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NewsAn engineer’s perspective on ballast water treatment
Bill Davidson, chief engineer of California Maritime Academy’s research and training vessel ''Golden Bear'', has now had hands-on experience with three different ballast water treatment systems, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsScrubbers need a hydrocarbon add-on
Current scrubber systems focus on the removal of SOx and NOx from ship engines rather than polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and particulate matter (PM) that end up in the scrubber effluent, writes Wendy Laursen.
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NewsEnvironmentally-friendly and trouble-free voyages
Sven Jadzinski, senior product manager marine, at GEA Westfalia Separator Group looks at GEA’s approach to efficient and compliant ballast water treatment.
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NewsCondition monitoring provides key to ship automation
In its drive to be a complete systems supplier to the maritime industry, Wärtsilä is looking far beyond its core propulsion-related product portfolio.
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Vibration monitoring certified
Dart Automation, the automation and instrumentation division of Nico International, has been accredited with Germanischer Lloyd certification as an authorised service supplier for vibration monitoring and machinery diagnostics onboard ships.
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NewsTug and barge alternative
“We simply saw a gap: a vessel that can handle high seas more easily than the normal offshore tug and barge combinations,” says Remko Bouma of Damen Shipyards Bergum.
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NewsMore compact than a Swiss Army knife
Of the latest build to come out of Ulstein’s yard, Haavard Stave says: “Although is called ‘Seven Viking’, should really have ‘Victorinox’ stamped onto it like a Swiss Army knife, it has so many functions packed in.”
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NewsGrowing gas challenges
"Challenges," Kleven MD Ståle Rasmussen tells MS, "tend to arise in combination with each other when building LNG vessels."
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NewsCarnival chooses Jowa management system
Cruise operator Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement with Swedish marine fuel system manufacturer Jowa Technology to install fuel switching equipment and provide training onboard Carnival''s fleet.
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NewsThree new offshore construction contracts for STX OSV
STX OSV, the Singapore-based offshore and specialised vessel shipbuilder in which Fincantieri recently gained a majority shareholding, has announced no fewer than three separate contracts to build offshore subsea construction vessels for Norwegian-based owners.
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NewsVisemar chooses MAN power
Italy’s Visemar''s new RoRo, to be built at Venice’s Cantiere Navale Visentini yard, will be powered by a complete MAN propulsion package featuring 2 9L32/44CR medium speed engines.
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NewsUlstein design for Toisa
Singapore based shipping company, Toisa Ltd, has signed a contract with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of a multipurpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV), designed by Norway’s Ulstein.
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NewsSeismic vessel ordered from Kleven
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with GC Rieber Shipping for a seismic vessel, to the Skipsteknisk ST 324 XT design.
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NewsABB acquires APS Technology
Global power and automation group, ABB, has acquired California based port automation expert, APS Technology Group, in a bid to extend its crane system portfolio into the container port market.
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NewsHarris Pye and Cyrus-RW form alliance
UK based maritime service company, Harris Pye Group, has formed an alliance with fellow UK engineering company, Cyrus-RW, to work together on engineering projects around the globe.
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News‘Green’ additive or lethal pollutant?
The UK media has recently run a number of stories about a ‘mystery’ marine pollutant that was supposedly responsible for the deaths of a large number of seabirds on the English south coast.
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NewsOceanSaver tries to cut BWTS uncertainty
OceanSaver is offering shipowners what it calls a “10% investment, 100% certainty” deal on its ballast water treatment systems (BWTS).
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NewsBurgess Marine acquires Testbank Ship Repair
UK specialised marine engineering company, Burgess Marine, has acquired fellow British ship repair company, Testbank.
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NewsKeynote speaker confirmed for P&E Conference
Arsenio A Dominguez, vice chairman of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for ''The Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference’.
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NewsNeptun helps as parent Meyer cuts costs
German shipyard Neptun is reported transferring work to Meyer Werft to help its parent company cut costs and further raise productivity to meet stiffer competition, writes Tom Todd.
