Month: March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Mercator Media Limited, publisher of The Motorship magazine and organiser of the Propulsion & Emissions and Gas Fuelled Ships conferences, has won a business excellence award for international development.

9th March 2015

Business award for Mercator Media

9th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The path to more efficient ships – both environmentally and economically – was the focus of an energetic second day at The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference 2015.

9th March 2015

Efficiency in focus at P&E conference

9th March 2015

LNG

LNG

Shell is working to comply with new regulations in the Northern American Emission Control Area (ECA) with an LNG offshore supply vessels – the first of its kind in the Gulf of…

6th March 2015

Shell reduces emissions with LNG OSV

6th March 2015

VIDEOS AND IMAGES PFF

VIDEOS AND IMAGES PFF

View videos from 2014 below

5th March 2015

2014 Videos

5th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey has added new dedicated capacity to build the popular Fast Crew Supplier 5009 at the yard – a dedicated 12,000m² facility called Antalya II.

5th March 2015

Damen increases capacity in Turkey

5th March 2015

LNG

LNG

The use of LNG as a fuel is supported by most industry stakeholders, but concerns still remain over its opportunities and risks, according to the European Commission’s preliminary results of an LNG…

5th March 2015

Commission reports on industry LNG concerns

5th March 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine has reached a ‘milestone achievement’ with an order for its new Tier 4 Final C280-16 generator sets – the marine industry’s highest horsepower, Tier 4 solution.

5th March 2015

Caterpillar reaches ‘milestone’ with Tier 4 engine

5th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first day of The Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference yesterday (4 March) was characterised by a ‘business as usual’ attitude from shipowners in the face of recently introduced sulphur fuel limits.

5th March 2015

Plain sailing for shipowners on sulphur compliance

5th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new initiative launched by DNV GL aims to improve shipping’s safety record, environmental impact and global competitiveness by 2050 to create a more sustainable European transport system.

4th March 2015

Improving ‘Vessels for the Future’

4th March 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BIMCO has launched a new, multi-part guidance resource to support ship owners and operators to improve the environmental performance and efficiency of their ships.

4th March 2015

BIMCO environmental performance guide

4th March 2015