Month: January 2014

Operations have started at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark, which the company says is the beginning of a new era for marine R&D.

Ferry operator Brittany Ferries and STX France have confirmed a contract for a new LNG-fuelled ferry, which when delivered will be the largest gas-fuelled ro-pax ship yet.

A Swiss company, known as UT99 AG, says that its oil mist separator is the first and only such unit to have received approval by Germanischer Lloyd (GL).

A new silicon-coated isolation rubber tube for use on heavy fuel pipes in large marine diesel engines is now available from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies – Simrit.

Norway’s Yara is strengthening its position in the area of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Emissions Control systems by acquiring H+H Umwelt- und Industrietechnik GmbH, a German leader in Marine Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)…

Wärtsilä reports that the first example of its X72 mid-bore, low-speed engine has successfully passed the factory acceptance test.