All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 291
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NewsNaming ceremony for second Matson Navigation con-ro vessel
Matson Navigation Company conducted a naming ceremony for the second dual-fuel Kanaloa Class combination container/ro-ro (con-ro) vessel, Matsonia, at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego on 2 July.
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NewsCompact Reliq reliquefaction solution launches
Wärtsilä has launched a Compact Reliq reliquefaction plant. The system extends the company''s existing boil-off gas (BOG) reliquefaction solution to smaller size gas carriers and LNG bunker vessels, and is also intended to meet growing demand for retrofit solutions.
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NewsWärtsilä brings marine expertise to French energy transition consortium
Wärtsilä was one of the founding members of an international coalition dedicated to accelerating the energy transition in the transport and logistics industries.
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NewsVan Aalst Group launches Nortek Services
The Van Aalst Group has set up Nortek Services in Kristiansand, Norway to provide maintenance and workshop services for clients operating worldwide in the offshore oil, gas, marine and renewables industry.
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NewsGTT technology for five new ARC7 LNGCs
Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) Mark III membrane containment technology will be used to equip five new LNG carriers being built by Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. The deal closely follows the announcement of a Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) between GTT and Zvezda last week.
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NewsBerg moves manufacturing to single location
Berg Propulsion will invest in the centralisation of all manufacturing operations for controllable pitch propellers, azimuthing and transverse thrusters, and associated control systems to a single campus location in Sweden.
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NewsTroubled German yard group gets cash
A €175 million emergency cash injection from banks and guarantors could keep German shipbuilder MV Werften afloat and preserve jobs until Berlin pandemic crisis assistance starts in the autumn, writes Germany correspondent Tom Todd.
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NewsUS company seeks to scale up super-compact pancake motor to 250kW
An American company Infinitum is seeking to develop a 250kW version of a new concept of electric motor, which could be used in the marine market, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsBrunvoll receives thruster order for DP2 shuttle tankers
Brunvoll has won a large contract for thrusters from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The Norwegian propulsion specialist also noted that it had extended its product portfolio in 2020.
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NewsCat propulsion package for shallow draft ice-breaking walk-to-work vessel
Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has selected Pon Power to provide a diesel-electric propulsion package for the world''s first shallow draft ice-breaking vessel. The scope of the propulsion package includes the main engines and a generator set for the innovative vessel.
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NewsDamen completes keel laying for crane barge
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully concluded keel laying for the Crane Barge 7532 that is going to be delivered in Panama, following award of tender in August last year.
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NewsSUPER-SEGREGATOR FOR THE CHEMICAL TRADES
A further phase in the major fleet investment programme implemented by chemical tanker specialist Odfjell has been realised with the 24 June handover of the Japanese-built, 36,000dwt Bow Persistent, writes David Tinsley.
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NewsGrant to advance AI in UK maritime sector
Silverstream Technologies, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, has been awarded an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to advance machine learning in the maritime sector.
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NewsGTT signs licensing agreement with Zvezda Shipyard
GTT has announced the signing of a Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) with Zvezda Shipyard.
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NewsLauritzen restructures bulker and tanker arms into standalone entities
Danish shipowner J. Lauritzen A/S is to operate its gas and bulker arms as independent companies, the shipowner announced on Wednesday.
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NewsFirst hybrid LNG-fuelled chemical tanker for Terntank under construction
Construction for two next-generation LNG-fuelled chemical tankers for Swedish operator Terntank began at the China Merchant Jinling shipyard in China on 31 June.
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NewsMomentum continues in Babcock LGE sales
Babcock’s liquid gas equipment (LGE) business has secured contracts valued at around £100 million since October 2019.
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NewsSertica data helps save survey time
Tanker company Torm is saving valuable time by importing data from Sertica’s planned maintenance system to DNV GL to digitalise surveys and improve performance.
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NewsDebut for MTU 16V pure gas engines in new Doeksen ferry
Netherlands-based ship operator Doeksen officially commissioning the first of two new ferries, MS Willem Barentz, in a ceremony in Harlingen, the Netherlands, on 1 July. The ferry is powered by two 1,492kW 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 pure gas engines, in what is the first reference for the engines from Rolls-Royce.
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NewsFuruno acquires EMRI
Furuno Electric Company has acquired Danish company EMRI with effect from 1 July 2020.
