Month: March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Trade association Interferry has produced operational best practice guidance for fire safety on ro-ro vehicle decks in response to a string of at least seven serious fires on ro-pax vessels in Europe…

11th March 2016

Interferry issues ro-ro fire safety guidance

11th March 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Klüber has launched an environmentally acceptable lubricant for open gears, compliant with the US Vessel General Permit.

11th March 2016

Klüber launches environmentally acceptable lubricant

11th March 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

A retrofit project paid for jointly by ship owner Hammonia and charterer Intermarine is expected to reduce fuel consumption by 25% across three vessels.

11th March 2016

Innovative retrofit project slashes fuel consumption

11th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Verifavia has fully certified SetelHellas’ SeeMBox-V MRV Solution against the EU Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requirements.

11th March 2016

SeeMBox-V MRV Solution certified by Verifavia

11th March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co, with support from Lloyd’s Register, has created tanker designs offering reduced ballast water requirements to minimise the difficulties of operating in silt-laden China’s silt-laden ports.

11th March 2016

Dalian Shipbuilding designs reduced ballast tankers

11th March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The economics driving the ultra-large container ship ‘arms race’ may be approaching a stalling point unless ports and shipping companies collaborate more closely, consultancy Drewry has warned.

11th March 2016

Container ship size ‘arms race’ questioned

11th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Parker Bestobell Marine has released a new range of high pressure cryogenic valves that are fully approved for use in the marine sector.

10th March 2016

New high pressure values

10th March 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The IMO has held two international workshops to raise awareness of its regulations on energy efficiency and the control of greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

10th March 2016

IMO workshops to promote energy efficiency

10th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargo handling equipment manufacturer MacGregor has upgraded cargo systems on two 14,000teu container vessels owned and operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), with five further vessels to have similar upgrades.

9th March 2016

MacGregor upgrades CSCL ship cargo systems

9th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rederi AB Gotland is to equip its newbuild LNG-fuelled passenger and cargo vessels with Evac wastewater systems capable of nutrient removal, ahead of the Baltic Sea’s designation as a MARPOL Annex IV…

9th March 2016

Baltic wastewater compliance for Gotland vessels

9th March 2016