Month: June 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Wärtsilä and Maran Gas Maritime (MGM) have extended their current LNG carrier cooperation with a five-year maintenance agreement.

12th June 2017

Wärtsilä Maran maintenance agreement

12th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hatenboer-Water has been commissioned to supply water treatment equipment for two new cruise vessels currently under construction by Meyer Werft in Germany.

12th June 2017

Meyer Werft order for Hatenboer water treatment

12th June 2017

LNG

LNG

Rolls-Royce Power Systems and the City of Constance are to begin testing MTU’s Series 4000 pure LNG engines on a new car ferry from 2019.

12th June 2017

Car ferry test for MTU gas engine

12th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finland-headquartered The Switch has delivered its first ever DC-Hub to Wightlink in the UK for installation into its new flagship diesel electric hybrid ferry.

12th June 2017

Wightlink to use DC-Hub in electric ferry

12th June 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A dramatic change is taking place in the profile of the reefership fleet controlled by Seatrade through the deliveries of a new generation of container vessels embodying a high reefer intake. By…

9th June 2017

Major reefer operator builds container capacity

9th June 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A wind service operation vessel (WSOV) under construction for French owner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs at Cemre shipyard in Turkey will feature MAN Diesel & Turbo’s EPROX diesel-electric propulsion system.

9th June 2017

MAN diesel-electric propulsion for windfarm vessel

9th June 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed an agreement with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Shanghai’s district of Baoshan to create a cruise ship industrial park in the area.

9th June 2017

Cruise ship industrial park for Shanghai

9th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) has unveiled what it calls a ‘game-changing’ marine battery innovation which can achieve greatly enhance vessel lifecycle value.

8th June 2017

PBES launches marine battery innovation

8th June 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

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.

8th June 2017

Critical engine issues being missed, study finds

8th June 2017

LNG

LNG

An non-spherical LNG tank from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) that offers the reliability of traditional, spherical Moss tanks but with a 15% increase in capacity has received approval in principle (AiP) from…

8th June 2017

Non-spherical Moss LNG tank gets AiP

8th June 2017