All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 332

  • Stena Line has launched its new E-Flexer, the 'Stena Estrid' Photo: Stena Line
    News

    Stena Line launches next-gen RoPax

    2019-01-18T12:39:00Z

    Ferry company Stena Line has launched the first of its next generation of RoPax vessel at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China.

  • News

    Wabtec and GE Transportation to merge

    2019-01-18T12:07:00Z

    The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed its review of the pending merger of passenger rail transport company, Wabtec, and GE Transportation, a business unit of General Electric, meaning that the deal can now go ahead.

  • MOL installed the majority of its car carrier fleet with Inmarsat’s high-speed broadband Fleet Xpress solution in 2016
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    MOL adopts Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress for entire fleet

    2019-01-17T20:32:00Z

    Major ship operator Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is to connect its entire fleet with network operator Inmarsat''s Fleet Xpress connectivity product.

  • Japan Marine United's new VLCC, the 'Eneos Earth' Photo: Japan Marine
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    Japan Marine delivers new VLCC

    2019-01-17T16:10:00Z

    Japan Marine United has delivered a new Malaccamax very large crude carrier (VLCC).

  • The 'Nohshu Maru', MHI's latest LNG carrier Photo: MHI
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    Mitsubishi names new LNG carrier

    2019-01-17T15:59:00Z

    Yokohama-based Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has held a naming ceremony for a next-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier under construction for Trans Pacific Shipping, a joint venture between Jera and Mitsui OSK Lines.

  • COSCO Shipping took delivery of a new 62,000 dwt multi-purpose pulp vessel on 11 January.
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    COSCO Shipping collects multi-purpose pulp ship

    2019-01-16T16:52:00Z

    COSCO Shipping collected a 62,000 dwt multi-purpose pulp ship “COSCO Shipping Development” from Dalian COSCO Shipyard in eastern China on 11 January.

  • MTU engines for hybrid propulsion system
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    MTU to provide hybrid propulsion for production yacht

    2019-01-16T15:54:00Z

    Rolls-Royce and UK-based yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International will present the first yacht fitted with an MTU series production hybrid propulsion system in 2020.

  • News

    Fincantieri to build new Seven Seas cruiser

    2019-01-16T14:19:00Z

    Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, has signed a contract with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings for the construction of a new ship for its Regent Seven Seas Cruises brand.

  • UEC50LSJ-EGR
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    J-Eng tests MGO-fuelled UEC50LSJ

    2019-01-16T14:16:00Z

    Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has provided a test demonstration of its new MGO-fuelled UEC50LSJ-EGR engine for the media.

  • (l-r) Executive vice-president of NES, Tor Leif Mongstad and chief operating officer and deputy managing director of NES, Odd Gunnar Kleppe Photo: Havyard
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    Havyard merges controls and electrics

    2019-01-16T14:10:00Z

    Ship technology company, Havyard, is combining its navigation, automation and power systems services with the merger of its Norwegian Control Systems (NCS) and Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) brands.

  • Ferry operator La Meridionale achieved 2% fuel savings on the Piana after trialling two energy management tools.
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    Eniram helps French ferry operator find 2% fuel savings

    2019-01-15T15:35:00Z

    French ferry operator La Méridionale achieved annualised fuel savings of around 2% on its RoPax Piana after trialling two energy management solutions from Eniram, a Wärtsilä subsidiary, for over 12 months.

  • CMA CGM 'Fort de France'
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    First French West Indies ship for CMA CGM

    2019-01-15T14:59:00Z

    The CMA CGM Group has taken delivery today of the CMA CGM ''Fort de France'', the first of an order for four container ships dedicated to the French West Indies.

  • The 199,489 dwt Ever Gifted has a total capacity of 20,388 TEU units
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    Synergy collects 20,000 TEU boxship

    2019-01-15T13:52:00Z

    Singapore-based ship operator Synergy Group has taken delivery of a 199,489 dwt newbuild ultra large container vessel (ULCV), the Ever Gifted, from Imabari Shipyard in Japan. A second ULCV, the Ever Grade, is scheduled to be delivered on 15 January.

  • Incat launched a 110m catamaran
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    Incat launches high-speed RoPax catamaran

    2019-01-15T13:06:00Z

    Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania launched an aluminium-hulled catamaran, named Saint John Paul II, in December for Malta-based shipowner Virtu Ferries.

  • Fincantieri, Italian gas group Snam and state lender CDP agree to upgrade port facilities
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    Fincantieri and Snam to develop LNG infrastructure, new products

    2019-01-14T17:42:00Z

    Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has announced a collaboration agreement with Italian gas group SNAM to develop LNG infrastructure for maritime transport in Italy and develop new products using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other alternative energy sources, with financial support from state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP).

  • News

    GTT chosen for Samsung-NYK LNG carriers

    2019-01-14T16:25:00Z

    Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries, has placed an order with GTT for the tank design of two new LNG carriers.

  • News

    Yang Ming names two new ships

    2019-01-14T16:14:00Z

    A naming ceremony has been held for two new Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation full-container vessels built by Imabari Shipbuilding in Japan.

  • Tsuneishi Zhoushan in China is readying the first of a new standardised variant of the largest TESS bulker design series.
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    TSUNEISHI AUGMENTS PROVEN BULKER RANGE

    2019-01-14T12:37:00Z

    Building on a long track record in the development and series production of standardised designs of bulk carrier, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding of Japan is set to deliver the first of an upgraded post-Panamax type from its Chinese subsidiary, writes David Tinsley.

  • Veritas Petroleum Services has extended its fuel quality services ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap (photo: VPS)
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    VPS offers extended fuel testing services

    2019-01-14T12:08:00Z

    Global fuel testing firm Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) announced the launch of extended fuel testing services on 11 January 2020.

  • Rauma Marine Constructions was awarded the EUR120m contract
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    RMC awarded EUR120m ice class RoPax contract

    2019-01-11T16:51:00Z

    A Finnish-Swedish consortium, Kvarken Link, has ordered a RoPax ferry from Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). The ferry is scheduled for delivery by the end of April 2021.