Month: June 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce has received an order for four Bergen B33:45L diesel engines to power the world’s largest hybrid ferry, being built at Ulstein Verft for Norwegian cruise and transport company Color Line.

19th June 2017

Bergen engines for biggest hybrid ferry

19th June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has opened digital fleet performance centres in Hamburg and Singapore which aim to help improve vessel efficiency by monitoring and optimising operations.

19th June 2017

DNV GL opens two fleet performance centres

19th June 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Teekay is to employ batteries and volatile organic compounds (VOC) as fuel for a series of up to four shuttle tankers after receiving a NOK132.9 million (€14.0 million) grant from Norway’s state-owned…

16th June 2017

Teekay shuttle tankers to use VOC fuel

16th June 2017

LNG

LNG

Gas bunkering has begun at the Port of Zeebrugge with the bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge making its first deliveries of LNG.

15th June 2017

Gas bunkering begins at Zeebrugge

15th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Eltorque is working to bring next generation failsafe valve actuators to the market which it says will guarantee full functionality in the event of power or signal loss.

14th June 2017

Eltorque valve control

14th June 2017

LNG

LNG

Arista Shipping has confirmed it is negotiating with shipyards over an order for multiple gas-fuelled bulk carriers designed under the Project Forward initiative.

14th June 2017

‘Significant first order’ planned for gas bulkers

14th June 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

With some of the world’s biggest fleet owners, charterers and tonnage providers in attendance at The Motorship’s 39th Propulsion & Emissions Conference in Hamburg last month, the 40th edition of the Conference,…

13th June 2017

P&E – 2018: 40th anniversary edition of Propulsion & Emissions Conference

13th June 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Data analysis of more than 400,000 oil samples from ExxonMobil’s MobilGard Cylinder Condition Monitoring (CCM) programme has suggested that opportunities to manage damaging engine issues are being missed.

13th June 2017

P&E – Critical engine issues being missed, study finds

13th June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The American Bureau of Shipping has unveiled its Global Ship Systems Center in Athens, home to a new committee dedicated to developing standards used in ship design, construction and surveying.

13th June 2017

ABS opens Athens technology centre

13th June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.

13th June 2017

DNV GL charts GHG emissions scenarios

13th June 2017