All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 208

  • GSI held the steel-cutting ceremony for the first of a series of four dual-fuel LR2 tankers on 5 March 2021 (credit: Guangzhou Shipyard International)
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    LGM Engineering to supply FGSS for series of LR2 product tankers

    2021-05-19T17:36:00Z

    LGM Engineering signed a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply the fuel gas supply system (FGSS) for eight LR2 crude/product tankers. The 119,000dwt newbuildings were ordered by China Bank of Communications Financial Leasing (BoComm Leasing) and deliveries are expected to start from summer 2022.

  • CMA CGM will operate a fleet of 44 LNG-fuelled container ships by 2024. (credit: CMA CGM)
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    Mark III containment for CMA CGM's DF boxships series

    2021-05-19T12:00:00Z

    GTT has won the contract to supply the LNG containment for a series of 12 dual-fuel ultra large containerships under construction for CMA CGM in China.

  • Norsepower has signed an agreement to offer its Rotor Sail auxiliary wind propulsion system via Newport Maritime Services' online portal (credit: Newport Maritime Services)
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    Newport Shipping to offer turnkey Norsepower retrofit via app

    2021-05-19T10:49:00Z

    Newport Shipping is to offer customers of its NMS online repair and retrofit booking platform access to Norsepower''s auxiliary wind propulsion system after agreeing a partnership agreement with the Helsinki-based firm.

  • The new fully electric ‘Sandøy’ is equipped with Schottel RudderPropellers Photo: Schottel
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    Schottel to propel new fully electric ferry

    2021-05-19T10:28:00Z

    Schottel has delivered the main propulsion units for a 42 metre ferry to Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards Group.

  • DNV has created an app to help owners manage ship inspections Photo: DNV
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    DNV unveils mobile inspection app

    2021-05-19T10:24:00Z

    DNV has released a new app helping ship owners and managers digitalise and streamline the workflow, recording and follow-up of their onboard safety inspections.

  • A 1,000m² serially-produced Seawing is expected be installed on one of “K” Line’s bulkers in 2022. (credit: Airseas)
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    PFF Live: Wind assisted propulsion is coming but regulation holds key

    2021-05-18T18:41:00Z

    Wind propulsion is likely to become an increasingly important part of the mix of solutions available to shipowners looking to reduce their environmental footprint, technology developers and ship operators heard in an online forum presented by The Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels Live today.

  • Rendering of the Pohjanmaa-class corvette (picture courtesy of Finnish Defence Forces)
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    WE Tech to make naval debut after Finnish corvette order

    2021-05-17T14:54:00Z

    WE Tech has won an order to supply the WE Drives for a series of diesel-electric Pohjanmaa-class Corvettes for the Finnish Navy, to be built at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Finland. The order is the first for WE Tech''s variable frequency drive solution from the naval market.

  • Van Oord is to install FuelSave's FS Marine+ system aboard its subsea rock installation vessel Bravenes. (credit: Van Oord)
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    FuelSave's FS+ methanol injection solution selected for first MaK retrofit

    2021-05-17T13:19:00Z

    Van Oord has selected a system that injects methanol and hydrogen as a combustion conditioning solution for its MaK four-stroke engines aboard a subsea rock installation vessel.

  • Total Lubmarine is in the final stages of developing a ‘next-generation’ digitalised lubrication analysis and supply management platform (credit: Total Lubmarine)
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    TOTAL LUBMARINE SETS SIGHTS ON LUBE DIGITALISATION

    2021-05-17T12:24:00Z

    Total Lubmarine is in the final stages of developing a ‘next-generation’ digitalised lubrication analysis and supply management platform, Serge Dal Farra, Global Marketing Manager at Total Lubmarine told The Motorship in an exclusive interview.

