Month: July 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Unmanned Cargo Ship Development Alliance has formed to design and deliver an unmanned cargo ship with the aim of advancing prospects for autonomous shipping.

Importer · 31st July 2017

Autonomous shipping alliance launched

Importer · 31st July 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Preparations have begun for sea trials of the world’s first deployment of ECO Marine Power’s (EMP) patented rigid sail and solar power system in 2018.

Importer · 31st July 2017

Hisafuku Kisen in sail and solar trial

Importer · 31st July 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The first steerable thruster to be equipped with the new Germany-developed Schottel ProAnode, designed to prevent corrosion protection, will be delivered to a Russian customer.

28th July 2017

Schottel ProAnode prevents thruster corrosion

28th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä will supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for two new 56,000 DWT Handymax bulk carriers, the first order of its kind for Wärtsilä from a Japanese company.

27th July 2017

Wärtsilä scrubber systems for Japanese bulk carriers

27th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor will supply a complete mooring and riser system to Excelerate Energy as part of a contract to service a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Bangladesh.

26th July 2017

MacGregor to supply LNG riser system

26th July 2017

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Gibdock, the Gibraltar-based shiprepair facility, has carried out an extensive package of work on a 12,049dwt, 160m con-ro container ship to a very tight time scale.

26th July 2017

Gibdock con-ro repair job

26th July 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

MacGregor will supply a complete mooring and riser system to Excelerate Energy as part of a contract to service a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Bangladesh.

26th July 2017

GFS – MacGregor to supply LNG riser system

26th July 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Fincantieri has partnered with Mapei to help it optimize installation times, reduce the weight of materials, improve acoustic insulation and develop the use of adhesives products in shipbuilding applications.

24th July 2017

Fincantieri construction improvement partnership

24th July 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Read independent reviews of this year’s Conference from companies such as ER Schiffahrt, Mitsui OSK Line, Claus-Peter Offen Tankschiffreederai and find out why many leading operators attend the longest running technical conference…

21st July 2017

P&E – Leading ship owners and operators review the 2017 Propulsion & Emissions Conference

21st July 2017

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Entitled ‘Future proofing the global fleet’, the 2017 P&E Conference saw ship owners and operators – representing a combined fleet of more than 1,900 vessels on stage – focussing on their response…

21st July 2017

P&E – 40th edition of Propulsion & Emissions Conference – 9-10 May 2018 – Hamburg

21st July 2017