Month: November 2016

LNG

LNG

US ship owner Matson Navigation Co has chosen MAN Diesel & Turbo’s ME-GI engines, with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for NOx abatement, to power two dual-fuelled containerships to be built by General…

18th November 2016

Matson selects MAN ME-GI for LNG con-ros

18th November 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

WE Tech has received an order to deliver its permanent magnet shaft generator solutions to a series of two 12,000 dwt RORO vessels.

16th November 2016

WE Tech expands into Oz

16th November 2016

LNG

LNG

DNV GL has launched an online methane number calculator to help ship owners match LNG quality to their engine requirements.

16th November 2016

DNV GL launches LNG methane number calculator

16th November 2016

OPINION

OPINION

The Motorships Gas Fuelled Ships conference kicks off today in Hamburg, Follow the action here, including speaker highlights, photos, social media commentary and reporting from technical visits..

16th November 2016

Live from Gas Fuelled Ships 2016

16th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

GE’s combined gas, electric and steam turbines (COGES) will feature in a Korean project to develop a liquid propane gas (LPG) fuelled ferry design that the company claims will cut operational costs…

16th November 2016

GE in Korean LPG-fuelled ferry design project

16th November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Condition monitoring technology expert, Parker Kittiwake, has launched a new HPC Water Test Kit which detects the presence of bacteria and confirms the efficiency of a vessel’s water disinfection system.

14th November 2016

HPC Water Test Kit

14th November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ACO Marine has won a contract to supply a Clarimar MF-10 wastewater treatment plant to a Dive Support Vessel (DSV).

14th November 2016

New supply contract for ACO Marine

14th November 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A three-year restructuring plan which will cost nearly 100 jobs has been approved to get leading German ro-ro ship builder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) out of mounting financial difficulties, reports Tom Todd.

14th November 2016

Rescue package for leading ro-ro builder

14th November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Corvus Energy has again been selected by Halvorsen Power Systems AS to supply lithium based energy storage systems (ESS) for a retrofit of a hybrid cargo transport vessel.

11th November 2016

Corvus hybrid contract

11th November 2016

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Precision Products has received provisional approval from MAN Diesel & Turbo for its latest ceramic metal piston ring coating – the first approval granted by the engine designer for this type of…

11th November 2016

Provisional approval for CM2 piston ring coating

11th November 2016