All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 513

  • The new NAPA-DSME Power system features additional tools for LNG carriers to balance interests of ship operators and cargo owners
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    DSME monitors LNG carrier performance

    2015-05-29T15:33:00Z

    Software provider NAPA and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have launched a performance monitoring system tailored to DSME gas carriers.

  • News

    Intelsat expands offering with IntelsatOneR Flex

    2015-05-29T14:56:00Z

    Intelsat SA has unveiled a customisable, managed mobility service said to enable service providers to easily and cost-effectively launch services across the maritime sector.

  • News

    Corvus boosts Scandlines battery power

    2015-05-28T17:24:00Z

    Corvus Energy is to deliver an additional 2.6 MWh battery system to Scandlines, operator of the world’s largest battery hybrid electric ferry fleet.

  • 'Wave Walker 1' is kitted out with ten units of E LED's 80 watt flood lights
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    Bright outlook for jackup platform

    2015-05-28T15:28:00Z

    When Fugro was looking to kit out its walking jackup platform ''Wave Walker 1'' with new lighting, it turned to the UK lighting expert, E LED.

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    Shell expands lubricant and app availability

    2015-05-28T13:44:00Z

    Shell Marine Products has expanded its port coverage in seven countries, bringing its total network to 532 ports in 40 countries.

  • The new chemical-free water treatment system will gain its first reference on 'Acta Orion'
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    First reference for Clarimar MF system

    2015-05-28T12:23:00Z

    The new waste water treatment system from ACO Marine will be installed on Acta Marine’s state-of-the-art wind farm support vessel (WFSV) ‘Acta Orion’.

  • Grimaldi Lines' 'Florencia' is the first ferry to implement the new safety scheme
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    RINA launches ferry safety scheme

    2015-05-28T11:14:00Z

    Italian classification society RINA has launched an asset integrity management initiative aimed at enhancing safety of ro-pax ferries.

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    Korean Register opens green technology centre

    2015-05-28T10:47:00Z

    The Korean Register (KR) has opened what it claims is the world’s first green marine technology testing and certification centre in Gunsan, South Korea.

  • Eriksen takes the helm after two decades at DNV GL, including the past six years on the executive committee
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    DNV GL appoints new group CEO

    2015-05-28T09:51:00Z

    Remi Eriksen, formerly chief operating officer of DNV GL, has been promoted to group CEO following the planned retirement of Henrik O. Madsen.

  • Wärtsilä says the scope of its integration on the Dragon class carriers will create efficiencies
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    Wärtsilä integrates systems on Evergas carrier

    2015-05-28T09:10:00Z

    Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering will today deliver the first of a new class of gas transport vessels, ordered by Danish fuel and gas shipping company Evergas.

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    US patent for Evoqua BWMS

    2015-05-27T17:30:00Z

    Evoqua Water Technologies has been awarded a second US patent on its technical solution for treating ballast water.

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    Wärtsilä BWMs for Jinhai container vessels

    2015-05-27T17:16:00Z

    Wärtsilä has received an order for ballast water management systems (BWMS) for three new container ships being built for a major European shipping company at the Jinhai Shipyard in China.

  • Charterers are increasingly choosing to lower their annual fuel bills and greenhouse gas emissions, say the Carbon War Room
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    Excluding inefficient vessels

    2015-05-27T13:27:00Z

    Charterers moving one fifth of global shipped tonnage now effectively exclude inefficient vessels, says the Carbon War Room.

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    Moran Towing secures LNG fuelling patent

    2015-05-27T12:43:00Z

    US-based Moran Towing Corporation, a partner of Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), has been granted US Patent 8,967,174 for ‘Articulated conduit systems and uses thereof for fuel gas transfer between a tug and barge’.

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    Type approval for Danelec VDRs

    2015-05-26T16:10:00Z

    The US Coast Guard (USCG) and China Classification Society (CCS) have added type approvals for Danelec’s DM100 voyage data recorders (VDR) and simplified voyage data recorders (S-VDR).

  • The new agreement represents the first time Anglo-Eastern has employed PrimeServ to handle its turbocharger service programme
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    MAN signs maintenance contract with Anglo-Eastern

    2015-05-26T16:07:00Z

    MAN PrimeServ Turbocharger has signed a Premium Turbocharger Maintenance Contract with Anglo-Eastern Ship Management that covers around 300 turbochargers installed on its fleet.

  • The remotely operated EnvironHull cleaning system applies a light but effective touch to expensive hull coatings
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    Saving paint, saving lives

    2015-05-26T15:55:00Z

    Launched at the end of 2012, GAC’s automated hull cleaning unit EnvironHull – a remotely operated machine that can perform rapid underwater hull wiping – will soon be launched in several more key markets.

  • The agreement was signed at Statoil's headquarters
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    Statoil chooses GAC automated hull cleaning

    2015-05-26T13:00:00Z

    The energy company will use GAC EnvironHull’s system to clean hulls of its vessels operating in Scandinavia, the Middle East and Asia.

  • ASRY and Relayt Engineering representatives at the specialised service agreement signing
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    Relay Engineering joins emerging Manama hub

    2015-05-26T12:43:00Z

    The electrical and instrumentation specialist has signed an agreement with Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) to offer its services from the yard in the Arabian Gulf.

  • Substrate preparation, coating technology and vessel type are now better indicators of hull roughness than the age of a vessel, says Stenson
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    Predicting hull roughness: A new method

    2015-05-26T12:17:00Z

    Dr Philip Stenson, Technology Leader at International, AkzoNobel’s marine coatings business, discusses what the company says is the first major re-evaluation of average hull roughness (AHR) prediction methodology in almost 30 years.