Month: April 2016

The MM63 car ferry will be initially feature two battery packs as a hybrid vessel, with the option to add a further sixteen packs and shore connection to make it fully electric VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Torghatten Trafikkselskap enlists ABB for hybrid

The 'Spirit of British Columbia' and 'Spirit of Vancouver' will be converted for LNG fuel during mid-life upgrades by Remontowa LNG

Canadian LNG retrofits adopt Wärtsilä systems

The Hybrid Flettner Freighter was the winning concept under Project SAIL and is eliciting commercial interest from at least one ship owner PROPULSION

Wind power rationalised

The new container vessels will be equipped with a total of 32 Wärtsilä Auxpac 32 generating sets EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä to power new Chinese container vessels

EQUIPMENT

North P&I warns on generator upkeep

The first factory-produced EnergySail will undergo sea trials and class consultations after land-based testing in the second half of 2016 EQUIPMENT

First factory production for EnergySail

The PM shaft generator is part of an efficient power distribution package delivered by The Switch and WE Tech EQUIPMENT

PM shaft generator for Saga LNG carrier

Jotun's Hull Performance Solution led to fuel savings of US$1.5 million, a CO2 emissions reduction of 12,055 tonnes and speed lost of just 0.5% over a five-year period on ‘Penguin Arrow’ GENERAL NEWS

Jotun shares five-year anti-fouling savings

EQUIPMENT

Waste heat recovery system partner sought

With hatch covers representing up to 15% of drydocking costs, tight planning can have a dramatic impact on overall expenditure REPAIR & CONVERSION

Hatch cover maintenance planning cuts drydocking costs