Month: November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

W&O Europe has become the exclusive distributor for Hyde Guardian Gold ballast water management systems in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

25th November 2014

New European distributor for Hyde

25th November 2014

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

Mercator Media’s 2014 Gas Fuelled Ships conference, under the banner of The Motorship, got under way this morning in Stavanger, Norway, with the keynote addresses from a wide variety of important industry…

25th November 2014

130 gas fuelled ships confirmed, GFS conference is told

25th November 2014

LNG

LNG

US-based RSC Bio Solutions’ EnviroLogic environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) and SAFECARE cleaners have been certified as small vessel general permit (SVGP) compliant.

24th November 2014

RSC fluids meet US EPA requirements

24th November 2014

OPINION

OPINION

A piece of modern German history goes under the hammer in Rostock soon when the state yacht and conference boat once used by East Germany’s Communist leaders is sold at auction, writes…

23rd November 2014

Historic GDR boat goes to highest bidder

23rd November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Havyard Ship Technology is to design and build two more 843 Ice offshore icebreakers, to be built at its Leirvik shipyard – a contract worth NOK 1bn (US$148m).

21st November 2014

More Havyard icebreakers on order

21st November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Canadian energy storage system supplier Corvus Energy says that it has been awarded a contract to supply a lithium polymer battery bank for the conversion of a ferry to hybrid propulsion.

21st November 2014

LNG ferry to convert to hybrid power

21st November 2014

OPINION

OPINION

It is with great regret that we learned this week of the passing of Doug Woodyard. He had been in poor health for a number of years, but following a recovery he…

21st November 2014

Doug Woodyard

21st November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies, agreed that, in the ongoing market downturn, quality is paramount and must be maintained by continuous enhancement of industry standards and procedures.

20th November 2014

Tripartite 2014 looks at market downturn

20th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

To promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel within the maritime and offshore industry, a memorandum of understanding has been signed between DNV GL and Qatar shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM).

20th November 2014

DNV GL and N-KOM to cooperate on LNG as fuel

20th November 2014

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shell has announced a new range of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs), including Shell Naturelle S4 Stern Tube Fluid 100 which it says will allow ships entering US waters to comply with the…

20th November 2014

Shell launches stern tube fluid to comply with VGP

20th November 2014