Month: May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Regulations for the restriction of air pollution from ships will mean extra costs and responsibilities for shipowners, according to an expert from BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys.

Importer · 31st May 2010

The surveyor’s view of low-sulphur risks

Importer · 31st May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business.

Importer · 31st May 2010

Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel

Importer · 31st May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

According to local press reports, Iran has ordered six LNG tankers from China to transport the natural gas it hopes to export from its giant gas reserves.

31st May 2010

China wins Iranian LNG carrier orders

31st May 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Welcome last-minute orders appear to have secured at least the immediate future of several of Germany’s most threatened big shipyards - those still building merchant ships that is.

31st May 2010

Prospects good as late orders buck up in Germany

31st May 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The 15m long ship prototype Stena Airmax was named today in Gothenburg and is part of a project in which an ‘air cushion’ is being tested to investigate to what extent it…

30th May 2010

Airmax prototype demonstrator gets airborne

30th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Mitsui OSK Lines and Akasaka Diesel have announced the joint development of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for vessels that use marine HFO.

30th May 2010

Particulate filter tested in Japan

30th May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

One of the first operators to trial the latest enhanced target detection feature on the Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital radar is Swalinge Scheepvaart of The Netherlands.

30th May 2010

Enhanced target detection provides unexpected benefits

30th May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Finnish companies STX Finland, Aker Arctic Technology, Southeast Trading (SET Group), and the Russian companies OAO Sovcomflot and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing and…

30th May 2010

Innovative asymmetrical icebreaker for the Gulf of Finland and Baltic Sea

30th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A report has been commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) from Deltamarin of Finland to provide information on tests and trials for several ship types for the evaluation of the…

29th May 2010

Report evaluates CO2 indexing

29th May 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norwegian operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics says that it has become the first shipping company to receive formal third party verification of its inventory processes for green house gas emissions.

29th May 2010

WWL claims first GHG certification

29th May 2010