All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 291

  • South Korean solutions provider MRC is investigating a rotary engine-based gas-to-liquid solution as an alternative to reliquefaction systems for LNG carriers.
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    Rotary engine GTL alternative to reliquefaction

    2019-10-30T10:31:00Z

    Korean technology solutions provider Marine Radio Company Ltd. (MRC) is developing a small-scale rotary engine gas-to-liquid solution as a potential alternative to reliquefaction systems for LNG carriers, according to a presentation at the Kormarine conference in Busan in October 2019.

  • Bourbon and Sonasurf are working with Total to deploy Smart shipping solutions Photo: pixabay
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    Smart shipping used on Bourbon supply vessels

    2019-10-30T09:19:00Z

    Bourbon and Sonasurf have announced the signing of a three-year cooperation agreement with Total in Angola for the deployment of the Smart shipping programme on its latest-generation supply vessels.

  • One of the objectives of the simultaneous reduction scrubber project is that the wash water treatment system should maintain nitrate levels below 60 mg/l during open loop operation.
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    Korean Register in joint scrubber research projects

    2019-10-29T18:40:00Z

    The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) is participating in a government-funded project to develop systems to reduce particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from low, medium and high-speed engines.

  • Thruster exchange on Scandlines Schleswig-Holstein – first of four such conversions for Remontova.a
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    Push comes to pull on hybrid Scandlines ships

    2019-10-29T17:14:00Z

    The hybrid ferry Schleswig-Holstein has become the first of four Scandlines ships due to swap old push-thruster drive systems for new eco-friendly pull-thruster units, reports Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.

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    DMC rudder retrofit aids manoeuvring

    2019-10-29T14:40:00Z

    A Damen Marine Components (DMC) project to retrofit a rudder on a Coastal Transportation vessel has reduced operational noise and made manoeuvring easier.

  • Trials of Rotor Sail technology onboard the ‘Maersk Pelican’ have been a success Photo: Norsepower
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    Maersk tanker Rotor Sails trial a success

    2019-10-25T10:53:00Z

    Norsepower Oy together with project partners Maersk Tankers, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company, have successfully completed trials of two Norsepower Rotor Sails onboard a Maersk Tankers product tanker.

  • Washington State Ferries’ new hybrid-electric ferry is expected to be the largest battery-powered vessel in North America Photo: EBDG
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    Largest battery hybrid RoPax in N America

    2019-10-25T10:39:00Z

    Engineering firm, Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been selected by Vigor Fab to provide functional design for the new hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferries for Washington State Ferries (WSF).

  • The ‘Viking Glory’ Photo: Viking Line
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    Viking’s latest ferry is most climate-smart

    2019-10-24T12:10:00Z

    Viking Line’s latest passenger ship will be one of the most climate-smart yet, with the Finnish ferry company estimating that it will consume up to 10% less fuel that its smaller sister ship.

  • The OTCSA aims to make operational security more secure Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Cyber security alliance for operational tech

    2019-10-24T11:50:00Z

    Technology group, Wärtsilä, is among the founding members of a new alliance to provide a technical and organisational framework for safe and secure operational technology.

  • Heerema Marine Contractors' SSCV, Sleipnir Photo: GE
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    GE Technology powers largest crane vessel

    2019-10-23T16:14:00Z

    In a world record lift, Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) has recently completed its first project installing the topsides of the Leviathan development in the Mediterranean.

  • Ecotone's pioneering hyperspectral imaging camera has potential applications in underwater pipeline inspection and mineral mining, as well as more detailed mapping of the sea floor.
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    Mapping the future: advances in camera technology

    2019-10-23T16:11:00Z

    Technological progress in the digital imaging industry is creating opportunities in areas such as ship inspections, writes Samantha Fisk.

  • Participants in the kick-off meeting for the pan-industry LASH FIRE study (courtesy of LASH FIRE project group).
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    BID TO IMPROVE RO-RO FIRE SAFETY

    2019-10-23T15:41:00Z

    A collaborative research project addressing ro-ro fire safety was implemented in September with European Union financial support, writes David Tinsley.

  • Alfa Laval boilers are helping more ships use LNG Photo: Alfa Laval
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    Boiler technology offers easy path to LNG

    2019-10-23T14:34:00Z

    Alfa Laval technologies and expertise – especially in the area of boilers – are enabling marine vessels to deal with boil-off gas, a critical step in making the shift to LNG.

  • Ammonia is the third-most transported chemical globally. Photo: Ben Ostrowsky
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    Ammonia could be the answer to shipping's hydrogen challenge

    2019-10-23T14:16:00Z

    There are already plans on the table to create green, carbon-free hydrogen from renewables, so the maritime industry has begun its search for the next step, one which would allow H2 to be turned into a more easily storable, transportable form of fuel. Ammonia could be the answer, writes Stevie ...

  • CMA CGM is following the results of the Energy Observer vessel project.
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    Silent fuel cell revolution

    2019-10-23T14:12:00Z

    When a 30.5m yacht slipped silently into St Katherine’s Dock in the heart of London in October, it provided a glimpse of a fully functioning vessel that has zero emissions of carbon dioxide and particulates. The Energy Observer''s engines may be virtually silent but it is set to make a ...

  • ABB's ACS880 drives are certified by leading classification societies including ABS, BV, DNV GL, Lloyd’s Register, ClassNK and RINA.
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    ABB trials inbuilt AHC solution for offshore vessel

    2019-10-23T07:41:00Z

    A pilot installation on board an offshore vessel has provided the first practical application for an in-built active heave compensation (AHC) winch application with ABB’s ACS880 variable speed drive in the offshore segment.

  • LNG bunker vessel
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    Total’s first LNG bunker vessel launches

    2019-10-22T15:09:00Z

    Total’s first large LNG bunker vessel has been launched, following the signing of a long-term charter contract between Total and Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) in February 2018.

  • Leevsten is being  followed by an eighth RoRo for Siem as former owner bows out.
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    FSG looks to stability under new owners

    2019-10-22T10:17:00Z

    An eighth newbuilding for SIEM was due for launch by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in October as the German yard looked to production stabilisation under a new owner after a period of financial uncertainty.

  • Built in Vietnam to a British design, the catamaran ferry Alfred has arrived in Orkney. (Courtesy of Pentland Ferries).
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    RO-PAX CAT FOR SCOTTISH FAR NORTH

    2019-10-22T09:46:00Z

    Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes David Tinsley.

  • Sharing data through a common platform will help improve vessel operation Photo: Ship Data Center
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    Ship Data Center's common platform

    2019-10-21T13:15:00Z

    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K LINE), Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have begun sharing monitoring system operational data.