All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 314

  • The naming ceremony for Red Funnel's first freight ferry was held at Southampton docks Photo: Red Funnel Ferries
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    Red Funnel welcomes first freight ferry

    2019-04-26T14:39:00Z

    Following 14 months in development, Isle of Wight ferry operator, Red Funnel Ferries, has welcomed its first ever-freight ferry with a traditional ship naming ceremony.

  • Alfa Laval's DuroShell LNG heat exchanger Photo: Alfa Laval
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    Alfa Laval LNG heat exchanger

    2019-04-26T14:30:00Z

    Sweden-based Alfa Laval is furthering its commitment to sustainability with its DuroShell plate-and-shell heat exchanger.

  • Havyard has acquired full ownership of BWMS producer MMC Green Technology (credit: MMC Green Technology)
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    Havyard acquires full ownership of MMC Green Technology

    2019-04-26T14:12:00Z

    Norwegian ship design company Havyard has recently taken full ownership of ballast water treatment system MMC Green Technology, as part of a deal that has seen it divest its seafood handling division, MMC First Process, writes Samantha Fisk.

  • The 266,253cbm Q-Max LNG carrier Mozah during a voyage (credit: Nakilat)
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    Nakilat enters additional jv with Angelicoussis firm

    2019-04-26T13:39:00Z

    Qatari gas firm Nakilat and Angelicoussis firm Maran Ventures have formed a new joint venture company, Global Shipping Co., incorporating four LNG carrier newbuilds.

  • RH Marine has supplied positioning and monitoring equipment for the first Dutch LNG dredger Photo: RH Marine
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    RH Marine keeps LNG dredger in position

    2019-04-25T13:58:00Z

    Dutch maritime system integrator, RH Marine, has supplied monitoring and positioning systems to the first Dutch dredger to use liquefied natural gas (LNG).

  • 'ONE APUS' is the sixth of seven 14,000 TEU ultra large containerships ordered by ONE (credit: ONE)
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    ONE takes delivery of sixth ULCS from JMUC

    2019-04-24T21:35:00Z

    Japan Marine United Corporation (JMUC) delivered a 14,000 TEU ultra large container ship, the ONE APUS, to Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 24 April. The delivery is the sixth of seven vessels ordered by the shipping operator.

  • The Saint-Nazaire complex of Chantiers de l’Atlantique (photo courtesy of Pemamek).
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    SAINT-NAZAIRE BOOSTS HIGH-VALUE ORDERBOOK

    2019-04-24T21:33:00Z

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique has strengthened its orderbook and production capabilities while a new polemic develops over a proposed ownership change, writes David Tinsley.

  • News

    ZF to introduce thruster monitoring system

    2019-04-24T21:03:00Z

    ZF will be introducing customers to its new Condition Monitoring System at Maritime Industry, an exhibition to be held in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, from May 7-9, 2019.

  • News

    Korea extends policy support to smaller shipyards

    2019-04-24T20:42:00Z

    South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced plans to spend an additional US$60 million (KRW70bn) to support local shipyards on 24 April, as well as extending the scope of the existing refund guarantee scheme.

  • News

    Wärtsilä WXJ waterjets gain catamaran reference

    2019-04-24T18:36:00Z

    The first installation of the Wärtsilä WXJ series of modular waterjets will be carried out on a new 100m long wave-piercing catamaran ferry being built for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania, Australia.

  • HullWiper’s Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) prepares to clean a vessel hull.
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    Equinor signs fleet deal with HullWiper

    2019-04-24T14:29:00Z

    Equinor ASA has signed a hull cleaning frame agreement for its fleet of oil and gas tankers with HullWiper, the hull cleaning provider.

  • Stefano Poli, vice president of business development at Inmarsat Maritime Photo: Inmarsat Maritime
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    Fleet Data gives owners control

    2019-04-24T14:01:00Z

    Satellite comms company, Inmarsat, and maritime software company, NAPA, have signed an agreement to enable ship owners and ship managers to access and analyse real-time onboard data through a dedicated application hosted on Inmarsat’s new Fleet Data IoT service.

  • ABS and CINS are producing guidelines on safer stowage on container ships Photo: pixabay
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    ABS and CINS to produce stowage guidelines

    2019-04-24T13:51:00Z

    Classification society, ABS, and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) are joining forces to develop recommendations aimed at helping mitigate risks posed from the stowage of dangerous goods on container ships.

  • 'Diamond Gas Sakura' will be the third Sayaringo LNG carrier in operation once it is delivered in May 2019.
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    MHI FINISHING THIRD SAYARINGO GAS CARRIER

    2019-04-24T13:27:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a naming ceremony for the 165,000 cbm ‘Diamond Gas Sakura’ on 19 April. Once the vessel is delivered on 15 May, it will be operated by NYK Group. The vessel’s owners have agreed a long-term contract with Mitsubishi’s Singapore-based subsidiary Diamond Gas International.

  • Moonraker's twelve lifting beams, six on each side, “will in reality, be able to handle as much as 2,700t each”.
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    Moonraker: more than 30,000 tonnes of lift

    2019-04-24T11:47:00Z

    The UK is aiming to enter the offshore decom market with a splash: Moonraker, currently in design in Singapore, will be capable of lifting over 30,000 tonnes at a time.

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    UK simulation centre opening July

    2019-04-23T16:41:00Z

    A new, state-of-the-art, purpose built maritime simulation centre is being constructed near Portsmouth, UK for launch this July.

  • Wallenius SOL has ordered a quartet of dual-fuel neo-Panamax RoRos from CIMC Raffles with delivery in 2021. (Credit: Wallenius SOL)
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    New Swedish Shipping Company Formed

    2019-04-23T16:10:00Z

    Ship operators Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line have established a new Swedish shipping company, Wallenius SOL, focused on transporting wood pulp and other forestry products between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

  • Fincantieri growth
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    Fincantieri acquires majority stake in Insis

    2019-04-23T16:02:00Z

    Fincantieri has acquired a majority stake in Insis, as part of a drive to increase its activities in high technological content sectors.

  • Babcock LGE's new ecoETHN ethane BOG technology allows methane content up to 2.0 mol% in the liquid phase to be transported. (Credit: Babcock LGE)
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    Babcock launches ethane BOG reliquefaction technology

    2019-04-23T13:33:00Z

    Babcock International, a global leader in liquefied gas cargo handling systems, has launched an ethane Boil Off Gas (BOG) reliquefaction technology, ecoETHN™, to its portfolio of solutions. The patent pending ecoETHN technology integrates the reliquefaction system with the fuel gas supply system, enabling reliquefaction of ethane-rich BOG that can be ...

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    Press Releases

    Gloryholder LGM to supply the LNG bunkering system for Damen 6000m3 Bunkering vessel

    2019-04-23T13:00:00Z By LGM Engineering (Gloryholder LGM)

    Gloryholder has been awarded the contract to design and supply the LNG cargo handling and fuel gas supply system for the new 6000m3 LNG bunkering vessel being built by Damen Shipyard for Eesti Gaas, Estonia’s leading energy company.