Month: February 2016

REGULATION

REGULATION

IMO has launched a video showing a practical training exercise for Port State Control on ballast water sampling and analysis.

10th February 2016

VIDEO: IMO offers BWM training in Turkey

10th February 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Marine is leading a three-year, £1.7 million project investigating propulsion applications of a magnetically geared motor developed by UK company Magnomatics.

10th February 2016

Rolls-Royce leads magnetic propulsion project

10th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A Norwegian trial combining exhaust gas recirculation and scrubber use has not quite met Tier III NOx emissions, but suggests a potentially clean future for heavy fuel oil.

9th February 2016

EGR trial plots clean future for HFO

9th February 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lemissoler Navigation affiliate company Frontmarine Co is to coat its new series of eight supramax bulkers with Hempel’s Dynamic anti-fouling product after successful sea trials on four of the vessels.

9th February 2016

Dynamic efficiency gains for Lemissoler newbuilds

9th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and INTERTANKO have expressed reservations about some of the proposed revisions to the international ISO 8217 specifications of marine fuels, warning that some changes may be unfavourable to…

9th February 2016

Industry concerns over draft fuel standard

9th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SCF Novoship Technical Management has selected the Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System to be retrofitted on three Aframax Oil Tankers and one Product Carrier.

9th February 2016

SCF Novoship selects Ecochlor BWMS

9th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new crane ship designed by Dutch company Royal IHC will feature the Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS).

9th February 2016

Wärtsilä BWMS for Royal IHC crane ship

9th February 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Oil companies are increasingly demanding fuel management and monitoring systems onboard contracted OSV’s according to diesel power specialist Royston.

8th February 2016

Oil companies demand fuel management

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norwegian ballast water management system (BWMS) supplier Optimarin says US type approval is ‘imminent’ as it wins its first order in the fishing segment.

8th February 2016

Optimarin fishing breakthrough as US approval nears

8th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sea trials aboard Erik Thun’s LNG-fuelled short-sea dry bulk vessel ‘Greenland’ have validated the performance of Thordon Bearings COMPAC propeller shaft solution.

8th February 2016

LNG bulker trials validate seawater lubrication

8th February 2016