All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 326

  • Port of Rotterdam
    News

    Gas4Sea partners and Equinor bunkering deal

    2019-02-20T16:02:00Z

    Marine LNG Zeebrugge has signed a deal to supply LNG to Norwegian energy group Equinor’s four crude shuttle tankers in the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Brunvoll will deliver two pulling azimuth propellers for propulsion and two tunnel thrusters for manoeuvring for the Yara Birkeland
    News

    Brunvoll to deliver propulsion systems to autonomous ship Yara Birkeland

    2019-02-20T14:58:00Z

    Brunvoll has signed a contract with the Kongsberg Group to deliver a propulsion system to "Yara Birkeland", the world''s first fully electric autonomous container ship. Brunvoll''s delivery includes two pulling azimuth propellers for propulsion and two tunnel thrusters for manoeuvring, all of which will gain power from an accompanying 6.8 ...

  • The Clean Shipping Alliance represents over 30 leading commercial and passenger shipping companies
    News

    CSA 2020 FEARS OVER EC SCRUBBER PROPOSAL

    2019-02-20T12:10:00Z

    The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) today expressed doubts about the scientific basis, timing and content of the European Commission (EC) submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which called for changes to its Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (“scrubber”) guidelines.

  • EGCS ship testing
    News

    New scrubber technology is Lloyds approved

    2019-02-19T12:39:00Z

    A new Value Maritime scrubber system has been certified by Lloyd’s Register and issued an International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate.

  • Hainan Strait Shipping reduced lubricant consumption by 37% by adopting Shell Argina and Shell Gadinia
    News

    SHELL MARINE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SAVE COSTS FOR CHINA RO-ROS

    2019-02-19T07:10:00Z

    Hainan Strait Shipping Co. Ltd, one of China’s leading Ro-Ro operators, has extended the oil life and improved the reliability of the main and auxiliary engines on six of its vessels. Following Shell Marine''s recommendations on medium-speed engine oils selection have lowered lubricant consumption and extended the routine maintenance interval ...

  • Rendering of the TCT turbocharger from MAN Energy Solutions
    News

    MAN Energy Solutions launches new TCT Turbocharger series

    2019-02-19T07:00:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions unveiled a new TCT turbocharger series to accompany and – eventually – replace the TCA generation. whose design has been continuously updated since its introduction but is now some 15 years old. With TCT turbochargers, MAN Energy Solutions can significantly reduce turbocharger dimensions to meet current market ...

  • One Sea ecosystem
    News

    One Sea funding propels automation

    2019-02-18T15:09:00Z

    One Sea has secured new funding to support its work towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025 and at the same time added Shipbrokers Finland as a new partner.

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    Press Releases

    Underwater bow thruster reinstallation in Italy

    2019-02-18T12:32:00Z By Hydrex - Underwater Repair Solutions

    A month after a Hydrex diver/technicians removed the bow thruster of a 300-meter container vessel a team once again mobilized to Italy. They reinstalled the overhauled unit underwater with the use of the company’s flexible mobdock technique.

  • Inmarsat has announced new initiatives to support maritime, ports and logistics start-ups
    News

    Inmarsat backs maritime IoT incubators

    2019-02-18T08:00:00Z

    Inmarsat, the mobile satellite communications, is backing two leading start-up programmes, Rainmaking’s Trade and Transport Impact (T&TI) and Bluetech Accelerator, that directly support start-ups focused on IoT and big data innovation in the maritime, ports and logistics supply chain.

  • The Alaska Tanker Company will retrofit the Ecochlor BWMS on three of its VLCC crude oil tankers
    News

    ATC selects Ecochlor for BWMS retrofit

    2019-02-17T23:11:00Z

    Alaskan Tanker Company (ATC) has selected the Ecochlor ballast water management system (BWMS) for its fleet of three VLCC crude oil tankers. The agreement includes an option for one additional vessel.

