All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 341

  • Deltamarin and Elomatic have signed a agreement with MV WERFTEN Wismar for the design of a second Global class cruise ship Photo: MVW
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    Deltamarin and Elomatic cruiser design

    2018-10-31T14:21:00Z

    Deltamarin and Elomatic have signed a significant agreement with MV WERFTEN Wismar for the basic and detail design of a second Global class cruise ship.

  • 'Amherst Island' and 'Wolfe Island' (pictured) will be propelled by four Schottel Twin Propellers Photo: Damen
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    Schottel to power Canadian electric ferries

    2018-10-31T13:46:00Z

    Schottel has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to equip the first fully-electric vessels to operate in Canada.

  • Kiel wants to provide half of all ship calls with onshore power in future Photo: Port of Kiel
    News

    Kiel offers emission-free berthing for ships

    2018-10-31T12:50:00Z

    The construction of the first onshore power supply plant for commercial vessels in the Port of Kiel has begun which will allow it to make a substantial contribution to reducing air pollution.

  • Power ashored: Mathias Bernander, chief marketing officer (left) and Trond Sikveland, real estate manager, Port of Kristiansand
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    Pioneering power at Kristiansand

    2018-10-31T10:42:00Z

    After substantial investments in recent years, the Norwegian port of Kristiansand is at the cutting edge of shore power, writes Charlie Bartlett.

  • Bastion of French shipbuilding, and set for Italian control, the Saint-Nazaire yard will again be known as Chantiers de l’Atlantique (credit: STX)
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    Flourishing cruise sector buoys European yards

    2018-10-31T10:17:00Z

    Europe’s top echelon of shipbuilders have record orderbooks through an unerring drive on the cruise vessel market, writes David Tinsley.

  • Euronav contests the value of scrubbers on the grounds of cost, pollution and enforcement challenges (credit: Euronav)
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    Open loophole? Euronav slams scrubbers

    2018-10-30T13:35:00Z

    Tanker owner Euronav has used its third-quarter results announcement to explain its opposition to the use of exhaust gas scrubbers to comply with IMO’s impending global sulphur limit.

  • Optimarin is strengthening ties with Höegh Autoliners Photo: Optimarin
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    Optimarin wins Hoegh Autoliner order

    2018-10-30T13:01:00Z

    Ballast water treatment supplier Optimarin has consolidated its relationship with Höegh Autoliners by securing a new agreement for ten retrofitted BWT systems.

  • 'Honfleur' will be distinguished in the Channel ferry market by an LNG-electric power installation (credit: FSG)
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    LNG breakthrough on cross-Channel market

    2018-10-30T12:58:00Z

    Brittany Ferries is set to break new technical ground in the cross-Channel market next year through the introduction of a 42,400gt ro-pax vessel incorporating electrical propulsion and LNG dual-fuel machinery, writes David Tinsley.

  • Replacing one engine with a battery system has saved around a tonne of fuel a day onboard OSV 'Viking Princess' (credit: Yaskawa Environmental Energy)
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    Eidesvik cuts installed power with hybrid OSV

    2018-10-30T10:39:00Z

    Norwegian ship owner Eidesvik has retrofitted battery technology onboard offshore supply vessel ‘Viking Princess’, removing one generator from the ship and saving a tonne of fuel a day.

  • Two weeks!
    Conference

    Less than two weeks to go!

    2018-10-30T09:08:00Z

    There are just 2 weeks left until propulsion & Future Fuels so if you haven’t booked your delegate place, do so today to claim your space!

  • Artist’s impression of the Norled hybrid plug-in ropax ferry Photo: Sembmarine
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    Sembmarine wins Norled electric ferry deal

    2018-10-29T14:54:00Z

    The design and construction of three identical battery-powered ropax ferries for Norled AS marks Sembcorp Marine’s entry into the ropax ferry design and construction niche segment.

  • Richard Greiner: "These latest predicted increases, whilst a cause for concern, should not unduly surprise or concern shipping" Photo: Moore Stephens
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    Ship operating costs expected to rise

    2018-10-29T14:36:00Z

    International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says that total vessel operating costs in the shipping industry are expected to rise by 2.7% in 2018 and by 3.1% in 2019.

  • MUM in drill corer configuration.
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    The ultimate MUM

    2018-10-29T10:38:00Z

    Mums multitask; we all know that. But this particular mum, or Modifiable Underwater Mothership (MUM), takes it to a whole new level, writes Stevie Knight.

  • Progress towards the global sulphur cap at MEPC73 was broadly welcomed by industry groups (credit: IMO)
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    IMO adopts carriage ban on high-sulphur fuel

    2018-10-29T08:23:00Z

    Ships without scrubbers will be unable to carry fuel with a sulphur content higher than 0.5% from March 2020 after the move was adopted by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) last week.

  • Nylund at WinGD's RTX-5 test engine in Trieste (credit: WinGD)
    News

    A false ceiling for engine design

    2018-10-29T06:45:00Z

    Modern ship engines are often significantly over-specified because they are optimised for unrealistic operating requirements, according to a leading engine designer.

  • News

    Havyard-designed ferries to use Rolls-Royce LNG solution

    2018-10-26T14:06:00Z

    Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine will provide LNG power and propulsion for four Ro-Pax cruise ferries of Havyard 923 design ordered by Havila Kystruten and due to be built by Spain’s Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras shipyard and Turkey’s Tersan yard.

  • Availability of 0.5% sulphur fuel will not be a problem if priced at US$90/tonne cheaper than 0.1% sulphur gasoil, a new analysis claims (credit: SEB)
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    SEB sees no fuel availability issues in 2020

    2018-10-26T12:34:00Z

    A new analysis from Nordic corporate bank SEB suggests that a compliant fuel price of just US$90 per tonne under that of gasoil will guarantee availability when IMO’s global sulphur limit comes into force in 2020.

  • Illustration of a ship system setup with batteries. This example shows a hybrid system for a tugboat.
    Conference

    Rolls-Royce launches new battery system for ships

    2018-10-26T12:27:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is launching a lithium-ion based energy storage system for ships. The gain for the ship owners is a clean, safe and cost-efficient complete system.

  • Meet Siemens in the exhibition area
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    Siemens join PFF 2018

    2018-10-26T12:27:00Z

    Siemens are promoting their brand to an audience of 250 senior decision makers in the commercial shipping and services sector at Propulsion & Future Fuels 2018.

  • Motorship Award nominee
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    Two weeks to go: Meet the first Motorship Award nominee

    2018-10-26T12:14:00Z

    Rolls-Royce Marine & the Norwegian Coastal Administration - OV Ryvingen – Innovation in multipurpose vessels