All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 519

  • ‘Sun Rise’ is one of a pair of Pan Ocean heavy lift ships with Amarcon’s monitoring system
    News

    Octopus-Onboard two heavy lift vessels

    2014-07-15T16:32:00Z

    ABB subsidiary Amarcon says that Korean based company Pan Ocean has ordered its Octopus-Onboard ship monitoring and advisory system.

  • The Vard 1.08 PSV
    News

    German operator orders from Vard

    2014-07-15T16:31:00Z

    Vard Holdings has secured a contract for the design and construction of a 4,000dwt PSV for German company E.R. Offshore, the offshore arm of the Rickmers group, with delivery scheduled for mid-2016.

  • Maran Gas is one of the Greek operators which has concluded a CBM agreement with Wärtsilä
    News

    Wartsila to provide CBM for 20 dual-fuel Greek LNG tankers

    2014-07-15T16:31:00Z

    Wärtsilä reports that it has signed technical management agreements with four Greek LNG carrier operators, covering maintenance of 80 dual fuel engines in 20 ships, for a five year period.

  • ‘Lewek Constellation’ – pipe lay and heavy lift from Asia
    News

    Setting standards in pipelaying and heavy lift

    2014-07-14T16:43:00Z

    There is palpable excitement at EMAS Singapore. The flagship of the fleet, ‘Lewek Constellation’ has entered service in full splendour and has set off for West Africa for a heavy lift job with Vaalco Energy.

  • MacGregor will also supply a Pusnes offloading system for a FPSO conversion project
    News

    MacGregor equipment for Malaysia

    2014-07-14T12:35:00Z

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply equipment for three 80m ice-class vessels and a 96m shallow water pipe laying barge, for Malaysia’s Bumi Armada Berhad.

  • Merkel turns out for Sonne launch
    News

    Merkel turns out for Sonne launch

    2014-07-12T08:55:00Z

    Chancellor Angela Merkel has launched and named Germany’s latest, biggest and most expensive research ship to date – the €124.4 million ''Sonne'' - as builders Meyer Werft seek a “final settlement soon” in their bid to acquire STX Finland.

  • Changing order in the shortsea trades: Nor Lines' new generation will be fuelled solely on LNG; the special hull form includes a fuel-saving, wave piercing bow
    News

    Innovative Nor Lines duo to raise the bar in shortsea trade

    2014-07-11T16:19:00Z

    As the first of a pair of LNG-burning general cargo ships for operation in ECAs is nearing completion in China, David Tinsley looks at what could prove the future for European coastal and shortsea ships.

  • The Hapag Llloyd 8,750teu container ship ‘Chicago Express’, seen negotiating Hamburg’s Köhlbrand Bridge, performed trials using the system
    News

    New technologies to deal with cat fines in HFO

    2014-07-11T15:40:00Z

    Remains of cat fines in the fuel oil entering the engine account for a considerable part of the wear of the combustion chamber components in two stroke engines; GEA Westfalia Separator, MAN Diesel & Turbo and NanoNord have joined forces to offer a solution.

  • Fuel price differential, MGO v. HFO
    News

    Choice of sulphur emissions abatement technology depends on payback time

    2014-07-11T15:39:00Z

    In deciding the best option for dealing with the upcoming ECA sulphur emissions limits, and, in the longer term, the global sulphur cap, the likely payback period is a critical factor: Garrett Billemeyer and Melanie Davidson, Belco Technologies Corporation, look at the economics of the scrubber option

  • Contaminated fuel
    News

    Microbial growth set to increase with lower sulphur fuels

    2014-07-11T15:34:00Z

    According to Conidia Bioscience of the UK, changes to EU fuel specifications coupled with shortages of supply are set to further increase risk for vessel operators in 2015.

  • A fuel procurement strategy can help give ship operators a competitive edge when sailing in ECAs
    News

    Bunker procurement strategy: comply with ECAs and remain competitive

    2014-07-11T15:34:00Z

    Alok Sharma, head of marine at system development company Inatech, which specialises in fuel procurement strategy systems, explains how proper planning can reduce the financial pain of compliance with sulphur emissions regulations.

  • News

    MOL venture signs LNG carrier contract

    2014-07-11T12:44:00Z

    A joint venture between Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and China Shipping Group has signed a contract for three ice class LNG carriers.

  • The JIP will look at the possible risks of small scale LNG bunkering
    News

    DNV GL looks at LNG bunkering risks

    2014-07-10T14:32:00Z

    DNV GL is setting up a joint industry project (JIP) that will look at the risks exposed at small scale LNG bunkering and filling stations.

  • Portsmouth ferry port – Brittany Ferries’ first LNG-fuelled ship will operate from here, while the company has announced its intention to convert others in its fleet for gas operation
    News

    Portsmouth port looks to LNG bunkering

    2014-07-10T09:37:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register and the Port of Portsmouth are working together to establish the port as the UK’s first LNG bunkering facility and hub.

  • The vessel is the first project of a new partnership between NYK, GDF Suez and Mitsubishi
    News

    NYK orders a ‘world first’

    2014-07-09T14:50:00Z

    Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is to build what it said to be the world’s first LNG bunker tanker for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK).

  • News

    ExxonMobil responds to ECA fuel challenge

    2014-07-09T12:09:00Z

    ExxonMobil Marine Fuels & Lubricants has announced the introduction of a marine fuel designed to help marine operators comply with the 0.10% ECA sulphur limit set which will apply in ECAs from 1 Jan. 2015.

  • Fujian Huadong repair yard 'ticks all the boxes'
    News

    Another shipyard for Simplex-Turbulo

    2014-07-09T11:17:00Z

    UK-based Simplex-Turbulo has added another dry dock to its portfolio, Fujian Huadong in China, which it says ‘ticks all the boxes’ in terms of location, facilities, efficiency and quality.

  • The new series of IBSVs is a further development of the 'Vitus Bering' series
    News

    Sovcomflot signs icebreaking contract

    2014-07-08T17:26:00Z

    Sovcomflot (SCF Group) and Sakhalin Energy have signed an agreement for the construction and long-term operation of three multifunctional icebreaking standby vessels to serve the Sakhalin-2 offshore energy platforms.

  • L-3 MSI will provide advanced automation, navigation, communications and electrical propulsion facilities for Samsø Færgen
    News

    Electrical package for biogas ferry

    2014-07-08T14:00:00Z

    Germany’s L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) will provide advanced automation, navigation, communications and electrical propulsion facilities for ''Samsø Færgen'', a new LNG powered double-ended passenger car ferry.

  • MHI’s 16-cylinder engine has notched up 10,000 sales
    News

    Mitsubishi reaches 10,000 sales for high speed engine family

    2014-07-08T11:00:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says that it has reached the milestone of 10,000 unit sales for its 16-cylinder diesel and gas engine, since the original product launch in 1989.