All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 245

  • Shanghai Ming Wah inked a deal in July to install ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT across a further 8 bulkers. (credit: ABB Turbocharging)
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    Shang Ming Wah extends engine diagnostics software across bulker fleet

    2020-09-16T17:08:00Z

    Shanghai Ming Wah Shipping Co (Shang Ming Wah), a large Shanghai-based ship management platform, has inked a deal to install ABB’s engine diagnostics software ABB Ability Tekomar XPERT on 12 bulk carriers.

  • The ‘VN Rebel’ was commanded remotely during the ROSS project Photo: BV
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    BV helps ensure compliance for remote service

    2020-09-16T13:07:00Z

    Bureau Veritas has been working with SeaOwl, supporting its innovative Remotely Operated Services at Sea (ROSS) project

  • Three of Edda Wind’s four newbuilds Photo: Edda Wind
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    Joining forces to fast track Edda Wind

    2020-09-16T13:03:00Z

    Wilhelmsen and Østensjø have joined forces to fast track the growth of renewable energy company Edda Wind.

  • HHI tanker
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    Simulation project tackles carbon emissions

    2020-09-15T11:19:00Z

    ABS and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have completed a Joint Development Project (JDP) to build multi-physics simulations capable of analysing the carbon-footprint of vessels in the design stage.

  • An Azipod® propulsion unit destined for Wasaline’s new ferry (credit: ABB)
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    Electric propulsion for Wasaline's new ice-class ferry

    2020-09-14T12:14:00Z

    Wasaline”s new ferry, Aurora Botnia, was floated out at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard on 11 September. The vessel will operate on the world’s northernmost all-year passenger route between Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden when it enters service in 2021.

  • New Mitsubishi high-speed diesel uses SCR technology (credit: MTEA).
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    JAPANESE MARQUE FUELS TIER 4 COMPETITION

    2020-09-14T10:53:00Z

    Mitsubishi has augmented its range of four-stroke, high-speed marine diesels by introducing a new vee-engine model meeting the latest US environmental standards, writes David Tinsley.

  • MacGregor has secured new orders to equip RoPax and Linkspans Photo: MacGregor
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    MacGregor secures RoPax and Linkspans orders

    2020-09-14T10:06:00Z

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured two new orders, one from Asia for two RoPax ferries and another from Scandinavia for a group of Linkspans.

  • An oil spill response and towage vessel will have a Cathelco MGPS Photo: Cathelco
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    Cathelco MGPS fitted on oil spill vessel

    2020-09-14T09:38:00Z

    A new multi-purpose oil spill response and towage vessel being built for the Kuwait Oil Co will be installed with a Cathelco marine growth prevention system (MGPS) to prevent bio-fouling and corrosion in seawater pipework.

  • Russia's first LNG-fuelled river vessel, Chaika, was launched at JSC Zelenodolsk on the Volga River in August 2020. (credit: JSC Zelenodolsk)
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    Russia strategy emphasises LNG above alternative fuels

    2020-09-11T20:56:00Z

    Russia is set to continue prioritising the development of LNG as an alternative fuel over the coming decade, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • Automating transits promises something arguably more valuable than crew support: power predictability. Image: Wärtsilä [Hero]
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    Taking engine control that bit further

    2020-09-11T14:44:00Z

    Short-sea engine rooms may be looking at an interesting blend of onboard crew and supported operations, writes Stevie Knight

  • Energy transportation to Japan: the Fujisan Maru.(credit: Namura Shipbuilding).
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    OPTIMISED CRUDE CARRIERS FOR MALACCA TRANSITS

    2020-09-11T14:35:00Z

    Cinderellas of world seaborne trade, VLCCs make a vital, sustained contribution to global economic activity and wellbeing, with new levels of transportation efficiency achieved by the latest tonnage, writes David Tinsley.

  • (l-r) Hirofumi Takano and Akihiko Okada
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    ClassNK verifies IINO LINES GHG data

    2020-09-11T14:01:00Z

    ClassNK has conducted the third-party verification with a reasonable level of assurance for a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission assertion of IINO KAIUN KAISHA (IINO LINES) and group companies, and issued a verification statement.

  • (l-r) Seung-Ho Jeon and Luis Benito Photo: LR
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    HHI digital health system given AiP by LR

    2020-09-11T13:50:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its digital health management (DHM) system for a Type B gas containment tank, following a joint development project between the two launched in November 2019.

  • Lean Marine’s FuelOpt and Fleet Analytics help operators save fuel Photo: Lean Marine
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    Savings confirmed with Lean Marine FuelOpt

    2020-09-10T12:12:00Z

    RoPax operators Color Line and Bohai Ferry have confirmed that fuel savings achieved through the use of Lean Marine’s FuelOpt propulsion automation system have exceeded expectations.

  • Kongsberg is designing a revolutionary krill fishing vessel for Rimfrost Photo: Kongsberg Maritime
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    Kongsberg helps ‘revolutionise’ krill fishing

    2020-09-10T12:04:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime has been contracted to design and equip a new vessel for the Norwegian krill processing firm Rimfrost which is hoped will ‘revolutionise’ krill fishing in Antarctica.

  • Diagram showing rich mixture limits on one side of the X-DF combustion, and lean limits on the other. Graphic: WinGD
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    WinGD's iCER opens up operating window

    2020-09-09T19:25:00Z

    The first technology unveiled as ‘supporting act’ for WinGD’s recently released X-DF 2.0 platform promises to open up the engine’s operating window, writes Stevie Knight

  • “Autonomous ships need to be as safe as what we have today – if not better than what we have today,”  Torgeir Sterri, Regional Manager Western Europe, DNV GL Maritime (credit: DNV GL)
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    Putting safety at the forefront of research into autonomous vessels

    2020-09-09T17:45:00Z

    Torgeir Sterri, Regional Manager Western Europe and Bjørn-Johan Vartdal, Maritime Digital Director at DNV GL - Maritime discussed developments in autonomous shipping in an interview with The Motorship

  • The MAN 21/31 engine (credit: MAN ES)
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    MAN ES wins first C1-compliant orders in Chinese river-and-coastal segment

    2020-09-09T13:03:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions'' Chinese licensee, CMP, has won a series of small-bore, four-stroke orders in the Chinese inland-and-coastal segment. The orders are the first for MAN ES engines that comply with upcoming Chinese GB15097 emission protocols, often referred to as C1 and C2.

  • The Polaris LNG bunkering barge (copyright: Polaris New Energy LLC)
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    Milestone for US LNG bunker barge

    2020-09-09T12:22:00Z

    The installation of the cargo handling system for the largest LNG bunkering barge under construction in the US remains on schedule. Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has confirmed that four LNG cargo tanks are currently en route between Shanghai and Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) yard in Wisconsin, USA.

  • The ‘Shenhai 01’, China’s first hybrid rescue vessel Photo: ABB
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    ABB supports China’s first hybrid rescue ship

    2020-09-09T11:53:00Z

    ABB has provided a full scope of electric and digital solutions to the first Chinese-built hybrid rescue vessel.