All Motorship articles in Web Issue – Page 524

  • The "super eco ship" features a tandem-hybrid contra-rotating propeller (CRP) propulsion system
    News

    MHI delivers “super eco ship”

    2014-06-04T12:48:00Z

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has delivered the “super eco” passenger ship ‘Tachibana-Maru’ to Tokai Kisen Co Ltd’s Shimonoseki Shipyard and Machinery Works in Japan.

  • ‘Artania’ is to get new engines plus comprehensive upgrades at LWB later this year
    News

    LWB to carry out further cruise upgrade

    2014-06-04T09:59:00Z

    German repair yard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has announced that it has received an order to carry out a comprehensive package of conversion work on the V.Ships/Phoenix Seereisen cruise ship ‘Artania’.

  • The agreement will focus on the movement of LNG over long distance and servicing local markets by LNG bunker/shuttle vessels
    News

    Americas LNG cooperation

    2014-06-03T17:37:00Z

    LNG America and Liquiline have signed an agreement to jointly develop commercial offerings for LNG marine fuel markets in the North American Pacific Northwest.

  • RSC’s environmentally acceptable lubricants will be available through Aegir Marine
    News

    EAL partnership

    2014-06-03T17:24:00Z

    US company RSC Bio Solutions and Aegir Marine of the Netherlands have signed a partnership agreement to increase the availability of VGP-approved environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) for stern tube seal applications.

  • 6,500dwt cargo ship ‘Laura’, which has successfully tested the DeltaLangh scrubber
    News

    New scrubber from Finland comes to market

    2014-06-03T17:24:00Z

    A new exhaust gas cleaning unit has been launched to the market by DeltaLangh, a joint venture between Finnish companies Oy Langh Ship and Deltamarin.

  • Nordic American has signed a letter of intent with Vard for 2+1 PSVs
    News

    Nordic American agrees Vard PSV deal

    2014-06-03T17:24:00Z

    Vard Holdings has announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Nordic American Offshore for the design and construction of two Platform Supply Vessels with an option for a third.

  • The new design emphasises energy efficiency to provide lower operating costs and enhanced environmental performance
    News

    Wärtsilä unveils new design

    2014-06-03T15:44:00Z

    Wärtsilä has revealed its new Aframax tanker design, developed to offer a practical solution to meeting current and upcoming emission regulations.

  • Gibdock offers comprehensive repair, maintenance and conversion in its three dry docks ranging in length from 154 to 272m
    News

    Gibdock Greek repair job

    2014-06-02T12:16:00Z

    Gibraltar’s repair specialist, Gibdock has completed its first shiprepair project for Tsakos Shipping & Trading, one of Greece’s leading ship owners.

  • DNV GL has developed a novel approach which overcomes the challenges of assessing on board energy efficiency
    News

    Class stepping up with solutions for increasing fuel efficiency

    2014-05-30T17:46:00Z

    Wendy Laursen explains how, with CO2 emissions measurement on the IMO agenda, class is developing new solutions for fuel efficiency.

  • Newbuild gas-fuelled ro-pax project for Brittany Ferries (Brittany Ferries / STX France)
    News

    US and EU take different path in 2016 NOx emissions regulation

    2014-05-30T17:39:00Z

    MEPC 66 agreed greater flexibility in the timing for Tier III NOx requirements, but the US timeline will remain, writes Wendy Laursen.

  • Stephan Timmermann: We are in the middle of a revolution even if many people are only just beginning to be aware of it
    News

    Stephan Timmermann: A quiet revolution

    2014-05-30T17:33:00Z

    “Despite people sometimes thinking you are crazy if you talk about a real and fundamental change, you have to realise how far everyone, not just the maritime business, but the whole world has come,” says Stephan Timmermann of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE.

  • The zero-pollution Supreme Athmos seal enables ships with limited draught up to approximately five metres to prevent oil from being emitted into the environment.
    News

    Failsafe sealing solutions boost performance

    2014-05-30T17:30:00Z

    A growing range of sealing solutions aim to improve safety and reduce the risks of oily emissions, by Wendy Laursen

  • RDS alpha seal after several hundred hours running in a test engine
    News

    Piston rod sealing systems to combat high-BN cylinder oil side effects

    2014-05-30T17:18:00Z

    Engine builders and oil companies are agreed that in order to avoid the effects of cold corrosion when slow steaming with new-generation long-stroke low speed engines, a high base number cylinder oil is needed – Ernie Terry of UK company Marine Sealing Services looks at overcoming the possible problems.

  • Bunkering ‘Bokn’ with LNG at the Rome Cruise Terminal
    News

    First LNG bunkering operation in Rome

    2014-05-30T15:45:00Z

    Recently, Rome has seen its first instance of LNG bunkering, carried out by Dutch company LNGEurope, using a road tanker to refuel a Turkish-built gas-fuelled tug vessel on its delivery voyage to Norway.

  • An example of the UT 797 CX multi-purpose OSV has been ordered by Island Offshore
    News

    Island orders large OSV package from Rolls-Royce

    2014-05-29T17:19:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has announced a contract to worth around £35 million to design and equip a large offshore support vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore, to be built by Vard for mid-2016 delivery.

  • Uljanik’s 3 Maj yard, which is to build two product tankers for a Swedish owner
    News

    Sweden’s Wisby Tankers orders two from 3 Maj

    2014-05-29T17:19:00Z

    Swedish shipping company Wisby Tankers has ordered two 1,500dwt product tankers from Croatian shipbuilder Brodogradiliste 3 Maj, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

  • Yusofov and Brinkmann sign up at Nordic Wismar
    News

    Russian contract ends German yard stalemate

    2014-05-28T19:10:00Z

    The long stalemate surrounding the bankrupt Volkswerft has now officially ended with its formal sale to Nordic Yards, meaning that four German shipyards are now in Russian hands, writes Tom Todd.

  • Damen’s InvaSave mobile BWTS can be truck-mounted for portability, while one or more units can be installed on a specially-designed barge
    News

    Damen to launch mobile BWTS

    2014-05-28T18:02:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group reports that it is to introduce a mobile ballast water treatment unit, under the ‘InvaSave’ name, which the company describes as “pioneering”.

  • MSC 93 met at IMO HQ
    News

    IMO MSC approves draft Polar Code

    2014-05-28T18:00:00Z

    At the 93rd meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), held at IMO HQ in London from 14 to 23 May, the committee approved, in principle, the draft Polar Code and related SOLAS amendments with a view to formal adoption in November.

  • News

    Zvezda to invest in new Russian engine plant

    2014-05-28T17:59:00Z

    OAO Zvezda, one of Russia’s largest producers of engines for ships and other transport industries, has announced its intention to build a new engine production plant in St Petersburg, writes Eugene Gerden.