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NewsWärtsilä to supply propulsion solutions for innovative fast ferry
Wärtsilä has announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply dual-fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new High-Speed Ro-Pax ferry. The ship, TBN Margarita Salas, is being built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària.
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NewsAMCL inks first long-term turbo service agreement with Accelleron
Associated Maritime (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., the leading VLCC shipowner and manager, has signed a long-term deal covering turbocharging servicing for ten A175-L turbochargers with Accelleron Turbo Systems (Hong Kong) Ltd.
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NewsLNG Capesize+ newbuild completes first mission
First of ten LNG Capesize+ newbuilds is helping Anglo American achieve its net zero goal by 2040
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NewsMalaysia Builds LNG Carrier Influence
A further stage in the expansion of the Malaysian-owned LNG carrier fleet has been signalled by the construction in South Korea of the 174,000m3-capacity sisters Seri Damai and Seri Daya.
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NewsQtagg to overhaul cruise ferry’s propulsion
Qtagg has won a deal to upgrade a cruise ferry’s propulsion control system, helping to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
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NewsEuropean funding for LOHC fuel cell retrofit project
A project to equip an offshore wind vessel with a solid oxide fuel cell power and heat generation system fuelled by hydrogen converted from toluene-based LOHC has been awarded EUR15 million from the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
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NewsKR and LISCR approve HiNAS autonomous navigation technology
Korean Register (KR) and Liberian Registry (LISCR) have awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Avikus, a company specializing in autonomous navigation within Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, for its autonomous navigation system HiNAS 2.0.
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NewsChinese licensee agreement extended
Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) and its Chinese partner, China State Shipbuilding Corporation Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (CSE), have signed an extension to the licensing agreement to build UE low-speed engines.
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NewsHigh-End Cruiser From Genoese Yard
Italy’s shipbuilding industry has again shown its mettle in luxury passenger vessel construction by landing a yacht-type cruise vessel order from a joint venture market entrant.
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NewsCyber Security Audits Need To Cover BWMS: BIO-UV
From September 2024, ships with systems that fail to meet IMO and/or US Coast Guard requirements are at risk of detention by Port State Control authorities with serious off -hire implications, berthing delays, charter disruption, and large financial penalties, notes Maxime Dedeurwaerder, BIO-SEA Business Director at BIO-UV Group’s Maritime Division.
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NewsDecarbonisation Funding Will Require Institutional Investors
Tony Foster, CEO and CIO of Marine Capital discusses the challenges of attracting outside investment into the decarbonisation of the UK’s short-sea sector.
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NewsBusiness models to influence tech choices: viewpoint
2023 promises to be a momentous year for the shipping industry.
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NewsDetermined Japanese Plan For Long-Term
While the merchant vessel order intake by Japanese yards for 2021 was, at around 16.3m dwt, on a par with that of the preceding year, the indications at this early stage of 2023 are that 2022 brought a pronounced decline in new contract volume, aggravated by a much reduced flow of new bulker contracts.
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NewsBetter fuel consumption using smart air compressors
BW LNG could benefit from up to 40% energy savings on its new LNG vessels thanks to TMC smart air compressors
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NewsMAN Signs MoU To Explore Modular Genset Options For Naval Market
MAN Energy Solutions and SH Defence of Denmark have signed an MoU to explore the potential for collaboration regarding the development and use of MAN 175D GenSets in a modular capability for naval vessels to meet requirements worldwide.
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NewsWinGD and CMB.TECH to co-develop large NH3-fuelled engine
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines. The companies aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of ten x 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be built at a Chinese shipyard in 2025 and 2026.
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NewsIrish Ferries to study passive air lube system
Irish Ferries has contracted for a feasibility study and integration engineering for a ‘passive air lubrication system’ (PALS) onboard their RoPax cruise ferry, W.B. Yeats.
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NewsGTT Looks To Extend Digital Twin Model Functionality
GTT announced that it has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) by Lloyd’s Register for the use of its ‘Sloshing Virtual Sensor’ to optimise LNG membrane tank maintenance.
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NewsURN guidelines revision to consider cavitation and shaft solutions
The next meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) will consider draft revised guidelines covering the reduction of underwater radiated noise (URN) agreed by the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 9) in late January.
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NewsRCCI engine will embed model-based control to optimise combustion
Finland’s Clean Propulsion Technologies project is developing a medium-speed marine engine based on Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) technology which is designed to take advantage of model-predictive control to optimise combustion in real time.
