Month: August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS says advances have been made in technology that will impact the role of classification in the future, and its academic research aims to help the industry benefit.

18th August 2015

ABS invests in academic research

18th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Turkish ship management company DITAS Marine Operations and Tanker Management Co is to employ DNV GL’s ECO Insight fleet performance management solution for its ten tankers.

18th August 2015

DITAS adopts ECO Insight performance management

18th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

CSBC Corporation Taiwan has chosen Siemens to supply diesel-electric propulsion systems and other equipment for four 65,000-tonne semi-submersible deck cargo vessels (SSDCVs).

18th August 2015

CSBC selects Siemens for propulsion packages

18th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bremen-based water treatment manufacturer RWO has launched a new wastewater treatment system, CleanSewage Bio, which it claims offers significant space savings and ease of use.

18th August 2015

RWO advances sewage treatment system

18th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Evoqua Water Technologies has become the first company to complete low salinity (brackish) water testing for ballast water management solutions (BWMS), carried out by an independent laboratory under US Coast Guard (USCG)…

18th August 2015

Evoqua completes low salinity BWMS test

18th August 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Imtech Marine is set acquired by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital – a move that Imtech says will enable it to realise its growth ambition.

17th August 2015

Maritime investors take over Imtech

17th August 2015

LNG

LNG

Construction of Tallink Group’s new generation LNG-powered fast ferry has begun at Meyer Turku shipyard.

14th August 2015

Construction begins for Tallink LNG fast ferry

14th August 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GEA’s chemical-free UV ballast water treatment has been installed onboard Hapag-Lloyd’s Panamax container ship, ‘London Express’.

13th August 2015

GEA ballast water treatment for Hapag-Lloyd

13th August 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN PrimeServ’s turbocharger unit has signed a Premium Turbocharger Maintenance Contract with Associated Maritime Company (HKG) Ltd (AMCL).

13th August 2015

MAN Turbocharger maintenance agreement

13th August 2015

LNG

LNG

Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract with Totem Ocean for what it calls the worlds first conversion of a large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system.

12th August 2015

LNG cargo vessel conversion

12th August 2015