All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 474
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NewsMaersk Tankers trials drone deliveries, inspections
Maersk Tankers will extend its trial use of drones to deliver small parcels including spare parts to vessels, and to conduct inspections, after a successful first test run.
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Mitsubishi retrofits retractable fin stabilisers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Marine Machinery and Engine Co has delivered the first retrofits of its retractable fin stabilisers, to a ferry and a ro-ro vessel.
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Belgium and Fiji ratify BWM Convention
Belgium and Fiji hav become the 48th and 49th IMO member states to ratify the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, with ratifying parties now representing 34.82% of world gross tonnage.
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NewsSidestepping the sludge
Jonas Ostlund and Sachin Gupta of Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) discuss the cold flow characteristics of distillate fuels and the formation of paraffin wax in cold temperatures.
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NewsFinFerries enlists Siemens for battery ferry
Finland’s first battery powered car ferry will Siemens electric propulsion system when it begins operation in the summer of 2017.
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Ship owners given more time over IHO standards
The transition period for software updates to existing ECDIS has been extended by the IMO sub-committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR).
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NewsSchottel propels Coastal Transportation vessel
US-based shipping company, Coastal Transportation, has made a new addition to its fleet, a 2,200dwt freighter vessel powered by a propulsion system from German manufacturer, Schottel Group.
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NewsHarris Pye boiler gains ABS approval
Former installation, repair and re-engineering specialist Harris Pye has celebrated a successful product design assessment for its tri-fired 45tph steam boiler as “approval of our design for construction”.
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NewsNew yard alliance off to good start
Following the creation of a giant new shipbuilding alliance in Germany, Lloyd Werft has said it has orders for ten newbuildings for completion over the coming decade, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsWärtsilä admits fuel consumption test fixing
In an extraordinary press release and conference call, Wärtsilä has revealed that fuel consumption tests on around 200 four-stroke marine engines have been deliberately fixed.
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NewsWärtsilä research to eliminate problem of ‘singing’ propellers
Wärtsilä has announced that it has identified the specific design parameters that create the risk of ‘singing’ propellers.
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DNV GL rolls out future-proofing notations
A new notation showing that vessels have been built for future scrubber installation has been released by DNV GL, to be joined later this year by another showing vessels’ readiness for installation of Tier III NOx abatement technologies.
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Bureau Veritas enters into partnership with Dassault Systemes
Classification society Bureau Veritas has entered into a partnership with Dassault Systèmes to use the company''s 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
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Wärtsilä introduces asset performance guarantee
Wärtsilä Services has updated its marine agreements, replacing its maintenance and technical management contracts with an optimised maintenance concept and introducing a new guaranteed asset performance solution.
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NewsUS commences LNG export
Houston-based Cheniere Energy has exported the first shipment of LNG from the US, through the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal on the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsArctic innovation
Russia’s Yamal LNG project involves one of the most demanding supply chains imaginable, providing the inspiration for a new generation of deck machinery from MacGregor.
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NewsScrubber work highlights early 2016 activity
Scrubber retro-fits and a range of conversion work on mainly smaller specialist ships is keeping some German shipyards busy in the opening months of the year, reports Tom Todd.
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NewsMiddle East yards prepare for ballast water scrum
Even before the latest signatories ratified the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, Gulf repair yards and engineering firms were squaring up to meet the installation challenge, writes Paul Bartlett.
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NewsAlfa Laval training centre expansion for LNG
Alfa Laval has announced that its Test and Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark will be expanded to five times its current size.
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NewsCathelco aims for USCG Type Approval for BWT System
Cathelco has submitted a Letter of Intent to the US Coast Guard to begin testing its ballast water treatment (BWT) system for Type Approval.
