Month: June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lloyds Register (LR) has launched a code that assesses unmanned marine systems (UMS) against a set of safety and operational performance requirements.

21st June 2017

New code will certify unmanned vessels

21st June 2017

LNG

LNG

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and DNV GL have signed a new partnership to develop new LNG carrier designs.

20th June 2017

Samsung to develop gas carrier design

20th June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A Svitzer tug with Rolls-Royce systems has completed what the companies claim is the first remote operation of a commercial vessel, in Copenhagen harbour “earlier this year”.

20th June 2017

Rolls-Royce and Svitzer in remote operation first

20th June 2017

REGULATION

REGULATION

The availability of low-sulphur fuel and the need for consistent enforcement were identified as key issues during class society DNV GL’s ‘Beyond 2020’ conference at Nor Shipping last month, which explored industry…

20th June 2017

Sulphur cap conference highlights daunting challenges

20th June 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Lloyd Werft Bremerhafen (LWB) has ended months of silence to reveal it will convert the US cruise ship Crystal Symphony in autumn and overhaul Germany’s biggest research icebreaker, Polarstern, after a year…

20th June 2017

Lloyd Werft spells out wide-ranging future

20th June 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Norway-headquartered Optimarin has signed an agreement with Netherlands-based Goltens Green Technologies which will provide it with a global network of spare parts and engineers.

20th June 2017

Optimarin signs service agreement with Goltens

20th June 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN Diesel & Turbo has chalked up more Chinese success with power orders for four new trailing suction hopper dredgers in the last four months.

19th June 2017

MAN chalks up Chinese dredger orders

19th June 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Knutsen OAS Shipping has ordered four dual-fuel MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI engines with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems for two 180,000m3 LNG tanker newbuildings.

19th June 2017

Knutsen orders ME-GI quartet for gas carriers

19th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Scandlines’ new hybrid ferries ‘Berlin’ and ‘Copenhagen’ are to employ an innovative treatment that will simplify the disposal of water used by their scrubbers to remove sulphur from exhaust.

19th June 2017

Shoreside scrubber water treatment for Scandline hybrids

19th June 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has urged the IMO to back a proposal seeking a two-year extension to the installation timeframe for ballast water treatment systems.

19th June 2017

IMO urged to back BWM installation extension

19th June 2017