Month: April 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

LNG containment specialist GTT is bringing its expertise to the transport of LPG with the launch of MARS, based on the same corrugated steel membrane as its Mark III tanks.

5th April 2017

GTT brings membrane expertise to LPG

5th April 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has secured its two-stroke manufacturing business for the next 10 years after extending licence agreements with both MAN Diesel & Turbo and WinGD.

4th April 2017

Hyundai Heavy Industries extends two-stroke licences

4th April 2017

REGULATION

REGULATION

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has invited technical experts to explain the impact of the 2020 sulphur cap, and industry representatives to share best practice, at a workshop on 22…

4th April 2017

EGCSA hosts workshop on 2020 sulphur transition

4th April 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Wärtsilä ballast water management systems (BWMS) have been selected by Minerva Marine Inc to ensure compliance with upcoming ballast water treatment requirements.

4th April 2017

Minerva Marine selects Wärtsilä BWMS

4th April 2017

LNG

LNG

A gas fuel tank designed by Hyundai Heavy Industries to fit a 14,500 TEU containership has been granted a certificate of general design approval (GD) from ABS

4th April 2017

Containership LNG fuel tank gets approval

4th April 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has signed two memoranda of understanding, with the Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS) and Tampere University of Technology in Finland, to advance its work in smart shipping and…

4th April 2017

Rolls-Royce MoUs advance smart shipping agenda

4th April 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Dutch naval architect C-Job is to provide a basic design package for DEME subsidiary GeoSea’s offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’, to be built by COSCO Offshore in Qidong, China.

4th April 2017

COSCO appoints C-Job for windfarm vessel design

4th April 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Oslo-based TMC is to supply marine compressed air systems for two VLCC’s under construction for BW Tankers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

4th April 2017

TMC compressors for BW Tankers VLCC

4th April 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

US ballast water management (BWM) system supplier Ecochlor has become the fifth company to file an application for US Coast Guard type approval.

3rd April 2017

Ecochlor files for USCG type approval

3rd April 2017

LNG

LNG

AET Tankers has announced that up to four of its Aframax ships under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries will have LNG dual-fuel propulsion.

3rd April 2017

AET throws weight behind LNG transition

3rd April 2017