Month: May 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

“The problem is with ice is that it’s all or nothing,” says Arto Uuskallio of Aker Arctic. “It’s the nature of the physics: it’s either frozen or liquid.”

23rd May 2016

The ‘all or nothing’ of ice design

23rd May 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The ten new cruise ships ordered just this week from the shipyards making up Germany’s new Lloyd Werft Group by owners Genting Hong Kong are worth €3.5 billion, reports Tom Todd.

22nd May 2016

€3.5 billion German order takes shape

22nd May 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Schottel has announced that its new high performance nozzle is now available in the Rudderpropper range.

20th May 2016

Schottel launches high-performance nozzle

20th May 2016

LNG

LNG

Heavy fuel oil is ‘discouraged’ in the Arctic and completely banned in the Antarctic, which means there is a greater emphasis on low-pollution propulsion, for example LNG, writes Stevie Knight

20th May 2016

A place for big ideas

20th May 2016

LNG

LNG

Rolls-Royce’s high speed engine unit MTU is developing the first high-speed marine engines to operate on pure gas, with first applications planned on European ferries.

20th May 2016

MTU develops high-speed pure gas engine

20th May 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

The dust is settling after yet another corporate reshuffle in German shipbuilding, but it remains to be seen if the latest changes will also benefit the repair and conversion sector as well…

20th May 2016

Which way repair after German yard changes?

20th May 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Finning UK and Ireland is urging all ship operators to implement accurate monitoring technology to document fuel consumption.

20th May 2016

Finning calls for accurate fuel monitoring

20th May 2016

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), Sembcorp Marine’s Brazilian subsidiary, has successfully completed the yard’s first vessel repair project.

19th May 2016

Sembcorp Marine Brazil yard completes debut repair

19th May 2016

LNG

LNG

Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe’s (MTEE) new acquisition and merger of Norwegian Gas & Diesel Power AS (G&DP) has been finalised.

18th May 2016

Mitsubishi acquisition to bolster gas-fuelled business

18th May 2016

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Shell Marine Products (SMP) has analysed over 50,000 cylinder drain oils samples via its Shell Rapid Lubricants Analysis (RLA) service for which it says demand has grown rapidly.

17th May 2016

Increase in oil condition monitoring

17th May 2016