Month: April 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

An innovative hull form as well as air lift and air lubrication technologies are being combined in a high-speed container ship project that stakeholders hope will allow them to compete with air…

15th April 2015

Container shipping takes to the air

15th April 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä has signed a five year technical management agreement with Golar Management Oslo for delivery of services to Golar LNG – a leading global independent owner and operator of LNG carriers.

15th April 2015

Wärtsilä service for Golar LNG fleet

15th April 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

DuPont Sustainable Solutions is to supply its marine scrubber systems for two Condor ferries, enabling them to meet all IMO Annex VI sulphur requirements.

15th April 2015

DuPont nets Condor scrubber contract

15th April 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society ClassNK has opened a new survey office in Cadiz, Spain.

15th April 2015

ClassNK opens Cadiz survey office

15th April 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

AIDA is to roll out ABB’s energy monitoring and management system (EMMA) across its entire 10-strong cruise ship fleet, with six vessels already using the software to aid energy cost optimisation.

15th April 2015

AIDA opts for ABB efficiency tool

15th April 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Diesel power engineering company Royston has introduced a new version of its Enginei fuel management system.

14th April 2015

Royston upgrades fuel management system

14th April 2015

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ME Production subsidiary Marine Exhaust Technology has completed the basic stage of a scrubber retrofit onboard DFDS vessel ‘Ark Dania’, the first of two of the operator’s vessels to install ME scrubbers.

14th April 2015

DFDS opts for scrubber on ‘Ark Dania’

14th April 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icebreaking rescue vessel Baltika, developed by Aker Arctic, has completed ice trials testing its unique asymmetric hull, which allows the ship to break ice sideways to create wide channels.

14th April 2015

Ice trial success for oblique icebreaker

14th April 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

As the largest vessel designed exclusively for the UK cruise market, the 144,000gt ‘Britannia’ marries a bespoke style and image with an impressive technological standard, writes David Tinsley.

14th April 2015

Britannia bolsters UK cruise fleet

14th April 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang Shipyard has started construction of what is said to be the world’s first E169 rock installation vessel.

14th April 2015

Sinopacific starts rock installation vessel construction

14th April 2015