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  • Top supporters sign up to PFF
    Conference

    Top names in shipping support Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference

    2018-09-25T14:33:00Z

    World leading shipping, regulation and owners’ associations and accreditation bodies with portfolio’s representing the industry across the globe ensure Propulsion & Future Fuels remains a top international event.

  • The BWTS units will be fitted across 18 Ardmore advanced chemical and product tankers Photo: Optimarin
    News

    Optimarin wins milestone Ardmore order

    2018-09-25T13:47:00Z

    Optimarin has secured one of its biggest orders to date having been selected to supply 36 BWMS systems to Ardmore Shipping.

  • CompactClean BWMS is one of only two systems worldwide approved for installation on vessels after 28 October 2020 Photo: DESMI
    News

    DESMI wins IMO approval for compact BWMS

    2018-09-25T13:19:00Z

    DESMI Ocean Guard’s CompactClean Ballast Water Management System has received IMO Type Approval according to the revised IMO BWMS code.

  • Shipping will have to harness renewable power to meet ambitious climate goals (credit DNV GL)
    News

    Looking ahead to renewable fuels

    2018-09-25T09:59:00Z

    For much of the shipping industry, looking to renewable power does not necessarily mean a switch to electric propulsion, writes Stevie Knight.

  • GE's Predix APM health management system uses a digital twin of components to improve reliability (credit: GE)
    News

    Lloyd’s Register approves GE digital twin

    2018-09-24T10:28:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted approval in principle (AiP) to GE’s Predix Asset Performance Management (APM) system under the class society’s new digital compliance framework.

  • Bourbon's reliability-based maintenance projects are expected to have a significant impact on vessel availability (credit: Bourbon)
    News

    Bourbon targets maintenance improvements

    2018-09-24T09:48:00Z

    Aware that maintenance programmes have a significant impact on ship profitability, French ship owner Bourbon is investing heavily to improve the availability of its vessels.

  • The 'New Golden Bridge VII' represents valuable firsts in the ropax sector for Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and HiMSEN engines (credit: Hyundai Mipo Dockyard)
    News

    Passenger ship propulsion debut for HiMSEN

    2018-09-24T08:05:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy industries’ medium-speed engine range has entered the passenger ship propulsion market with two HiMSEN H46/V50 engines onboard Weidong Ferry’s newly built ro-pax vessel, the ‘New Golden Bridge VII’.

  • The QK60 and SCR combination is available in eight different configurations to suit several applications (credit: Cummins)
    News

    Cummins launches Tier III package for new engine

    2018-09-23T12:26:00Z

    Cummins’ most efficient high-speed engine, designed to challenge medium-speed systems, is now available as part of an equipment package pre-certified to IMO’s Tier III NOx standard.

  • The largest factory trawlers for a generation will feature MAN Energy Solutions propulsion systems (credit: MAN Energy Solutions)
    News

    Cruise and fishing boost business for MAN

    2018-09-23T10:59:00Z

    Surging orders in the cruise and fishing sectors are buoying MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke business and highlighting its expertise across the propulsion system.

  • ‘Antilla Cape’, the largest European LPG carrier
    News

    Crude, gas and containers

    2018-09-20T14:50:00Z

    The lead article in The Motor Ship, October 1968, concerned using crude oil as a ship fuel. The motivation came from some tanker owners, operating in isolated locations without normal bunkering facilities.

  • It is the first time that HHI has received an AiP for LPG as a fuel design Photo: LR
    News

    Lloyd's Register AiP HHI gas carrier design

    2018-09-20T11:59:00Z

    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received an AiP from Lloyd’s Register for a VLGC design capable of using LPG as fuel.

  • The 210,000 dwt LNG-fuelled bulk carrier Newcastlemax design from phase 1a was well received Photo: DNV GL
    News

    JIP delivers green LNG bulk carrier design

    2018-09-20T11:14:00Z

    A Joint Industry Project has delivered a green LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax carrier and very large ore carrier (VLOC) design for transporting iron ore and coal on the Australia–China route.

  • Vessels like ‘Yara Birkeland’ could reverse the argument for the present economies of scale. Image: Kongsberg
    News

    The ship and the new supply chain

    2018-09-20T07:11:00Z

    Autonomous ships “attack the conventional wisdom on economy of scale”, says Ørnulf Jan Rødseth, senior research scientist at Norway’ independent research organisation, SINTEF.

  • Quebec-built, designed and owned 'Armand-Imbeau II' sets a new standard in productivity and environmental engineering.(credit: Davie Shipbuilding)
    News

    New chapter in Quebec’s maritime strategy

    2018-09-20T06:58:00Z

    Dual-fuel electric shuttle ferries are set to transform the busy Saguenay River crossing in eastern Canada, writes David Tinsley.

  • The technology partners have signed a MoU which includes the development of market-ready LNG solutions Photo: ABS
    News

    Advancing the use of LNG as a marine fuel

    2018-09-19T11:37:00Z

    Sembcorp Marine, ABS and A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing are teaming up to develop new technologies in the offshore, marine and energy sectors.

  • The 45-metre ship built by Baltic Workboats is equipped with Editron hybrid electric drivetrain systems Photo: Danfoss Editron
    News

    Hybrid patrol ship will help combat pollution

    2018-09-19T11:02:00Z

    Estonia’s border authorities have launched a hybrid patrol vessel that helps protect the environment from oil spills and cuts fuel consumption using innovative Danfoss Editron hybrid electric propulsion.

  • The LNG Jumbo gas carrier design is one of four Jiangnan concepts to win class approvals in the past month (credit: Jiangnan Shipyard Co)
    News

    Approvals highlight Jiangnan gas expertise

    2018-09-19T10:06:00Z

    A recent flurry of class approvals for ship concepts has illustrated the gas-fuelled prowess of Jiangnan Shipyard Co.

  • The fifth meeting of IMO's CCC sub-committee finalised draft interim guidelines on methanol and ethanol fuels (credit: IMO)
    News

    Methanol fuel guidelines ready for IMO approval

    2018-09-19T07:58:00Z

    The IMO’s Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC) sub-committee has completed the drafting of methanol and ethanol fuel guidelines to be taken into the IGF Code.The guidelines, agreed at t

  • The Yanmar 6EY26DF engines on a test bed before delivery to MOL's gas-powered tugboat (credit: Yanmar)
    News

    Yanmar delivers engines for LNG tugboat

    2018-09-19T07:28:00Z

    Japanese engine designer Yanmar has delivered two dual-fuel engines for an LNG tugboat being built for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

  • Benoit Gillmann, president and CEO, BIO-UV Group, anticipates the emergence of a €7.5 billion BWMS market (credit: BIO-UV Group)
    News

    Bio-Sea BWMS for CMA CGM flagship

    2018-09-18T13:10:00Z

    French container liner CMA CGM’s new ultra-large container ship ‘Antoine De Saint Exupéry’ features a Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system from BIO-UV Group.