All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 230

  • Cybersecurity Onboard Ships
    White Papers

    Guidelines on Cyber-Security Onboard Ships

    2021-01-04T11:00:00Z

    The fourth edition of the industry cyber risk management guidelines, Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships is now available and lays the foundation for further improvements and refinement of companies’ cyber security risk assessments. The updated version of the cyber security guidelines report is published at a ...

  • Stefan Goranov, WinGD: “You should be able to tell when you’d be better off raising the load and transferring the extra energy to a battery for future use, and when it’s more effective to allow partial loading of the generator.”
    News

    The big hybrid conundrum – more or less than the sum of its parts?

    2021-01-04T10:56:00Z

    For hybrids, system control integration isn’t a ‘nice to have’, it’s a necessity.

  • A special form of vessel constitutes Russia’s new floating Arctic research station.(credit: Admiralty Shipyard).
    News

    UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH

    2021-01-04T10:47:00Z

    Russia’s unerring focus on the Arctic region has spawned a project entailing a distinctly unusual design of home-grown research vessel, writes David Tinsley.

  • The interdisciplinary SATURN project includes DNV GL, BV and Wärtsilä among its participants © Pauhla McGrane
    News

    CONCERTED BID FOR QUIETER SEAS

    2021-01-04T10:35:00Z

    A major European research project is set to be launched to address the issue of underwater radiated noise, writes David Tinsley.

  • M/V ‘Auto Energy’ and LNG bunker vessel ‘Coralius’ Photo: UECC
    News

    First ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG/LBG

    2020-12-18T10:30:00Z

    A pure car truck carrier (PCTC) owned by UECC has received the first ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG blended with 10% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG).

  • A large Kongsberg winch package will be fitted to Astrid Fiskeri’s new pelagic trawler/purse seiner Photo: Kongsberg Maritime
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    Kongsberg to supply electric winch package

    2020-12-17T10:54:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a large electric winch package for a pelagic trawler/ purse seiner currently being built for Astrid Fiskeri at Karstensens Skibsvaerft in Denmark.

  • The BW Gemini, a VLGC from the BW LPG fleet, has had its MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 main engine retrofitted to an MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel type, capable of operating on fuel oil and LPG. (picture courtesy of BW LPG)
    News

    BW TAKES UP OPTION FOR 3 MORE LPG-FUEL RETROFITS

    2020-12-16T17:04:00Z

    Oslo-listed BW LPG has announced today that it will retrofit three more vessels” engines to dual-fuel engines burning liquid petroleum gas (LPG). This is an option in BW LPG”s 4+4+4+3 contract with MAN PrimeServ – MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division.

  • Luxury yachts, such as the Jean Jacques Coste designed Galaxy of Happiness, have been early to adopt new technologies in the past. (Picture courtesy of Fraser Yachts)
    News

    LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY READIED FOR MARINE MARKET

    2020-12-16T16:16:00Z

    Two UK-based companies are readying a lithium-sulfur battery system for a luxury day boat ahead of what they see as a wide range of other potential marine applications.

  • Windfarm development ship: a new Belfast product? (copyright: NOV/Triumph Subsea Services)
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    BELFAST YARD CHASES OFFSHORE DEAL

    2020-12-16T15:52:00Z

    A return to shipbuilding at Belfast could be in prospect soon following the signing of a letter of intent for the construction of an offshore windfarm development vessel (WDV), writes David Tinsley.

  • ABB Marine & Ports is offering virtual demonstrations of its new cyber security lab Photo: ABB Marine & Ports
    News

    ABB opens new cyber security lab

    2020-12-16T13:13:00Z

    ABB Marine & Ports is opening a new cyber security laboratory featuring hardware and software systems developed to help shipowners and operators combat the maritime industry’s growing cyber threats.

  • Norsepower Rotor Sail
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    First newbuild order for Norsepower

    2020-12-15T16:19:00Z

    Norsepower has announced its first newbuild order - for the installation of a record five tilting Rotor Sails onboard a large bulk carrier.

  • The Edda Fauna will achieve fuel consumption and emission reductions after the retrofit.
    News

    ØSTENSJØ REDERI OPTS FOR OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION VESSEL HYBRID RETROFIT

    2020-12-14T16:04:00Z

    Norway-based ship operator Østensjø Rederi has commissioned the hybrid retrofit of two of its offshore construction vessels, the Edda Fauna and Edda Flora.

  • The bilobe tank has a capacity of 8000cbm and more than doubles the transportation capacity of liquid CO2 over current vessel capacity without the size, weight and stability concerns that would have come with a higher capacity "monolobe" design ...
    News

    LNG-FUELLED TANKER DESIGNED FOR LOW COST CO2 CARRIAGE

    2020-12-14T13:45:00Z

    A new CO2 tanker design by Høglund Marine Solutions and HB Hunte Engineering aims at low OPEX by combining a high-capacity bi-lobed cargo tank with LNG-fuelled propulsion.

  • WinGD's next target is to introduce continuous optimization to its real time energy management controller (credit: WinGD)
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    OPTIMISATION STRATEGY PRODUCES STRONG RESULTS FOR HYBRID DESIGNS

    2020-12-14T13:39:00Z

    Any ship with an irregular power demand profile and relatively large auxiliary power installed could be suitable for hybridisation, and WinGD is developing what it says is unmatched optimisation technology that is providing excellent results for shipowners.

  • Ludwig Prandtl 11 is tipped to be the world’ first hydrogen-propelled research ship.
    News

    Germans double up on hydrogen testing

    2020-12-14T13:36:00Z

    Funding of almost €50 million has been allocated in Germany for two new research ships which will both study and test maritime energy systems including hydrogen propulsion, writes Tom Todd.

  • The MoU signing Photo: Jotun
    News

    HHI, HMM and Jotun sign hull cleaning MoU

    2020-12-14T12:33:00Z

    Three global shipping leaders have united to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a push for cleaner, more efficient and greener vessel hull performance.

  • Julien Dufour, CEO of Verifavia Shipping Photo: Verifavia Shipping
    News

    Verifavia to provide IHM services to BSM

    2020-12-14T12:22:00Z

    Verifavia Shipping is providing Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) with Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) maintenance services for around 350 vessels in the BSM fleet.

  • Siuana Arctica on trials off the Spanish coast.(credit: Astilleros Zamakona).
    News

    VERSATILE COASTER FOR NORTHWEST GREENLAND

    2020-12-14T11:23:00Z

    A further phase in the modernisation and expansion of shipping capacity for the Greenland trade has been realised by the delivery of a highly versatile coaster from a Spanish yard, writes David Tinsley.

  • Svanehøj’s DW fuel pump can handle multiple types of fuel Photo: Svanehøj
    News

    Future-proofing fuel pumps

    2020-12-11T13:53:00Z

    A customised solution for a new LPG carrier is set to demonstrate the flexibility of Svanehøj’s Deepwell (DW) fuel pump, said to be a true multigas pump.

  • Two 174,000cbm LNG carriers newbuildings will feature WE Tech energy efficient solutions (credit: Knutsen OAS)
    News

    WE TECH WINS SHAFT POWER ORDER FROM HHI FOR 2 x LNGCS

    2020-12-11T13:28:00Z

    WE Tech Solutions has received a repeat order from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea to deliver its Solution One: Economical Operations for two new 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS Shipping.