Month: October 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) and Cryovision have together completed their first installation of an innovative sloshing monitoring system, the SloShield, which is designed to monitor impacts caused by the sloshing of liquid cargo.

Importer · 29th October 2015

GTT and Cryovision install sloshing prevention system

Importer · 29th October 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

GTT, CMA CGM and DNV GL have released a technical and feasibility study for a new mega box ship – the Piston Engine Room Free Efficient Containership (PERFECt).

Importer · 29th October 2015

Turbine-powered containership study

Importer · 29th October 2015

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The first electronically-controlled, gas-injection M-type engines (ME-GI) from MAN Diesel & Turbo have entered service onboard Qatari LNG partnership Nakilat’s Q-max vessel ‘Rasheeda’.

28th October 2015

First MAN ME-GI engines enter service

28th October 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipowners, ship builders and classification societies addressed key issues in the industry at the annual Tripartite meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

28th October 2015

Industry stakeholder meeting addresses key issues

28th October 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The antifouling substance Selektope has been signed off by the European Commission coinciding with its first commercial application in Asia.

28th October 2015

Market acceptance for Selektope

28th October 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The keel for the lead ship in a series of six 42,000dwt Arctic shuttle tankers, three of which were ordered by Sovcomflot, was laid at Samsung Heavy Industries on 26 October.

28th October 2015

Construction begins on Arctic tanker series

28th October 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Netherlands-based power supply specialist DBR has made its entry into the cruise market with orders for two vessels being upgraded at a Dutch shipyard.

28th October 2015

DBR enters cruise vessel genset market

28th October 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keeping cargo holds clean can be a particular challenge for Handymax size vessels operating in the spot market, Graham Hunter of Seven Seas’ Stromme business unit tells Stevie Knight.

28th October 2015

Clean for spot market

28th October 2015

LNG

LNG

Class society DNV GL has issued what it believes is the first industry guidance on how to perform quality measurements and quantity metering of LNG fuel supply.

28th October 2015

DNV GL issues LNG quality measurement guidance

28th October 2015

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Power and automation group ABB has opened a new research and development facility in Helsinki in which it will work on next-generation technologies across its marine portfolio.

27th October 2015

ABB opens Helsinki R&D lab

27th October 2015