All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 511
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ABS gets ethane carrier class contract
US classification society ABS is to class a series of very large ethane carriers (VLECs), which it says is the world’s first contracted series of such vessels.
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Cylinder oil for 2015 ECA 0.1% sulphur distillate fuels
Marine lubricant supplier Total Lubmarine has announced the launch of its Talusia LS 25 low alkaline cylinder lubricant specifically designed for slow speed two stroke engines running distillate fuels with 0.1% sulphur content.
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Engine jacket heat harnessed to produce power
Calnetix Technologies of the US says it is introducing a new system that produces up to 125kW of power for the ship’s electric load from heat recovered out of the engine’s jacket water.
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NewsTwo-stroke cylinder oil intended for ECA operation
Shell Marine Products (SMP) claims to have become first to the market with a two-stroke cylinder lubricant formulated specifically for the needs of ships operating in ECAs.
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NewsContainer ship order for low pressure dual fuel two-stroke engines
Wärtsilä’s gas-fuelled two-stroke engine has picked up another order, this time for a series of four container ships for German shipowner GNS Shipping which will be built in China.
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Copenhagen shore power proposal
Copenhagen City Council are apparently considering a proposal that the 400 cruise ships that dock its port each year should be offered shore side power in the future.
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Three Greek tankers docked at Gibdock
Piraeus-based Aegean Maritime Petroleum Network Inc (AMPNI) recently contracted Gibraltar yard Gibdock to carry out repairs to three of its tank vessels.
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NewsEngine designer gives OK to BN100 cylinder oil
ExxonMobil says that its Mobilgard 5100 BN100 cylinder lubricant has received an interim No Objection Letter (NOL) from Wärtsilä for use in engines in the RTA, RT-Flex and X-series engines running on HFO.
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Balpure BWMS for STX newbuilds
Severn Trent De Nora is to supply its Balpure ballast water management system (BWMS) for crude oil tankers being built by STX Offshore and Shipbuilding in Korea.
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ABS bags its first Japanese-flagged ship
ABS, the Houston, US-based classification society, reports that it has become the first foreign class society to include a Japanese-flagged ship in its fleet.
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NewsNew 2015 release for ShipConstructor software
SSI of Canada has announced the latest release of its ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software package, ShipConstructor 2015, for the ship design and shipbuilding industry.
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NewsYard coins ‘retro-upgrade’ term for offshore job
Damen’s Shipdock Amsterdam yard describes a recent repair and conversion job on two offshore supply ships a ‘retro-upgrade’ – combining a general upgrade with retrofitting of anti-roll stabilising tanks.
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NewsASRY continues to attract new clients
Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has recently appointed Resolute Maritime Services as its Greek agent. This has resulted in increased activity from the Greek market at ASRY including leading Greek owner Maran Tankers Management which sent a VLCC for docking.
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UK yard invests in upgrades
UK shipyard McTays says that it has invested more than £1million at its Birkenhead yard, including upgrading a slipway to accommodate vessels up to 2,000dwt and 90m in length.
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NewsSeaKing Electrical invests in “high impact” electrical engineering software
Birkenhead, UK based SeaKing Electrical, which focuses on marine electrical engineering, says that it has invested in new engineering software, as used in the nuclear and military markets .
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NewsROV hull cleaning service comes to Europe
Dubai-based GAC EnvironHull says that Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the network of bases offering using its HullWiper ROV-operated hull cleaning service.
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NewsSoftware to boost charter competitiveness
Eco efficiency software is gaining new traction, thanks to a welcome move to open new communication channels between shipowners and charterers: Esa Henttinen, executive vice president of NAPA for operations, reports.
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NewsProven feasibility for battery power
Corvus Energy and Scandlines have cooperated on the conversion of four ro-pax ferries to hybrid propulsion.
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NewsHigh speed unit meets EPA Tier 4
Caterpillar Marine has begun taking orders for the US EPA Tier 4 compliant 3516C large high speed engine series.
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NewsCNG in shipping as an LNG alternative
Transporting natural gas has become big business for the shipping industry, says Dag Pike, who looks at the opportunities in compressing, rather than liquefying, gas for transport and fuel.