  • Orange Spirit, first of Chinese-built 312,000ft3-capacity freezer class. (photo: courtesy of Seatrade)
    News

    SEATRADE REINVESTS IN DEDICATED REEFERSHIP CAPACITY

    2019-02-17T18:51:00Z

    A new generation of ‘freezer’ has been commissioned into service by specialised reefership owner and operator Seatrade for commercial deployment within the Antwerp-based GreenSea Pool, David Tinsley writes.

  • The SHINSHU MARU will be used to transport LNG from the Freeport LNG Project in Texas to Japan via the Panama Canal
    News

    KHI delivers 177,000 m3 LNG carrier

    2019-02-15T18:03:00Z

    Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) delivered on 15 February a 177,000 m3 capacity liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the SHINSHU MARU, to Trans Pacific Shipping 7, a joint venture between Japanese energy company JERA and NYK Line.

  • Alfa Laval has spent 15 years developing its PureBallast UV ballast water management system
    News

    Alfa Laval to apply to lower USCG holding time

    2019-02-15T13:33:00Z

    Anders Lindmark, Head of Alfa Laval PureBallast, was upbeat about the market outlook when the Motorship interviewed him in January 2019. Orders in hand compared with the previous year make 2019 look promising for PureBallast.

  • A BIO-SEA skid-mounted B03-450 ballast water management system (credit: BIO-UV)
    News

    BIO-UV targets lower flow segments for growth

    2019-02-15T13:28:00Z

    Montpellier-based French ballast water management system (BWMS) manufacturer BIO-UV plans to gain a 5 percent share of global ultraviolet (UV) BWMS sales by 2024, by concentrating on sales to lower flow segments of the market.

  • The vessel will be the first IMO Tier III-compliant Harbour Tug for operation in the Mediterranean area (credit: Cintranaval)
    News

    MAN 175D to power IMO Tier III-compliant harbour tug

    2019-02-15T13:22:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the engines for a new harbour tug in Spain. When the 27-metre newbuild, 75T bollard-pull-rated Asymmetric Tractor Tug (ATT) enters service in mid-2020, it will be the first IMO Tier III-compliant harbour tug in the Mediterranean area.

  • GE Marine will provide propulsion technology for MSC Seaside Class cruise ships Photo: GE Marine
    News

    GE to power two new Seaside cruise ships

    2019-02-15T13:20:00Z

    MSC Cruises and Italian shipyard, Fincantieri, have chosen GE’s Marine Solutions to provide the electric propulsion technology for two new Seaside EVO ships.

  • Oldendorff Carriers has taken receipt of new eco-ships built in China Photo: Oldendorff Carriers
    News

    Oldendorff adds new eco-ships to fleet

    2019-02-15T12:40:00Z

    Germany-based Oldendorff Carriers has taken receipt of five new eco-ships, four on the same day, in a bid to upgrade its fleet and reduce environmental impact.

  • (l-r): Alberto Iglesias, managing director at Metalships & Docks; Jorge Dahl, business development manager Iberia at DNV GL; Vicente Santiago, commercial manager at Metalships & Docks Photo: DNV GL
    News

    DNV GL wins sailing ship contract

    2019-02-14T12:41:00Z

    Classification society, DNV GL, has been awarded a contract for the classification of a passenger sailing ship built by Metalships & Docks in Vigo, Spain.

  • 'Polaris' receiving LNG in Tornio Photo: Gasum
    News

    First LNG icebreaker bunkers in Finland

    2019-02-14T12:34:00Z

    The world’s first LNG-fuelled icebreaker has received liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel in January from the Pori LNG import terminal and in February from the Manga LNG terminal located in the Röyttä Harbor in Tornio, Finland.

  • My Fuel Consumption, Bureau Veritas
    News

    BV releases Fuel and Emissions Reporting App

    2019-02-14T10:17:00Z

    Bureau Veritas has released ‘Phase 2’ of My Fuel Consumption (MFC), an online tool to facilitate compliance with fuel consumption regulations. The system meets the requirements of the IMO’s data collection system (DCS) and the EU’s monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV).