Month: October 2013

GENERAL NEWS

New maritime bank to be set up in Norway

The optimised designs were tested for efficiency at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin GENERAL NEWS

Super efficient container ships

The Kappel propeller design offers fuel savings of up to 6% GENERAL NEWS

MAN propeller agreement

GENERAL NEWS

‘Corona Royal’ delivery

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Ocean Exchange winners

Neptun production booms VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German yards do well with very different ships

MHI has retrofitted its variable turbine inlet system to the turbochargers of a Maersk tanker, with good results GENERAL NEWS

Turbocharger retrofit carried out on Maersk VLCC

Odfell has ordered four gas carriers from Sinopacific, with options for four more GENERAL NEWS

Odfjell orders gas tankers from Sinopacific

Norway’s Vindskip re-shapes the tall hull of a PCTC ship to provide ‘sail assistance’ to a gas powered propulsion plant, offering 60% fuel savings and 80% lower emissions VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The hull as a sail

The BlueTech 42 bulk carrier is designed to save owners and operators on efficiency GENERAL NEWS

Super low resistance