All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 489

  • Slipstream from the ultra large container carrier Ural, equipped with Van der Velden's ESPAC system
    News

    Van der Velden reveals efficiency innovations

    2015-02-11T17:26:00Z

    Damen Group subsidiary Van der Velden Marine Systems has revealed three partnership-driven innovations aimed at improving propulsion efficiency.

  • MAN Diesel & Turbo said that the contract renewal should help it to make further inroads into the northern China market
    News

    MAN renews contract with Chinese shipbuilder

    2015-02-11T16:03:00Z

    MAN Diesel & Turbo has renewed its contract with Chinese two-stroke licensee, China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) for a further ten years.

  • Join the world's leading shipping companies at The 37th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference
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    Ship owners and operators at P&E 2015

    2015-02-11T14:09:00Z

    The 37th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, to take place in Hamburg on 4-5 March, will welcome several leading companies from the shipping world.

  • News

    Russia plans Kaliningrad shipbuilding cluster

    2015-02-11T12:38:00Z

    A new shipbuilding cluster is to be established in Kaliningrad, the Russian port city sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, writes Eugene Gerden.

  • The two new Fjord1 ferries as envisioned by Multi Maritime
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    Fjord1 orders ferries from Multi Maritime

    2015-02-11T12:10:00Z

    Norwegian operator Fjord1 has placed an order for two new vessels with local firm Multi Maritime, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

  • News

    Lundqvist Rederierna adopts BASS maintenance software

    2015-02-11T11:21:00Z

    Finnish tanker operator Lundqvist Rederierna has adopted maintenance management software from BASS.

  • Five more Wärtsilä-powered LNG carriers are destined for Russia's Yamal LNG project
    News

    Wärtsilä engines for DSME gas carriers

    2015-02-11T10:47:00Z

    Wärtsilä has received an order for 30 dual-fuel engines for five new design Arc 7 ice-class LNG carriers being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to serve the Yamal LNG project.

  • The new office will support MTU, MTU Onsite Energy and Bergen Engines sales and services in 21 countries in the Middle East and North Africa
    News

    Rolls-Royce expands to Middle East

    2015-02-11T09:52:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is supporting regional MTU sales and services in the Middle East with a new head office in Dubai.

  • Alfa Laval’s PureSOx scrubber system installed onboard the DFDS Petunia and Primula Seaways has gained its first class approvals
    News

    Class approval for PureSOx scrubbers

    2015-02-10T16:33:00Z

    Alfa Laval has secured the first class approvals from Lloyds Register for its PureSOx scrubber system installed onboard the DFDS Petunia and Primula Seaways.

  • News

    Korean Register authorised in Canada

    2015-02-10T16:07:00Z

    Korean Register (KR) has been authorised to perform statutory services – including conducting surveys and audits as well as issuing certificates – on behalf of the Canadian government.

  • MPR is the only company certified to carry out vertical in-situ propeller repairs
    News

    MPR certified for in-situ propeller repair

    2015-02-10T16:03:00Z

    Netherlands-based Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) is now DNV GL-certified to carry out in-situ welding for propeller repair, making it the only company certified to do so.

  • News

    Marine fuel shows improvement in 2015

    2015-02-10T15:02:00Z

    The quality of marine fuel has risen in early 2015 according to early results revealed by the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA).

  • News

    BIO-UV partners with Choice Ballast Solutions

    2015-02-10T11:19:00Z

    French ballast water treatment manufacturer BIO-UV has partnered with US-based Choice Ballast Solutions for engineering and installation of its BIO-SEA systems for US shipowners.

  • Impression of Norled’s all-electric ferry, due to start operating in early 2015
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    Battery powered ferries report

    2015-02-10T10:29:00Z

    The first large passenger ferry to rely entirely on battery power begins operations this year, but it’s not the only passenger vessel to have included energy storage in the power mix, writes Bill Thomson in The Motorship''s February issue, out now.

  • Five new COSCO container vessels will be equipped with twenty Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 generating sets
    News

    Wärtsilä gensets for five Chinese ships

    2015-02-10T10:05:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to provide a total of 20 generating sets for five 14,500 teu container vessels under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group yard for China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO).

  • The "pioneering" vessel will be powered by three 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines capable of operating on either gas or diesel fuels
    News

    Wärtsilä DF engines for Shell LNG bunker vessel

    2015-02-09T17:02:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply DF dual-fuel engines for a specialised LNG bunker vessel being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company for Shell.

  • Technip’s ‘Global 1200’ in dry-dock at DSR
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    Technip upgrade at DSR

    2015-02-09T15:46:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has secured a new contract from Technip, for dry-docking, upgrade and operational modification to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, ‘Global 1200.’

  • News

    ClassNK software integrates common structural rules

    2015-02-09T12:46:00Z

    ClassNK has updates its ship design support software PrimeShip-Hull (HCSR), making it the first computer programme to reflect IACS’ Common Structural Rules (CSR) adopted in December 2014.

  • Weser silt barges are being joined by the first LNG newbuild
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    Borkum bags first pure LNG barge

    2015-02-09T09:56:00Z

    A Dutch yard will build what is being described as the world’s first pure LNG driven port and inland barge for German owners, writes Tom Todd.

  • Red7 Alliance in Lindenau's Dock 11
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    Lindenau tackles canal accident ship

    2015-02-09T09:21:00Z

    Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has completed unexpected bow repairs to the British offshore dive support ship ''Red7 Alliance'' after a collision with a lock gate on the Kiel Canal, writes Tom Todd.