All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 449

  • News

    Keppel and BG win Singapore LNG licence

    2016-01-28T10:17:00Z

    Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and BG Group have been selected to supply LNG to vessels in the Port of Singapore.

  • New Twisted Trailing Edge Rudder from Becker Marine
    News

    Becker Marine Systems launches optimised rudder

    2016-01-27T16:52:00Z

    Becker Marine Systems has presented a new rudder profile, the optimised Schilling Twisted Trailing Edge Rudder.

  • Induction transfer charging and vacuum-suction mooring could eliminate the safety hazards and maintenance demands of ship to shore cabling for electric vessels
    News

    Wireless charging and mooring under development

    2016-01-27T14:58:00Z

    Wärtsilä and Cavotec are to jointly develop the world’s first marine wireless charging and mooring concept under an agreement signed announced this week.

  • The Permanent Magnet Shaft Generator will be provided to an LNG carrier
    News

    WE Tech receives LNG carrier order

    2016-01-26T14:06:00Z

    WE Tech Solutions Oy has received an order for the delivery of the Permanent Magnet Shaft Generator solution to an LNG carrier.

  • DESMI Ocean Guard pointed to a new campaign website launched by concerned UV system suppliers in support of the MPN method
    News

    Desmi Ocean Guard to appeal MPN decision

    2016-01-25T13:10:00Z

    The maker of RayClean ballast water management systems is to appeal the US Coast Guard’s decision not to allow the ‘most probable number’ sampling method for UV-based solutions.

  • The dual-fuelled version of NACKS' 28,000dwt multi-purpose vessel will be powered by a high-pressure MAN ME-GI engine
    News

    NACKS and LR develop dual-fuel MPV

    2016-01-25T10:01:00Z

    Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co. (NACKS) and Lloyd’s Register have developed a dual-fuelled evolution to NACKS’ established multi-purpose vessel (MPV) design

  • A packed auditorium at the Grand Elysee on the second day of Gas Fuelled Ships 2015
    News

    Towards a gas-fuelled future

    2016-01-25T10:00:00Z

    While projections for the growth of LNG as a marine fuel vary widely, there is no doubting either its rapid development in recent years – evidenced by an ever widening range of marine applications – or its role in an increasingly diverse future fuel market. Both were the subject of ...

  • Dual-fuelled MAN engines of 11,060kW each will power the containerships, for delivery in November 2017
    News

    Four LNG-fuelled containerships for Brodosplit

    2016-01-25T09:59:00Z

    Brodosplit Shipping Company has ordered four dual-fuelled container vessels from Croatian shipbuilding sister company Brodosplit, for delivery in November 2017.

  • News

    Container ships on the horizon

    2016-01-22T16:48:00Z

    Not every prediction from past volumes of The Motor Ship proves to be accurate: however, the lead article from the February 1966 issue was pretty much spot on.

  • Nina Savijoki:  “A number of times I was confronted by decisions I’d made earlier - only to wonder what I could have been thinking...”
    News

    Nina Savijoki: an architect for her time

    2016-01-22T16:46:00Z

    Ship design is sometimes thought of as a man’s world, says Nina Savijoki of Deltamarin, but it’s not actually a role where one gender has a natural advantage.

  • News

    Norwegian raises US market profile

    2016-01-22T16:36:00Z

    ''Norwegian Escape'' sets records for its owner and builder and underscores German and European prowess in cruiseship technology, writes David Tinsley.

  • News

    A 3D-printing revolution?

    2016-01-22T16:36:00Z

    Dag Pike explores some of the early initiatives seeking to tap the potential of additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D-printing, in the marine industry.

  • Even though effective waste water and sewage technologies are on the market now, they might not be available forever.
    News

    The sinking of waste water technology

    2016-01-22T16:35:00Z

    Wärtsilä, like a number of other vendors, has put time and money into developing advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) systems. Despite this, the present state of play may simply undermine these advances. Why? Because there is little pressure on the industry to comply.

  • GE’s LM2500 gas turbine may find a reawakened interest in the cruise market
    News

    Could turbines turn again for cruise?

    2016-01-22T16:35:00Z

    It might be time to reappraise the role of gas turbines on cruise ships, writes Stevie Knight

  • The Winterthur Gas and Diesel type Wartsila 5RT-flex50DF
    News

    WinGD targets mixed-fuel combustion in 2016

    2016-01-22T08:18:00Z

    The new X-DF series of dual-fuel two-stroke engines will be tuned to enable running on a mixture of LNG and diesel over the coming year, according to engine designer Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD).

  • News

    Corvus improves lithium battery performance

    2016-01-21T16:00:00Z

    Corvus Energy has announced improved performance specifications for its current lithium ion battery systems.

  • Two new notations from DNV GL offer potentially unlimited survey intervals for monitored water-lubricated tail shaft systems (photo courtesy of Wärtsilä)
    News

    Condition monitoring notations extend survey intervals

    2016-01-21T09:40:00Z

    DNV GL explains the basis of new notations offering unlimited survey intervals for water lubricated tail shaft systems, dependent on condition monitoring.

  • 'Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee': IMO urges countries to ratify the BWM Convention even as tonnage verification continues
    News

    Requirement for BWM Convention not met

    2016-01-20T17:08:00Z

    The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that the tonnage requirements for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention have not been met.

  • News

    MacGregor wins heavy-lift crane contracts

    2016-01-20T10:49:00Z

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a new contract to deliver twelve 450-tonne capacity heavy-lift cranes for six Ecolift F900 vessels.

  • The Winterthur Gas and Diesel type Wartsila 5RT-flex50DF
    News

    Type approval for Wartsila dual-fuel two stroke

    2016-01-19T17:18:00Z

    The dual-fuel engine designed and developed by Winterthur Gas and Diesel (WinGD) equipped with a low-pressure gas admission system has successfully completed its Type Approval Test (TAT).