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  • Renault and Neoline are joining forces to build a wind-powered ship Photo: Groupe Renault
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    Renault and Neoline’s sustainable team-up

    2018-11-28T13:36:00Z

    Groupe Renault has announced a three year partnership with Nantes start-up, Neoline, to develop a wind-powered maritime transport system.

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    Did you miss PFF 2018? Download available now!

    2018-11-28T13:28:00Z

    Benefit from the fantastic line up of Propulsion & Future Fuels speakers after the event. More than 80 profiles, papers and presentations from this year’s conference are now available to download from the conference website.

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    Global project to protect marine biodiversity

    2018-11-27T13:28:00Z

    An international project to combat the negative environmental impacts of the transfer of aquatic species through ships has been launched.

  • Ritz-Carlton’s new offering at the top end of the cruise market (credit: The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection)
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    First cruiseship for US hotel group

    2018-11-27T09:31:00Z

    Signalling the impending debut of a major US-owned hotel group in the ultra-luxury segment of the cruise business, a 24,000gt newbuild has been launched for Ritz-Carlton from the Vigo premises of Hijos de J.Barreras, in northwest Spain.

  • ‘Alf Pollak’ at launching from FSG’s covered slipway (credit: FSG)
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    Flensburger trailer ships for Italian trade

    2018-11-27T09:20:00Z

    Italy’s coastwise and shortsea traffic is set to gain two ro-ro freight vessels that will rank among the largest in the Mediterranean, writes David Tinsley.

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    2018 Technical Visit

    2018-11-26T16:03:00Z

  • Corvus Energy is building a new marine battery factory in Norway Photo: Corvus Energy
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    New Corvus battery factory in Norway

    2018-11-26T14:04:00Z

    Canadian energy storage specialist, Corvus Energy, has announced that contracts for a new maritime batteries factory in Norway have been finalised.

  • MAN is to provide the engine for a new Chinese dredger Photo: MAN Energy Solutions
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    MAN provides engine for Chinese dredger

    2018-11-26T13:10:00Z

    German diesel engine and turbomachinery company, MAN Energy Solutions, has won an order to supply the engine for a new dredger in southern China.

  • A powerful, dual-fuel icebreaker class is planned for Russia’s Northern Sea Route (credt: Aker Arctic Technology)
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    Russia advances icebreaker strategy

    2018-11-26T09:16:00Z

    Additional icebreaker capacity is planned by Russia in support of traffic growth on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the country’s Arctic seaway. David Tinsley reports.

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    Propulsion & Future Fuels 2018 | Image Gallery

    A selection of images from the Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference 2018, hosted in Hamburg, Germany.

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    2018 Conference Dinner

    2018-11-23T16:05:00Z

    2018”s conference dinner was sponsored by Wärtsilä and held at the La Vela restaurant. In the middle of the backdrop of the Port of Hamburg with its smell of the large (seafarer) world, lies this, highly praised by the press, piece of Italy with a large outdoor terrace right on ...

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    2018 Welcome Reception

    2018-11-23T16:02:00Z

    2018''s welcome reception drinks was sponsored by WINGD and held in the Grand Elysse. Delegates enjoyed a selection of beverages and a relaxed networking opportunity that immediately followed the conference. See a selection of photos above from this year''s event.

  • Press Releases

    StormGeo Launches Navigator Solutions Portfolio

    2018-11-23T15:09:00Z By StormGeo

    The First Integrated Navigational Planning and Route Optimization Platform Delivered by One Company

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    Oceans of opportunity

    2018-11-23T14:08:00Z

    Sofia Fürstenberg Stott has been an architect of Nor-Shipping’s evolution to embrace and enable new ocean business opportunities for its core maritime audience. Here she explains how adopting a broader ‘blue’ perspective can help maritime in its quest for both environmental and commercial sustainability.

  • Multiple fuel and cost challenges mean that fast diagnosis of engine trouble more important than ever (credit: ExxonMobil)
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    Rapid diagnosis essential as fuel concerns escalate

    2018-11-23T13:25:00Z

    ExxonMobil has highlighted the importance of timely diagnosis of cylinder condition problems as the industry prepares for a brace of new fuel quality challenges.

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    The need for speed in scrape down oil analysis

    2018-11-23T11:45:00Z

    The marine industry faces a variety of substantial challenges. Capacity oversupply continues to supress freight rates, squeezing margins and damaging bottom line performance, while the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) imminent change to emission regulations threatens to increase the financial burden. The combination of these factors means vessel ...

  • Ulstein and Color Line CEOs Gunvor Ulstein and Trond Kleivdal Photo: Nanseth Media
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    Ulstein kicks off Color Hybrid construction

    2018-11-23T11:21:00Z

    Norwegian ship designers, Ulstein Verft, has been commissioned to build a new plug-in hybrid ship for fellow Norwegian cruise company, Color Line.

  • Cutaway of Bowman’s ETC 1000 electric turbo compounding solution (credit: Bowman Power).
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    UK partners develop waste heat recovery

    2018-11-23T11:16:00Z

    A UK research consortium led by Bowman Power Group has developed an energy saving and emission reduction system based on electric turbo compounding (ETC), writes David Tinsley.

  • A reduction of eight cylinders and 88 tonnes of NOx annually are the result of Gardar's retrofit installation of a Wärtsilä 31 engine (credit: Wärtsilä)
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    First Wärtsilä 31 retrofit for Norwegian trawler

    2018-11-23T11:05:00Z

    Fishing company Norwegian Gardar is to conduct the first ever retrofit installation of the Wärtsilä 31 engine, shedding eight cylinders and 200,000 litres of fuel a year on the trawler ‘Gardar’.

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    Green light for LNG at Marseille Fos

    2018-11-22T16:01:00Z

    An LNG working group at the Port of Marseille Fos has confirmed the feasibility of an onsite operational LNG bunkering solution including truck and vessel refuelling options to help all calling vessels cut emissions.