All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 213

  • Mitsui & Co. has joined the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
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    Mitsui joins Copenhagen-based emissions reduction coalition

    2021-04-23T15:17:00Z

    Mitsui & Co. is the latest company to join the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, a Copenhagen-based research centre designed to support shipping’s decarbonization ambitions.

  • The concept design of the AI-based fire detection system received an approval in principle on 21 April. (credit: KR)
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    HHI receives AiP for AI-based fire monitoring system

    2021-04-23T11:24:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based safety management/monitoring system (HiCAMS). The solution has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) by class society Korean Register of Shipping and Liberian Registry.

  • Volvo Penta D13 MH IMOIII/EU Stage V marine engine arriving at Lemmen Diesel Engines Photo: Volvo Penta
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    First installation for Volvo Penta D13 engine

    2021-04-23T11:15:00Z

    The MBS ‘Zuiderdiep’ has become the first vessel to be equipped with Volvo Penta’s D13 Stage V marine engines – the first of their type to enter the European market.

  • Signing the service contract with Alfons Håkans Photo: Kongsberg Maritime
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    Konsgberg signs ETC contract for new tugs

    2021-04-23T11:11:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract to provide its new extended thruster coverage (ETC) service programme to support two new ice-breaking escort tugs.

  • President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at the launch of the Azerbaijan at Baku Shipyard in December 2019 (credit: Baku Shipyard)
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    CASPIAN RAILSHIP SHOWS AZERBAIJAN INTENT

    2021-04-23T10:39:00Z

    Built in Baku to a Ukrainian design, Azerbaijan’s new ferry is central to the country’s logistic goals and testament to its advancing production capabilities.

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    European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) The C-Suite discussion continues in Hamburg

    2021-04-22T16:50:00Z

    Following November''s hugely successful Propulsions and Future fuels live session. Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO; Harry Conway, Vice Chairman, IMO MEPC; Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, MSC and Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Chief Executive Officer, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center will all be together again as the keynote panel in Hamburg.

  • Corvus Energy has already signed the first order for energy storage systems in Japan for the world`s first fully-electric coastal tanker to be operating for Japanese Shipowner Asahi Tanker Photo: E5 Lab Inc
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    New venture to bring Corvus to Asian market

    2021-04-22T13:27:00Z

    Corvus Energy has signed a joint venture agreement with Sumitomo Corporation for the marketing, sales and after-service of Corvus Energy’s battery and fuel cell systems in Japan and the wider Asian market.

  • Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower Photo: Norsepower
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    Norsepower and Keppel sign Rotor Sail deal

    2021-04-22T13:13:00Z

    Norsepower has signed a framework agreement with Offshore Technology Development (OTD), Keppel Offshore & Marine’s technology arm specialising in the provision of equipment for the offshore oil and gas, marine and offshore wind industries.

  • The European Commission is postponing a decision on whether natural gas projects, such as Finland's Martinlaakso dual-cycle power plant in Vantaa (pictured), should be included in its green finance taxonomy. (credit: Joneikifi, Creative Commons ...
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    Confusion and delay dog FuelEU Maritime initiative

    2021-04-21T20:49:00Z

    As outside political factors intrude, there is still no date in sight for the finalisation of the landmark EU policy initiative on fuel standards and ship emissions, reports Paul Gunton

  • The installation height of the LE-Drive, including the electric motor installed on top of it, is comparable to that of a Z-Drive. (credit: Schottel)
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    Schottel launches LE-Drive solution

    2021-04-21T20:47:00Z

    Schottel has launched a new electric drive solution, the LE-Drive ("Embedded L-Drive"), in response to increasing demand for electric drive concepts.

  • Rolls-Royce has made the first deliveries of the 16-cylinder engines of its mtu Series 8000.
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    MTU makes first deliveries of new 16V 8000 engine

    2021-04-21T17:03:00Z

    Rolls-Royce announced that it has delivered the first 16-valve version of its mtu Series 8000 high-speed engine. The engines were delivered to Taiwanese shipyard, CSBC Corporation.

  • The 26,000dwt SUL (Self Un Loader) Bulker is under construction at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard. (credit: CSL Group)
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    DIRECT ELECTRIC DRIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM CHOSEN FOR BULK CARRIER

    2021-04-21T16:20:00Z

    After over 60,000 hours of trouble-free operation for shipowner Polarcus, Berg Propulsion’s Twin Fin direct electric drive propulsion system has been chosen by CSL Group for their latest self unloading bulk carrier under construction in China.

  • HGK’s innovation and sustainability programme is gathering steam with new hybrids like Gas 94 – nearing completion at TeamCo.
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    Germans pioneer low-draught hybrid tankships

    2021-04-21T15:57:00Z

    HGK Shipping in Duisburg is building two innovative low-draught inland tankers of “pioneering” hybrid propulsion design and more are likely to follow, reports Tom Todd.

  • Viable alternatives to fossil fuels do not yet exist for large trans-oceanic ships Photo: Bloomberg
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    Industry calls on UN to develop MBMs

    2021-04-21T11:47:00Z

    Shipping bodies BIMCO, CLIA, International Chamber of Shipping and the World Shipping Council, along with other industry groups, have submitted a proposal to the IMO, urging it bring forward discussions around market-based measures (MBM) by several years and incentivise the global fleet to transition to new fuels and technologies.

  • The memorandum of cooperation was signed on 21 April in the presence of Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Transport and Foreign Affairs Photo: MPA
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    Team-up to establish decarbonisation centre

    2021-04-21T11:41:00Z

    Foundation Det Norske Veritas, which owns DNV Group, has teamed up with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and five other industry leaders to establish a maritime decarbonisation centre in Singapore.

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    New speaker announced for PFF Live

    2021-04-21T10:37:00Z

    The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference are please to announce, Roger Strevens, VP, Global Sustainability at Wallenius Wihelmsen as the latest speaker to be announced for the next session of PFF Live, due to take place May 18, 2021, 11-12 CEST.

  • WindWings
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    Wind propulsion partnership launches

    2021-04-20T14:27:00Z

    A new partnership aims to accelerate the implementation of wind-assisted propulsion for the global shipping industry.

  • GTT’s membrane containment system Mark III Flex
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    GTT books order for three HHI LNG carriers

    2021-04-20T11:21:00Z

    GTT has announced that it has received an order for the tank design of three 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

  • Cummins demonstrated Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. (Credit: Cummins)
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    New Cylinder Deactivation Control Strategy Shown to Reduce Vehicle NOx Emissions

    2021-04-20T10:31:00Z

    A study conducted by Cummins and Silicon Valley-based Tula Technology has demonstrated a 74% reduction in NOx emissions and a 5% reduction in CO2 using Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF™) on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine.

  • LR's Senior Inspector Hideo Natsui (left) presented the AiP to Tsuneishi Shipbuilding's Shipbuilding Sales Department Manager Keiichiro Sho (right) on 30 March.
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    Tsuneishi receives AiP for dual-fuel Kamsarmax design

    2021-04-19T18:49:00Z

    Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register for a dual-fuel LNG-powered Kamsarmax bulker design on 30 March.