Month: February 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Seal specialist James Walker has developed a new sealing material, Bi-O-Lion, after investigating the compatibility of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) with a variety of existing materials.

22nd February 2017

James Walker tests EAL compatibility

22nd February 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Chevron Marine Lubricants has expanded its FAST used oil analysis service into a new laboratory in mainland China

22nd February 2017

Chevron opens FAST analysis lab in China

22nd February 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The MSC Cruises ship ‘Fantasia’ has received her EU Marin Equipment Directive (MED) certificate from Bureau Veritas after the installation of Yara Marine Technologies exhaust gas cleaning systems.

22nd February 2017

MSC ‘Fantasia’ scrubber retrofit certified

22nd February 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

North P&I Club has published a new loss prevention briefing on how to prevent, detect and fight fires on roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) vessels and car carriers.

22nd February 2017

Preventing Ro-Ro fires

22nd February 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

US-headquartered classification society ABS has issued its first notation for the ‘ABS Guide for Cybersecurity Implementation for the Marine and Offshore Industries’.

21st February 2017

First cyber security notation

21st February 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL is launching a new industry data platform to help the maritime industry improve its profitability and explore new business models through digitalisation.

21st February 2017

Unlocking the potential of big data

21st February 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Techcross has signed MoU with the Chinese shipyard Huarun Dadong Dockyard Co Ltd (HRDD) in order to allow it to provide more reliable services to customers under contracts with the yard.

20th February 2017

Techcross extends retrofit service base

20th February 2017

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

A new marine services company under Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed two memoranda of understanding that position it to stake a claim in the lucrative market for retrofitting environmental technologies.

20th February 2017

Hyundai eyes scrubber and BWMS retrofit market

20th February 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Ship operators should make on board fuel testing an operational necessity according to Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS).

20th February 2017

WSS fuel testing

20th February 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Cruise and ferry operator Tallink is raising its game in the Baltic market with the introduction of a 27-knot ro-pax crafted to raise both revenue generating productivity and environmental standard. David Tinsley…

20th February 2017

Rising star over Gulf of Finland

20th February 2017