Month: March 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lubricant and fuel additive manufacturer Infineum has opened its second wholly-owned enterprise in China, an additive blending plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province.

21st March 2016

Infineum opens China blending plant

21st March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shell, Rolls-Royce and MAN Diesel & Turbo are among the first users of a new tool launched by class society DNV GL to track LNG fuel availability.

21st March 2016

DNV GL launches LNG fuel availability tool

21st March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for a new project which it hopes will delivery fuel savings of at least 10% for large shipping vessels.

21st March 2016

ETI launches flettner rotor project

21st March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ABB has launched a a new electrical power system intended to optimise engine speed and reduce fuel costs.

21st March 2016

ABB launches engine speed optimising system

21st March 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

‘Maersk Connector’, although starting from Damen’s 8500 offshore carrier base vessel, has incorporated a number of interesting changes – not least that it’s going to settle down on its bottom writes Stevie…

21st March 2016

Sitting down on the job

21st March 2016

OPINION

OPINION

Ann Rigmor Nerheim of Rolls-Royce was not, she admits, looking to get involved with the marine industry. But by 2013 the marine industry had begun to look for her.

21st March 2016

Ann Rigmor Nerheim: All about the pressure

21st March 2016

OPINION

OPINION

Reorganisation of shipbuilding in the UK was the main story in ‘The Motor Ship’, April 1966. The Geddes Report recommended a “fresh start for British shipbuilding”, to be achieved through regrouping the…

21st March 2016

A new start for UK yards

21st March 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

One of Maersk Line’s longest container vessels has recently departed from Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr).

17th March 2016

Emma Mærsk calls at Damen Shiprepair Brest

17th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optimarin has signed a fleet agreement with UK-based Carisbrooke for its Optimarin Ballast System (OBS).

16th March 2016

Optimarin wins fleet agreement with Carisbrooke

16th March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has significantly reduced structural computational and verification times through the use of a 3D model which can link directly to BV’s VeriSTAR suite of calculation tools.

16th March 2016

BV slashes design review times

16th March 2016