Month: April 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor has received a new order for gravity self-unloading systems for two 29,800 dwt bulk carriers from the Yangzijiang shipyard, China.

26th April 2016

Algoma opts for MacGregor self-unloading systems

26th April 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The date of the global 0.5% cap on sulphur in marine fuel is to be determined in October, if the outcome of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) fuel availability study allows.

26th April 2016

IMO aims for October decision on sulphur cap

26th April 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi AS has christened its new offshore construction vessel, ‘Edda Freya’. This new vessel was designed and built for the Greater North Sea market and utilizes an environmentally friendly…

26th April 2016

Corvus battery system for hybrid OSV

26th April 2016

REGULATION

REGULATION

The 69th meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has concluded with the approval of mandatory reporting of vessels’ fuel consumption.

26th April 2016

IMO progresses on emissions and efficiency

26th April 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The third ExxonMobil/The Motorship Roundtable will take place on 10 May in Hamburg, ahead of the 38th Propulsion & Emissions Conference, addressing the theme ‘Engine performance and condition in a new environmental…

26th April 2016

The future engines forum

26th April 2016

LNG

LNG

Emerging engine and fuel supply system designs are demanding higher performance from cryogenic valves, writes Duncan Gaskin, market development manager at Parker Bestobell Marine.

25th April 2016

Evolving cryogenic valve design

25th April 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Veritas Petroleum Services and video training provider Seagull Maritime are to create a computer-based crew training tool on fuel management, including sampling, testing and bunkering.

25th April 2016

Fuel management training partnership launched

25th April 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä’s alignment service for propulsion equipment has been extended to new products and markets, with a newly developed condition measurement system allowing diagnosis to be performed while vessels are in operation.

25th April 2016

Wärtsilä upgrades equipment alignment services

25th April 2016

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Thordon Bearings has developed a new tool capable of calculating the amount of operational oil prevented from leaking into the ocean with the installation of a seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearing.

21st April 2016

New oil leakage calculation tool

21st April 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Netherlands-based system integrator, Alewijnse Marine Systems, has won a significant contract to refit the key electrical systems on board RV Belgica, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

21st April 2016

Alewijnse wins Belgian refit contract

21st April 2016