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NewsFuel payers save more with advanced monitoring and optimisation solutions
With success or failure increasingly dependent upon it, key players in the maritime industry are working together to develop operational efficiency software with enhanced precision measuring capability: Esa Henttinen, vice president at NAPA for operations, reports on the sea trials of one such product: ClassNK-NAPA Green.
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NewsSigmund Borgundvaag: four decades of designing the future
Stevie Knight talks to naval architect Sigmund Borgundvaag of Rolls-Royce, whose 40-year career in the design of OSVs have earned him the title ''the grandfather of offshore support ships''.
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NewsDriving sustainability: overcoming barriers for technology uptake
Finding finance can often prove an obstacle to efficiency-enhancing measures; Stephanie Draper, chair and co-founder, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, explains how innovative financing and transparency can inspire technological progression to drive operational efficiencies, reduce fuel costs and lower emissions.
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NewsClass society acquires maritime software house
Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK is to acquire the Finnish maritime software house NAPA, in a deal which is claimed to help improve safety and performance of the maritime industry as a whole.
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DSME wins ice-class gas tanker order
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea has announced a Russian contract for an LNG carrier with icebreaking capabilities.
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NewsEcoCam continues MAN diesel fuel optimisation
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced a device known as EcoCam, intended for retrofitting to its mechanical two-stroke engines with single turbochargers.
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NewsDiesel is far from dead
Although alternatives are looking increasingly attractive, Lloyd’s Register believes that the trusted traditional two-stroke diesel engine will continue to be the first choice in large ship propulsion for many years to come.
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NewsCost-effective turbocharger modification for fuel saving and emission control
Dr Anatoly Mezheritsky, president of Canadian engineering company MA TurboEngine, looks at alterations to turbocharger configuration for large marine engines employing slow steaming and other part-load operations to cut fuel costs and reduce exhaust emissions.
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NewsBunker barge uses electric propulsion
With ever-tighter emissions limits in port areas, there are pressures on vessels operating mostly within harbor confines, like tugs and bunker barges, to be as clean as possible; Dag Pike describes an electric Belgian bunker barge.
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NewsBulgaria’s Bourgas Shipyards put up for auction
Bourgas Shipyards, a shipbuilding and repair yard located on the country’s Black Sea coast, has been put up for sale, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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NewsAustralian owner orders two Vard PSVs
Vard Holdings has announced contracts for the design and construction of two Vard 1.08 PSVs for offshore contractor Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA), which is based in Fremantle, WA.
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NewsMacGregor secures “substantial” contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply deck equipment for a series of eight 58,500 tonne bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China.
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NewsE-maritime solutions partnership
France’s high-technology group, Orolia, has signed a strategic partnership with the global hardware and software provider, Transas, to develop new e-maritime solutions for the shipping industry.
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NewsABB supplies drive systems to Vard Electro for PSVs
ABB reports that its modular liquid-cooled drives and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are part of an application-specific propulsion and thruster power system for offshore supply ships from Vard Electro.
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NewsInsurer warns of ‘oily business’ in Argentina
Insurer The American Club has warned its members that customs authorities in Argentina are becoming particularly strict regarding declaration of ships stores.
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UASC completes largest ever order
The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has completed its largest ever newbuild order by exercising the final option for one 18,000 teu vessel with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
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NewsClassNK responds to boxship safety concerns
ClassNK, the Tokyo-based classification society, has established a new inspection panel into large containership safety, following the Japanese government investigations into the ‘MOL Comfort’ incident.
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Two more OSVs from Vard
Vard Holdings, the Singapore-based Fincantieri subsidiary formerly known as STX Offshore, has announced contracts for two more offshore support vessels, following the announcement on 11 March of a large subsea construction vessel order.
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NewsHFO still dominant in 2030, says LR study
Classification Society Lloyd’s Register has issued a new study, ‘Global Marine Fuel Trends 2030’, as a follow-up to its 2013 report ‘Global Marine Trends 2030’.
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Major new Asian contract for Stadt
Nam Cheong Group in Malaysia has ordered more electric propulsion system from Stadt, a sustainable electric propulsion expert based in Norway.
