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  • Wärtsilä has acquired SES Photo: Wärtsilä
    News

    Wärtsilä acquires Ships Electronic Services

    2019-05-02T14:11:00Z

    Technology group, Wärtsilä, has acquired Ships Electronic Services (SES), a UK based company specialising in navigation and communication electronics, installation, maintenance and repair services, mainly for commercial and leisure vessels.

  • The sulphur content of a range of Chevron products Photo: Chevron Marine Lubricants
    News

    Chevron rises to sulphur cap challenge

    2019-05-02T13:57:00Z

    US-based Chevron Marine Lubricants has released the second in a series of new white papers focusing on innovations and developments impacting the shipping industry.

  • The EGCS market is being affected by supply tightness but the only real bottleneck is indecision, said Emanuele Gariboldi, Managing Director of EcoSpray.
    News

    The real EGCS bottleneck

    2019-05-02T09:37:00Z

    Ecospray’s Managing Director, Emanuele Gariboldi, calls for shipowners to take early EGCS decisions amid supply chain tightness and short installation crew availability.

  • The CO2 Verifier helps shipowners and operators to generate separate outputs for submission to the EU-MRV and IMO DCS schemes (credit: LR)
    News

    Charting a path to compliance: LR’s CO2 Verifier

    2019-05-02T09:36:00Z

    Ahead of two CO2 emissions reporting deadlines, LR’s Product Manager for In-Life Services, Richard McLoughlin, discusses the experiences of the first year of operation of LR’s portal - CO2 Verifier - and the challenges of ensuring compliance.

  • Parker Kittiwake’s Compatibility Tester provides shipowners and operators with the ability to regularly test fuels onboard and in just under 20 minutes. (Credit: Tom Fisk/Pexels)
    News

    RISE IN ONBOARD FUEL COMPATIBILITY TESTING

    2019-05-01T15:12:00Z

    There has been an increase in demand from shipowners and operators for onboard fuel compatibility testing, according to Parker Kittiwake, a leading global manufacturer of condition monitoring technologies. The upward trend reflects an increasingly deliberate and proactive approach by shipowners and operators to mitigate the risks of potential marine fuel ...

  • In addition to the LNG carriers for Novatek, Zvezda has received orders for 26 ships from Rosneft.
    News

    Russia’s Zvezda mulls screw propeller tender for LNG vessels

    2019-05-01T12:33:00Z

    Russian Far East shipyard Zvezda is planning to issue a tender for 6m diameter screw propellers for 15 LNG carriers in the third quarter of 2019, after the original local Russian supplier, Zvezdochka, was included on a list of companies subject to US sanctions.

  • ABB and Eckerö Line teams will install ABB's situational awareness tool on board 'Finlandia' without any interruption to the ship’s schedule.
    News

    Finnish cruise operator fits ABB's situational awareness tool

    2019-05-01T11:55:00Z

    Finnish ferry operator Eckerö Line will install ABB’s situational awareness solution, ABB Ability Marine Pilot Vision, on board its ferry ”Finlandia”.

  • HMD receives approval in principle from LR for its LNG-fuelled MR tanker design.
    News

    LR AiP for LNG-fuelled MR tanker design

    2019-05-01T11:26:00Z

    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for an LNG-fuelled 50,000 dwt class MR tanker design. This development is the result of close collaboration between HMD and LR.

  • Deltamarin has contributed to recent successes for Boka Vanguard and Pioneering Spirit Photo: Deltamarin
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    Deltamarin contributes to record successes

    2019-05-01T11:04:00Z

    Deltamarin has participated in the design and engineering of recent record-breaking vessels, Boka Vanguard and Pioneering Spirit.

  • The 'Acta Centaurus' is Ulstein Verft's second service operation vessel for Acta Marine. (Credit: Ulstein Verft)
    News

    Ulstein delivers service operation vessel to Acta Marine

    2019-04-30T17:35:00Z

    Ulstein Verft has delivered a Walk to Work service operation vessel, the ‘Acta Centaurus’, to Acta Marine. The new vessel is about to set sail for her first offshore wind assignment.

