Month: May 2015

Substrate preparation, coating technology and vessel type are now better indicators of hull roughness than the age of a vessel, says Stenson GENERAL NEWS

Predicting hull roughness: A new method

The MEPC adopted the Polar Code and worked towards ratification of the BWM Convention at tis 68th sitting REGULATION

Progress on key issues at MEPC 68

Pipelaying tower and two 400te offshore cranes rise above the deck of the deepwater field development vessel Ceona Amazon. Courtesy of Ceona (copyright Kloet) VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Versatile vessel addresses deepwater challenge

The £10.3 million facility is designed to test wave and tidal energy projects, offshore wind structures, and other marine technologies EQUIPMENT

Circling the square

Foreship's air lubrication system received its first commercial installation on RCCL's 'Quantum of the Seas' EQUIPMENT

Air lubrication advances

The first vessels to be fitted with Wärtsilä's VGP-2013 compliant propulsion package are four 173m BigRoll MC Class module carriers PROPULSION

Wärtsilä EAL propulsion package

Walker: "Knowing what the fuel decisions of shipowners will be is one of our biggest challenges" FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Preparing for the fuels of the future

GENERAL NEWS

Healthy growth for Dutch marine cluster

The low-pressure EGR system has been confirmed as Tier III-compliant EQUIPMENT

Low-pressure EGR confirmed Tier III compliant

Existing frontier oil and gas projects have resulted in tremendous technological developments, particularly in subsea VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

DNV GL develops unmanned FLNG concept