All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 250

  • MAN ES plans to deliver the first ammonia-fuelled variant of its ME-LGIP engine by 2024 (Image: MAN Energy Solutions)
    News

    MAN ES targets 2024 for delivery of first ammonia engine

    2020-08-14T18:32:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions is targeting 2024 for the first delivery of a new ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engine, according to a company presentation seen by The Motorship.

  • Boluda has ordered two new tugs from Damen Photo: Damen Shipyards Group
    News

    Two new tugs for Boluda from Damen

    2020-08-14T08:38:00Z

    Boluda Towage Europe has ordered two 85-tonne bollard pull ASD Tugs 2813 from Damen Shipyards Group for operations in the Port of Zeebrugge as part of the extended concession for towage services.

  • Houlder will supply the battery system for a new RoPax ferry Photo: Houlder
    News

    Houlder wins battery hybrid ferry contract

    2020-08-14T08:33:00Z

    Houlder has won another contract with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IoMSPC), acting as technical advisor in the design and build of its latest battery hybrid ferry.

  • The fifth of the series of six BT45 newbuildings, Milin Kamak, was delivered in May 2020. (Image: Navibulgar)
    News

    Delivery to conclude series of Navibulgar handysize newbuildings

    2020-08-13T18:42:00Z

    The delivery of the last of a series of six geared handysize carriers from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for Bulgaria-based ship operator Navibulgar is scheduled for August.

  • The Royal Canadian Navy's first full-electric power and propulsion ice class patrol vessel, HMCS Harry DeWolf (Image: Irving Shipbuilding Inc.)
    News

    GE powers first RCN full-electric ice patrol vessel

    2020-08-13T16:05:00Z

    The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has taken delivery of HMCS Harry DeWolf, its first full-electric power and propulsion ice class patrol vessel with combat package.

  • Tarbit's two dual-fuel 13,000dwt newbuildings are scheduled for delivery in 2022. (Image: Tarbit)
    News

    Two more dual-fuel chemical tankers will feature LGM Engineering FGSS

    2020-08-13T13:32:00Z

    Gloryholder Liquefied Gas Machinery (LGM Engineering) has been contracted to supply integrated LNG equipment for two dual-fuel chemical tankers for Swedish operator Tarbit.

  • Eastern Pacific Shipping’s newbuilding, Tenere, which has just successfully passed gas trials with an ME-GI engine featuring a PVU (Pump Vaporizer Unit) and PBIV (Pilot Booster Injection Valve)  (Image courtesy of EPS)
    News

    First ME-GI engine with new PVU unit completes sea trials

    2020-08-12T15:59:00Z

    The first ME-GI engine to feature MAN Energy Solutions’ newly-developed Pump Vaporizer Unit (PVU) has successfully completed LNG gas trials in South Korea, MAN ES has announced.

  • Thorshield shaft protection coating was applied to the propeller shaft Photo: Thordon Bearings
    News

    Eco containerships opt for Thordon

    2020-08-12T15:23:00Z

    The two Super Eco 2700 containerships China’s Zhoushan Changhong Shipyard is building for Singapore-headquartered X-Press Feeders have launched with a water lubricated propeller shaft arrangement supplied by Thordon Bearings.

  • Conducting the annual survey on board the ‘Berge Zugspitze’ was not possible this spring Photo: DNV GL
    News

    Covid-19 pandemic sees remote surveys soar

    2020-08-12T15:16:00Z

    DNV GL has seen the number of remote surveys rise by 33% as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic makes physical visits challenging.

  • One of the objectives of the research project is the development of a dedicated ammonia bunker barge with a floating storage and regasification unit (Image: ClassNK)
    News

    ClassNK, NYK and JMU launch ammonia bunker vessel research project

    2020-08-12T14:29:00Z

    On 6 August, NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation, and ClassNK signed a joint R&D agreement for a dedicated floating storage and regasification barge for ammonia. The agreement also covered the commercialisation of an ammonia-fuelled ammonia gas carrier design.

  • An LNG carrier (Image: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, RS)
    News

    RS INTRODUCES NEW GUIDELINES ON FATIGUE ASSESSMENT

    2020-08-12T14:04:00Z

    The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has issued Guidelines on Fatigue Assessment of Ships to underpin the distinguishing marks FTL (years) and FTL (years) Spectral North Atlantic, both introduced last year.

  • PFF rescheduled to 2021
    Conference

    New dates for Propulsion & Future Fuels

    2020-08-12T12:50:00Z

    Mercator Media Ltd regret to announce the postponement of Propulsion & Future Fuels, which will now be taking place from 18-20 May 2021 at the Le Méridien Hotel, Hamburg, Germany.

  • 'MV Glen Sannox'
    News

    Remedial work underway on dual fuel ferry

    2020-08-11T16:51:00Z

    The first of two dual-fuel Caledonian MacBrayne ferries being built at Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd, has been moved to dry dock in Greenock to undergo a planned schedule of remedial work.

  • Chat-to-a-chaplain-MtS-2-427x285.jpg
    Press Releases

    Supporting the need of the hour

    2020-08-11T07:59:00Z By Vickers Oil

    Supporting The Mission to Seafarers in launching – Digital Chaplaincy – ‘Chat to a Chaplain’ messenger service

  • Oshima-built Britta Oldendorff on sea trials. (credit: Oldendorff Carriers).
    News

    OLDENDORFF MAINTAINS ECO FLEET INVESTMENT

    2020-08-10T13:16:00Z

    A further two deliveries have been made by Oshima Shipbuilding into the fleet controlled by Oldendorff Carriers, Germany’s largest bulk shipping company, writes David Tinsley.

  • Lars Alvestad, acting director general of navigation and shipping at NMA Photo: Grethe Nygaard
    News

    Initiative to manage MASS trials launches

    2020-08-10T13:06:00Z

    Norway is initiating a formal collaborative research and development project examining autonomous maritime operations.

  • The medium-size high-pressure LNG dual-fuelled tanker Photo: SHI
    News

    AiP from LR for SHI LNG tanker

    2020-08-10T13:00:00Z

    Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering has been granted approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for a medium-size tanker equipped with a high-pressure LNG dual-fuel system.

  • MAN ES engineers are assessing the feasibility of direct gas injection on four-stroke gas engines, such as the 51/60DF. (Image: MAN ES)
    News

    MAN ES targets 4-stroke DF methane slip reductions

    2020-08-07T13:17:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has issued a white paper addressing how it is addressing the challenge of methane slip from its portfolio of two-stroke and four-stroke engines. The company continues to guarantee methane slip of between 0.2-0.3 g/kWh from its two-stroke ME-GI engines over their load range.

  • Managing Methane Slip
    White Papers

    MAN ES: Managing Methane Slip

    2020-08-07T11:19:00Z

    As part of the Maritime Energy Transition, MAN ES sees fuelling with LNG as a first step in preparing engines for the broader use of a range of synthetic fuels, on the way to carbon- neutrality. One key concern is methane slip, which has raised questions about ...

  • The ‘Hondius’ Photo: Meike Sjoer
    News

    Schottel to propel second polar cruiser

    2020-08-07T09:58:00Z

    Schottel has been selected to supply propulsion units for a second expedition cruise vessels being built by Croatian shipyard, Brodosplit, for Oceanwide Expeditions.