All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 465
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NewsWärtsilä secures LNG regasification orders
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has ordered Wärtsilä regasification modules for two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) under construction for Hoegh LNG and Gazprom.
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NewsFirst low-pressure EGR for bulk carrier
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha have installed the first low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system for a two-stroke diesel engine, onboard a 34,000dwt bulk carrier built by The Hakodate Dock Co.
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NewsSecond Tote LNG containership launched
General Dynamics NASSCO has launched the second ship in a series of the world’s first natural gas powered containerships built for transportation and logistics company, TOTE.
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NewsCorvus conducts key battery safety test
Corvus Energy has pushed lithium-ion battery packs to the limit as part of a thermal runaway mitigation test observed by several marine industry stakeholders.
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ME scrubbers for DFDS and Baleària
ME Production subsidiary Marine Exhaust Technology has secured contracts to supply scrubbers to two more vessels, with deliveries expected late this year and in early 2016.
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NewsStadt power for seismic support vessels
Norwegian power specialist Stadt has supplied diesel-electric propulsion packages to six seismic support vessels (SSVs), the latest built to a Salt design (SALT 450) at Turkish shipyard Cemre for owner and operator Norfield-Vestland Offshore.
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NewsEvergreen sells Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering
Evergreen Holding Group subsidiary Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has sold a controlling stake in its gas-specialist subsidiary Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering Co to Shenzhen-based CIMC Enric.
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Ferguson preferred for CMAL newbuilds
Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) has chosen Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering as the preferred bidder to build two 100m dual-fuel ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS).
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Thordon takes Meriaura Coasters order
Thordon Bearings is to supply and install its COMPAC seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearing systems for two general cargo ships being built at Royal Bodewes shipyard for Finland’s Meriaura Group.
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Wärtsilä wins second Finnlines scrubber order
Wärtsilä has been awarded another contract for scrubber systems by ro-ro and passenger vessel operator Finnlines, supplying a further three vessels after an initial contract for six ships last year.
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NewsLNG conversions raise legal issues
Bethan Bradley and Chris Moxon of leading maritime law firm Clyde & Co examine the complexities of contracting for ship conversions, with a focus on the growing field of conversions for LNG marine fuel.
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Time for a new approach to drydocking?
Wilhelmsen Ships Service believes a new approach to drydocking – giving ship owners and managers the opportunity to work with an agent they know and trust – will make the process more transparent, efficient and cost effective. Paul Rogers, commercial director North East Asia at Wilhelmsen Ships Service, explains the ...
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NewsPieter Dijkstra: Don’t leave it halfway
It’s a common mistake to assume that “if you take a midway position on technological development you get the best of both worlds,” says Pieter Dijkstra of Visedo Marine.
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NewsVaried work keeps German yards busy
Work on a variety of callers, from container ships through ferries to cruise liners and offshore vessels, has kept German shipyards active into the autumn, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsMathieu de Tugny: Technology ‘is only the entry permit’
Mathieu de Tugny of Bureau Veritas admits that in the beginning he was a little insulated from commercial realities, assuming “like most engineers” that technology trumps everything. He talks to Stevie Knight.
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NewsData intelligence is king
As the global maritime industry wrestles with the implications of ‘big data’, Peter Mantel, managing director of BMT SMART, examines how shore-based fleet and vessel performance management – and intelligent analysis of the data provided - can deliver operational and technical improvements far beyond individual ship monitoring.
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NewsClass rules harmonised for efficiency
Bill Thomson explores the major themes behind the forthcoming publication of integrated class rules from DNV GL, as the class society updates and streamlines the guidance of its two pre-merger predecessors.
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NewsMore done out back
Confined PSV footprint and need to do more - but don’t like working over the side? Then envelope operations inside a slide-out extension.
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NewsRaising the pressure
An innovative subsea plant is raising expectation in the Asgard field but it’s also required a long, hard look at ways to lower the processing modules.
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Lloyd’s approval for Thermaflue flange shields
UK manufacturer Thermaflue has received approval from Lloyd’s Register for its range of protective pipe, flange and joint covers.
