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  • The Bergen C-series gas engine from Rolls-Royce, regarded as the natural successor to the company’s K-series, and designed to minimise methane slip, thus contributing to particularly low GHG emissions
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    More gas engine options come to the market

    29/02/2012

    Medium speed engine designers are looking harder still at gas fuelled options – gas-only or dual fuel - while China, rather than continuing to rely on European designs built under licence, is stepping up its domestic engine design programme, as David Tinsley reports.

  • ‘Oceanic Sirius’, second of two high-specification X-Bow seismic ships from Ulstein
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    X-Bow proves effective on seismic survey ships

    29/02/2012

    On our recent visit to Norway’s West Coast offshore shipbuilders, we inspected the Ulstein SX120 ship ‘Oceanic Sirius’, second of a pair of large, high-specification seismic vessels.

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    Establishing true emission levels for ECA compliance

    29/02/2012

    Martin Lucas, managing director, Kittiwake, asks how shipowners will know the true level of pollution from their vessel exhausts, as the stricter sulphur limits in emission control areas are now less than three years away.

  • Preserving our ecosystems is one of today’s major challenges
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    An eco-friendly alternative gear oil

    29/02/2012

    Klüber Lubrication’s Dirk Fabry describes the development of a readily biodegradable, non-toxic gear oil, undertaken by Klüber Lubrication with SIMRIT and Merkel Freudenberg.

  • Cruise ship ‘Carnival Glory’ has been converted to Promas
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    Short payback claimed for integrated propulsion solution

    29/02/2012

    Some things may sound too good to be true, and many are – but some have been proven to work, such as the Promas integrated propeller and rudder from Rolls-Royce.

  • Krystallon scrubber system for Solvang – could after-treatment be the only proven and viable answer?
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    What do shipowners need to know about 2015?

    29/02/2012

    With the 0.1% fuel sulphur cap entering into force in ECAs on 1 January 2015, owners need to be prepared. The new rules are now less than three years away, and there is still some confusion.

  • The Baltzavod foundry plant, which the USC/Wärtsilä partnership will use for ship machinery production
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    Ship machinery and system production in Russia

    29/02/2012

    A joint venture between a Russian shipyard and a major European marine manufacturer hopes to take advantage of the development of shipping in the Arctic region during the next few years, as Eugene Gerden reports.

  • ‘Rem Fortress’, a Wärtsilä-designed PSV delivered from Kleven Maritime in Norway
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    Second of two ‘green’ PSVs from Kleven

    29/02/2012

    ‘Rem Fortress’ is a new PSV delivered in the last quarter of 2011 by Kleven Maritime. She is sister to ‘Rem Commander’, delivered earlier in the year. Both ships were ordered in July 2010 and replace older ships with the same name in the Rem Offshore fleet, also built by ...

  • Computer generated image of the Deltamarin B.Delta37 standard bulk carrier
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    New ‘green’ Handysize contract signed

    29/02/2012

    With mounting commercial and environmental pressure on the shipping industry to reduce emissions and fuel consumption, it’s encouraging to see that an increasing number of shipowners are ordering more efficient vessels.

  • Preliminary drawing of the CalMac hybrid ferry showing the stern ramp configuration
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    Environmentally-sound hybrid ferries to be built on the Clyde

    29/02/2012

    In a rare reversal of fortunes for the UK shipbuilding industry, Ferguson Shipbuilders in Port Glasgow, Scotland has been selected to build the world’s first two sea-going ro-ro diesel electric hybrid ferries.

  • Integrated bridge systems now involve more elements than just navigation
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    Integrated control – the ‘whole ship’ system

    29/02/2012

    Dag Pike looks at the variety of systems which combine control of several onboard systems in a fully-integrated fashion.

  • Very little breakdown was observed on the tanks of Samco Raven' during inspection
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    'Better than good' after fifteen years

    29/02/2012

    A 300,000 dwt crude oil tanker has made 15 years with very little wear on its cargo tanks, thanks to the durability of an epoxy shield.

  • Kare Jonsson has been awarded the honorary title of group senior specialist by Volvo Penta
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    Specialist title for propeller engineer

    29/02/2012

    Propeller engineer Kåre Jonsson has been appointed by Volvo Penta as group senior specialist.

  • The BallastMaster ultraV ballast water management system from GEA Westfalia Separator Group has been type approved to IMO standards and released for the market with no constraints.
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    Type approval for GEA ballast system

    29/02/2012

    GEA Westfalia says that its newly-launched ultraviolet radiation system for the treatment of ballast water, the BallastMaster ultraV, has received type approval in accordance with IMO guidelines and regulations.

  • Remi Eriksen, new head of DNV’s maritime and oil & gas business: “The shipping industry is facing major changes on several fronts”
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    DNV restructures following KEMA takeover

    29/02/2012

    Det Norske Veritas is establishing a new group structure; following the recent transfer of the majority shareholding in KEMA, it aims to merge some activities to strengthen its industry position.

  • Mark Brownrigg: An EU ETS will require “fiendishly complex regulation”
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    Distrust and disbelief over carbon

    29/02/2012

    Part of the problem seems to be there is some distrust between governmental bodies and the shipping industry. It’s flared up again with a UK Energy and Climate Change Committee report accusing shipping of “delaying tactics” with regard to its calls for a global IMO emissions scheme, and winding up ...

  • The move to 0.5% low sulphur fuel in 2020 or 25 requires a step change to distillates
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    A market economy

    29/02/2012

    To be clear, even the move to 0.5% low sulphur fuel in 2020 or 25 requires a step change, as it means a switch over to distillates, rather than just cleaner fuel oil says John Aitken of SEAaT.

  • David Balston: doubts the study used “to support draconian and ill considered regulation”
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    Cutting off the leg you stand on

    29/02/2012

    “There are many who feel a growing unease about the fact that the EU’s new draft Sulphur Directive is going a lot further than the IMO’s Marpol Annex VI ruling”, says David Balston of the UK Chamber of Shipping.

  • Stadt no-loss drive system layout
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    No-loss electric propulsion selected for gas-fuelled ships

    29/02/2012

    Stadt of Norway reports that its patented Stadt Stascho no-loss drive system has gained a foothold in Korea with the country’s largest shipbuilder, Samsung, offering the system for its LNG-powered passenger ship designs.

  • ‘AET Innovator’, AET’s first lightering support ship and her sister are to be followed by two more examples
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    New lightering support ships near completion

    29/02/2012

    US Gulf llightering support services provider AET says that following the entry into service of its first purpose-built LSV in October 2011, it will take delivery of two similar newbuildings in April and June.