes under the hammer in Rostock soon when the state yacht and conference boat once used by East Germany’s Communist leaders is sold at auction, writes Tom Todd.

  • The 86.7m vessels will have the DNV ice class Icebreaker Ice 10 and Winterizes Cold (-30°C)
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    More Havyard icebreakers on order

    2014-11-21T15:33:00Z

    Havyard Ship Technology is to design and build two more 843 Ice offshore icebreakers, to be built at its Leirvik shipyard – a contract worth NOK 1bn (US$148m).

  • The 'Fannefjord' is to be converted to LNG/hybrid power
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    LNG ferry to convert to hybrid power

    2014-11-21T14:26:00Z

    Canadian energy storage system supplier Corvus Energy says that it has been awarded a contract to supply a lithium polymer battery bank for the conversion of a ferry to hybrid propulsion.

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    Doug Woodyard

    2014-11-21T14:25:00Z

    It is with great regret that we learned this week of the passing of Doug Woodyard. He had been in poor health for a number of years, but following a recovery he continued to work until the illness returned this year.

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    Tripartite 2014 looks at market downturn

    2014-11-20T16:45:00Z

    The annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies, agreed that, in the ongoing market downturn, quality is paramount and must be maintained by continuous enhancement of industry standards and procedures.

  • Chandru Rajwani of N-KOM and Henrik Madsen of DNV GL sign the MOU in Dubai
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    DNV GL and N-KOM to cooperate on LNG as fuel

    2014-11-20T14:25:00Z

    To promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel within the maritime and offshore industry, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between DNV GL and Qatar shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM).

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    Shell launches stern tube fluid to comply with VGP

    2014-11-20T14:24:00Z

    Shell has announced a new range of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs), including Shell Naturelle S4 Stern Tube Fluid 100 which it says will allow ships entering US waters to comply with the revised 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP).

  • 'CSCL Globe' is said to be the world's largest containership at 19,000 teu. Photo: HHI
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    MAN power for largest boxship

    2014-11-20T14:24:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that the recently completed 19,000 teu newbuilding for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), built by Hyundai in Korea, is powered by a MAN B&W 12S90ME-C Mark 9.2 main engine.

  • ‘Stena Germanica’ – first ship to be methanol fuelled
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    ‘Stena Germanica’ confirmed to run on methanol in 2015

    2014-11-20T11:57:00Z

    Ferry operator Stena Line has confirmed its plans to convert the 240m, 1,500-passenger, 2001-built ro-pax ship ‘Stena Germanica’ to run on methanol fuel.

  • 'CSCL Globe' is said to be the world's largest containership at 19,000 teu. Photo: HHI
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    HHI completes world’s largest containership

    2014-11-19T10:48:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has completed what it says is the world’s largest containership – the first of five 19,000 teu containerships for China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).

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    Russian government considers Zvezda revisions

    2014-11-19T10:46:00Z

    The Russian government is considering radical revision of the Zvezda shipyard project in the Russian Far East, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • ‘Sunrise Hope’ – first Japanese chemical carrier to use duplex stainless steel and clad steel in its tanks
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    Chemical tanker features novel stainless steel cargo tanks

    2014-11-18T17:29:00Z

    Japanese class society ClassNK reports that the first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in the construction of its cargo tanks has now been delivered.

  • The International Windship Association (IWSA) will facilitate and promote the technology, applications and general concept of wind propulsion
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    New association to promote wind propulsion

    2014-11-18T15:44:00Z

    A new association has been set up to encourage, advise and support the use of wind propulsion technologies in the commercial shipping industry.