All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 279

  • Wilhelmsen has delivered 3d printed scupper plugs to ‘Berge Mafadi’ Credit: Wilhelmsen
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    Landmark delivery of 3d printed parts

    2020-02-12T15:54:00Z

    A Berge Bulk vessel has received the world’s first commercial delivery of 3d printed scupper plugs, as part of Wilhelmsen’s Early Adopter Program.

  • Optimarin has signed a deal with DOF for ballast water systems Credit: Optimarin
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    Optimarin signs landmark deal with DOF

    2020-02-12T13:20:00Z

    Optimarin has signed a fleet agreement with DOF for the installation of 16 Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS), with an option to extend the contract to 50 vessels in total.

  • Looking for the better battery. Photo: Ilika
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    In search of the better battery

    2020-02-12T12:23:00Z

    We’re growing more familiar with marine battery installations – even though so far they’ve only made it onto a relatively narrow segment of vessel types. But new developments promise to challenge what we thought we knew about their limitations, opening the door to installation onboard a far broader swathe of ...

  • Panasia is challenging a MOF order to retrofit GloEn BWTS systems on 1,145 vessels: a final decision is due on 13 March.
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    SK authorities cancel Panasia GloEn TA

    2020-02-11T18:59:00Z

    MOF, the South Korean ministry responsible for overseeing the country’s marine industry, has cancelled the type approval for Panasia’s GloEn ballast water treatment systems.

  • BW LPG noted results during ME-LGIP engine tests had exceeded expectations (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
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    BW LPG takes up option for further ME-LGIP retrofits

    2020-02-11T16:48:00Z

    Shipowner BW LPG has exercised an option to convert four more very large gas carriers to operate on MAN B&W ME-LGIP engines.

  • MAN Energy Solutions is introducing a guaranteed maximum level of methane slip (0.35g/kWh) for its entire two-stroke engine programme.
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    GETTING A HANDLE ON METHANE SLIP

    2020-02-11T15:29:00Z

    Marine engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has introduced guaranteed levels of methane slip for its ME-GI gas-injected, dual-fuel two-stroke series, writes David Tinsley.

  • ‘mýa’
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    Digital platform enables OEM data integration

    2020-02-11T10:34:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has launched a new digital platform enabling the integration of Original Equipment Manufacturers’ (OEM) data across industries including marine, power, and energy to improve operational efficiency.

  • Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers operates a fleet of 16 shuttle tankers, including Hilda Knutsen.
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    KNOT orders DF shuttle tankers with VOC

    2020-02-10T14:40:00Z

    Leading independent tanker owner and operator Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers is to order a pair of newbuild 124,000dwt shuttle tankers with dual-fuel LNG-fuelled propulsion and a volatile organic compound recovery system.

  • The 'SCF La Perouse' Credit: Sovcomflot
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    Naming ceremony for latest SCF LNG carrier

    2020-02-10T14:17:00Z

    A naming ceremony has been held for SCF Group’s latest LNG carrier, ''SCF La Perouse'', named after Jean-François de la Pérouse, a French explorer of the Pacific.

  • (l-r) Roger Holm, president of Wärtsilä Marine and Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime Credit: Wärtsilä Marine
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    Wärtsilä and DNV GL sign technology MoU

    2020-02-10T14:13:00Z

    The technology group Wärtsilä and classification society DNV GL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to work together to contribute to the marine industry’s ongoing digital transformation.

  • The Aurora Spirit's total mechanical installed power is 14% lower than previous vessels with a traditional power distribution concept (credit: Teekay).
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    SEMINAL OFFSHORE LOADER FOR NORTH SEA

    2020-02-10T11:56:00Z

    Future-proofing has been taken to a new level in Teekay’s E-Shuttle Tanker concept, making its market debut in the South Korean-built Aurora Spirit, writes David Tinsley.

  • The number of oil spills per year has steadily reduced since 1970 (source: ITOPF)
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    Size and safety set tanker trends

    2020-02-10T11:54:00Z

    To chart the history of oil tankers is to put a mirror to more than a century of technical evolution, disaster, politics and regulation. Ships able to carry oil were first developed in the 1860s but it was the 1870s when designers developed what many recognise as the first proper ...

  • Luca Volta of ExxonMobil noted that it would take at least three months to get a clearer view of the post-IMO 2020 landscape.
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    Navigating a world of changing fuels

    2020-02-10T11:48:00Z

    The Motorship is celebrating its centenary in 2020, and is marking the occasion with a series of interviews with landmark companies that have grown and thrived during previous periods of rapid technological change. Luca Volta, of energy major ExxonMobil, takes stock of recent events, and assesses ExxonMobil’s ...

  • Sovcomflot’s Aframax class marked a new technical milestone for the Russian-owned fleet (photo credit: SCF Sovcomflot).
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    TANKER SERIES DENOTES BOLD RUSSIAN OUTLOOK

    2020-02-10T11:33:00Z

    The Gagarin Prospect generation of crude oil carriers signifies a milestone in the development of the Russian-owned mercantile marine, writes David Tinsley.

  • Damen’s barge pre-filters ballast water to remove sediment Credit: Damen Shipyards Group
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    Damen unveils ballast water pre-filter barge

    2020-02-07T15:55:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a Ballast Water Pre Filtration Barge (BWPF) to assist vessels in complying with the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention which came into effect in September.

  • MAN Energy Solutions has developed a lube oil fluid monitor Credit: MAN
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    MAN releases lube oil fluid monitor

    2020-02-07T15:50:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has developed a fluid monitor enabling owners to actively monitor the degradation and contamination of lube oil.

  • The OnWatch Scout solution was expected to reduce unscheduled downtime.
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    The appliance of condition and predictive-based maintenance to cargo handling

    2020-02-07T11:21:00Z

    Dennis Mol, Vice President, Digital and Business Transformation at MacGregor, discussed how MacGregor was deploying digital-enabled services to cargo handling cranes

  • Kashif Mahmood proudly noted that the ABS Metocean Hindcast Data application was developed in a fortnight in response to a client request.
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    Applying a customer focus to digital-enabled services

    2020-02-07T11:14:00Z

    Kashif Mahmood, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at American Bureau of Shipping, assesses how the coming wave of new digital-enabled services will help shipowners to optimise operations

  • RMC and Aalto University are collaborating on a joint R&D project Credit: RMC
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    Joint research project to reduce carbon footprint

    2020-02-06T13:21:00Z

    Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and Aalto University in Finland have agreed to collaborate on R&D aimed at developing technologies to reduce shipping''s environmental impact and improve safety.

  • DNV GL's FuelBoss application Credit: DNV GL
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    Manage LNG supplies with DNV GL tool

    2020-02-06T13:16:00Z

    DNV GL has launched a new online LNG bunkering platform to take operators seamlessly from order through to delivery.