Month: July 2014

LNG

LNG

Poland’s Remontowa shipyard has obtained an order to supply three LNG-fuelled ferries to Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

8th July 2014

Poland’s Remontowa secures C$165 million dual-fuel ferry deal

8th July 2014

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Nikolay A. Katagarov, a senior expert in the machinery department of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, discusses his favoured solution to SOx emissions with Wendy Laursen

7th July 2014

LNG strong contender for SOx emissions in the Russian market

7th July 2014

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Low-sulphur fuels come with stability and lubricity challenges, some of which are the result of more effective refining processes which are supposed to benefit the low-sulphur fuel market, writes Wendy Laursen

7th July 2014

New fuels pose challenges for lubes and additives

7th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Atlantic Towing (ATL) has chosen newly-designed, ice-strengthened PSV 5000 vessels from Damen Shipyards to meet a demanding 10-year offshore support contract.

7th July 2014

New Damen PSV design for Atlantic Towing

7th July 2014

OPINION

OPINION

What Duke Snider knows is ice: sea ice, freshwater ice, first year ice, glacial ice, he is intimately acquainted with the lot. But, as he tells Stevie Knight, what he wants more…

7th July 2014

Duke Snider: Dedicated ice man

7th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marine antifouling coatings specialist, Jotun, has signed a landmark agreement with Maersk Line to supply Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) for the Triple-E new build project.

7th July 2014

Jotun wins Triple-E contract

7th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) believes it could have a solution to the current dilemma associated with what it describes as the “serious implementation problems” associated with the IMO ballast water…

7th July 2014

ICS proposes ballast water solution

7th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Eco Marine Power of Japan and MINs Control Systems of Singapore have signed a sales and support agreement, under which MINs will handle EMPs renewable energy systems for shipping in Singapore and…

7th July 2014

Renewable ship energy agreement

7th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Danish water systems company Desmi says that it is to acquire all of the shares in its associated ballast water treatment company, Desmi Oceanguard, from its partners A.P. Moller - Maersk and…

4th July 2014

BWTS company comes into single ownership

4th July 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, says that a contract, first announced in June, to convert an existing LNG carrier into a floating liquefaction vessel for Golar, has…

4th July 2014

Keppel Shipyard FLNG contract confirmed

4th July 2014