  • The keel-laying of the ‘MS Finneco II’ Photo: Finnlines
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    Keel laid for Finnlines’ second hybrid RoRo

    2021-05-17T11:11:00Z

    Finnlines’ newbuilding programme has progressed to budget and schedule with all three new ultra-green RoRo vessels in the production phase and the laying of the keel of the second RoRo at the Nanjang Jinling shipyard on 12 May 2021.

  • A JDP will study using ammonia as a marine fuel in Singapore
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    Ammonia as a marine fuel in Singapore

    2021-05-17T11:07:00Z

    Itochu, Itochu Enex, Vopak, Pavilion Energy, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Total have joined forces to develop ammonia as a new marine fuel in Singapore.

  • The new Conversion Optionality Study will focus on the financial risks and climate related financial disclosure risks connected with converting existing vessels to zero carbon fuels
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    Techno-economic study to assess case for alt fuel conversions

    2021-05-14T14:55:00Z

    An industry consortium has launched a ‘Conversion Optionality Study’ to assess the techno-economic, environmental and financial case for converting existing vessels to zero carbon fuels and -technology.

  • MSCL’s new passenger ferry being assembled right on the shoreline of Lake Victoria. (© OSK-ShipTech A/S)
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    OSK-ShipTech to support Great Lakes passenger ferry project in East Africa

    2021-05-14T13:08:00Z

    Danish naval architects OSK-ShipTech has signed a contract to provide Owner’s Assistance and local assembly supervision of a new passenger ferry currently being assembled in Tanzania.

  • The ‘Takaroa Sun’ Photo: NYK Line
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    First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

    2021-05-14T12:08:00Z

    A dual-fuelled chemical tanker which can run on methanol has completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering.

  • Norsepower’s first installation of its tiltable Rotor Sails on board a bulk carrier Photo: Norsepower
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    First Rotor Sails on board bulk carrier

    2021-05-14T12:02:00Z

    Norsepower has completed the installation of five tilting Rotor Sails on board a newbuild very large ore carrier (VLOC) chartered by Brazilian mining company, Vale.

  • NETSCo and Keppel AmFELS are developing Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) designs. (credit: NETSCo)
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    WINDFARM PROJECTS SPUR NEWBUILD BUSINESS

    2021-05-14T11:37:00Z

    South Korea’s adaptive shipbuilding industry has landed a major export deal in the rising market for offshore windfarm construction vessels, writes David Tinsley.

  • The seven-cylinder X82DF-1.0 which passed type approval tests will be installed on a 318,000dwt VLCC
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    WINGD X82DF PASSES TYPE APPROVAL TEST

    2021-05-13T21:43:00Z

    Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD announced that its X82DF-1.0 had passed type approval and factory acceptance tests at licensee CSE-QMD in Qingdao, China in April. The engine will be installed on a 318,000dwt very large crude carrier (VLCC), which is under construction at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) in China.

  • Jiangnan Shipbuilding unveiled its first Type B BrillancE containment tank on 12 May. (credit: Jiangnan Shipbuilding)
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    Jiangnan Shipbuilding receives AiP for LNGC with Type B tank design

    2021-05-13T17:05:00Z

    Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a dual-fuel LNG carrier design on 12 May. The design features the first application of the shipbuilder''s proprietary Type B BrilliancE containment system, which has previously been used in very large ...

  • The ‘Berlin-Ramelau’ RoPax Photo: Damen
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    Damen launches new RoPax in Timor-Leste

    2021-05-13T12:54:00Z

    Damen Yichang Shipyard has launched a new RoPax 6716, to be operated by the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL) stimulating trade, education and employment in the region.

  • Liquefied hydrogen occupies 800 times less volume compared to its gaseous state allowing for easier storage and transportation Photo: wikipedia
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    Hydrogen LH2 supply chain study

    2021-05-13T12:47:00Z

    Keppel Data Centres, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Linde Gas Singapore, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Vopak LNG have joined forces to determine whether bringing liquefied hydrogen (LH2) into Singapore to power Keppel’s data centres is feasible.