Month: April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Tier III emissions regulation set to come in to force in the coming years, MAN Diesel and Turbo says it’s ready to support its customers “for…

17th April 2014

MAN prepares for Tier III era

17th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norway’s Havyard is to design and build a hybrid battery-powered platform supply vessel (PSV) for Fafnir Offshore HF as part of a NOK 350m (US$58.5m) contract.

17th April 2014

Hybrid battery-powered PSV contract

17th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first LNG tank manufactured by Lockheed Martin in the US for Harvey Gulf’s gas-fuelled PSVs has been completed in New Orleans.

16th April 2014

Lockheed Martin delivers first LNG tank

16th April 2014

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), the Bergen-based integrator of marine and offshore electric propulsion systems, has launched two new hybrid systems to the market.

15th April 2014

NES adds energy storage to Quadro drives

15th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Armada Shipyard is to build two river-sea oil tankers to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) class for the Palmali Group.

15th April 2014

New Russian oil tanker series

15th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new PrimeShip-Green software tool has been introduced by Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK to aid compliance with IMO requirements for EEDI.

15th April 2014

Free EEDI design support tool released by ClassNK

15th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Gazprom Neft is expected to become a major supplier of marine lubrication oils to the Russian domestic shipping industry following the recent commissioning of a new production plant, writes Eugene Gerden.

15th April 2014

Gazprom opens new lubes plant in Russia

15th April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Scotland’s ground-breaking, hybrid ferry project has been realised through the entry into west coast service of two double-enders incorporating a novel powering and propulsion concept, described by David Tinsley.

14th April 2014

Hebridean ferry puts down a new marker for hybrid technology

14th April 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

An agreement has been reached for amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) to address abandonment of seafarers and crew claims.

14th April 2014

Agreement reached on MLC amendments

14th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dr Raouf Kattan of Safinah and John Fletcher of Elcometer have prepared a paper discussing the pitfalls in assessing dry film thickness; Wendy Laursen summarises the findings.

14th April 2014

More clarity needed on dry film thickness

14th April 2014