Month: July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

OW Bunker, a supplier and trader of marine fuel, says that it is implementing a new corporate strategy to support significant growth, and to create a foundation for expansion over the coming…

31st July 2010

Bunker supplier revises strategy

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

Lloyd’s Register has launched a new scheme aimed at helping training providers deliver courses to recognised standards that meet its clients’ needs

31st July 2010

Benchmark scheme for marine industry training

31st July 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Kongsberg Maritime has added three new monitoring and efficiency applications to its K-Chief automation system. The fuel saver applications have been developed as part of Kongsberg Maritimes commitment to the Green Ship…

31st July 2010

Fuel saver added to engine automation system

31st July 2010

REGULATION

REGULATION

International classification society Bureau Veritas says natural gas-powered propulsion will be one of the major contributors to greener shipping.

31st July 2010

Gas is the green solution, says BV

31st July 2010

50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

Most of the July 1960 issue of The Motor Ship was taken up by tables of ships on order arranged by country, which showed Great Britain still held a leading position, closely…

31st July 2010

Shipbuilding statistics and engine design

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch yard Damen is best-known for its policy of standardising designs and using common parts as much as possible throughout the range, but recently the Damen group has embarked on what it…

31st July 2010

Composite water taxi fleet enters service

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

One of Germany’s oldest private shipyards, J.J.Sietas, has completed its first ro-pax newbuilding, the small, 75.1m, state-of-the-art, double-end ferry Uthlande, and with it entered a specialist sector still competitive for some European…

31st July 2010

Innovative ferry ro-ro helps Sietas on new course

31st July 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Germany’s small Hitzler Schiffswerft has completed Kietz, the first of three special inland icebreakers worth a total of €15.3 million for service with local waterways authorities in east and west Germany, writes…

31st July 2010

Hitzler completes first of three river icebreakers

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Engine company launches SCR for inland waters

31st July 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines.

31st July 2010

Piston seals for cleaner engines

31st July 2010