  • Port of Vysotsk
    News

    Novatek LNG venture launches

    2019-04-30T16:54:00Z

    Novatek’s joint venture with Gazprombank Cryogas-Vysotsk has commenced full-scale production of LNG.

  • The Havyard 587 design is designed for efficiency and environmental friendliness.
    News

    Havyard inks contract for 2+1 new wellboats

    2019-04-30T16:12:00Z

    Havyard has signed a contract with Norsk Fisketransport (NFT) for the design and construction of 2 Havyard 587 wellboats with an option for one more vessel.

  • AEGIR-Marine has received a Type Approval for its Stern Tube Seal Assembly from Class NK
    News

    Class NK Type Approval for AEGIR-Marine's PRIME stern tube seal assembly

    2019-04-30T14:50:00Z

    AEGIR-Marine PRIME stern tube seal assembly has received Class NK Type Approval. The brand-independent service provider in The Netherlands began offering its newly certified seal assembly to customers worldwide immediately. The Type Approval complements existing Type Approvals from several other major classification societies.

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    Press Releases

    Vickers Oils Site Development

    2019-04-30T14:38:00Z By Vickers Oil

    Vickers Oils has opened its 1,700 square metre state-of-the-art R&D laboratory, as well refurbishing its existing laboratories, to support its strategic expansion plans. The opening marks the completion of a four-year project to modernise and extend the company’s facilities.

  • News

    ‘Icebreaker bow’ will be hybrid powered

    2019-04-30T12:45:00Z

    The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is launching a new icebreaker concept equipped with an innovative motorised removable bow.

  • Wärtsilä is providing its Fleet Operations solution to Sovomflot's fleet of Arctic tankers Photo: Wärtsilä
    News

    Wärtsilä provides Arctic operations support

    2019-04-29T13:27:00Z

    Technology group, Wärtsilä, has been contracted by Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest shipping company, to roll out a Wärtsilä Fleet Operations solution for its fleet of Arctic shuttle tankers.

  • Maersk is rolling out a digital tool to help ship owners navigate customs regulations Photo: Maersk
    News

    Maersk releases customs support tool

    2019-04-29T13:19:00Z

    Logistics company, Maersk, has launched an online shipping management platform across Europe aimed at helping shipping companies'' owners navigate cargo regulations.

  • COSCO's very large ore carrier 'Yuan Shen Hai' will lift COSCO's fleet of Valemax bulkers to 14 (photo: COSCO Shipping).
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    Naming ceremony for COSCO Valemax bulker

    2019-04-29T12:12:00Z

    COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry''s Yangzhou shipyard held a naming ceremony for the 398,595 dwt ‘Yuan Shen Hai’ on 18 April. The vessel is the second of a series of next generation Valemax very large ore carriers (VLOC) under construction with the Chinese shipyard. Once the vessel is delivered, it will ...

  • 'Baru' manoeuvring at Bunbury, Western Australia.(credit: Klaveness).
    News

    DEBUT FOR NEXT-GENERATION COMBI CARRIER

    2019-04-29T12:00:00Z

    Norwegian operator Torvald Klaveness has commissioned the first in a series of combination carriers representing a development on the unique CABU (caustic soda/bulk carrier) concept, writes David Tinsley.

  • Clean lines of the deckcarrier newbuild to be deployed by United Wind Logistics. (Image courtesy of HeavyLift@Sea).
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    GERMAN KNOW-HOW IN CHINESE-BUILT DECKCARRIER

    2019-04-26T17:30:00Z

    Hamburg-based engineering consultancy HeavyLift@Sea has provided the basic design for a heavy cargo deck carrier under construction in China and due to enter north European operations by the end of 2019, writes David Tinsley.