Month: November 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Coldharbour Marine’s inert gas based ballast water management system has always targeted bigger ships. Now the company has launched a new version of its gas-lift diffusion (GLD) plant designed specifically for large…

14th November 2017

A BWMS for big bulkers

14th November 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

The shipping industry has held its own summit at the UN’s COP 23 climate meeting with the aim of debating a shipping-industry-led agenda and exploiting opportunities presented by decarbonisation.

14th November 2017

MAN Diesel & Turbo acts on decarbonisation

14th November 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Onboard desulphurisation could offer an alternative to low-sulphur fuel, scrubber installations or LNG for complying with the IMO’s global sulphur cap from 2020, according to maritime technology supplier Green Framework.

14th November 2017

Onboard sulphur filtering: A new 2020 vision

14th November 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The first day of The Motorship’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference, being held this week on the Viking Line ferry ‘Mariella’, offered abundant evidence that LNG as a marine fuel is nearing maturity.

14th November 2017

Reaching maturity: Gas fuel evolution explored at GFS

14th November 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new analyser has been launched which can allow engineers to test seven parameters at once to help prevent engine damage.

13th November 2017

Simultaneous testing first to prevent engine damage

13th November 2017

REGULATION

REGULATION

Shipping leaders developing an action plan for the decarbonisation of international shipping have appointed Group Partners to facilitate and capture ideas.

13th November 2017

Group Partners to facilitate ideas for decarbonisation action plan

13th November 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The challenges and opportunities posed by alternative fuels, safety management and social media dominated Interferry’s forty-second annual conference in Split, where a record 370 delegates shared insights on ship technologies, safety issues…

13th November 2017

Ferry operators debate alternative fuels

13th November 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku has installed the 2,500-tonne main beam of its new 120m high Goliath crane supplied by Kone Cranes.

12th November 2017

Meyer Turku installs tallest Nordic crane

12th November 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Winterthur Gas & Diesel has continued its digitalisation drive with membership of the Shipdex programme, which aims to simplify the sharing of technical project data.

12th November 2017

WinGD joins technical data standardisation scheme

12th November 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen is to acquire a majority share in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Mangalia shipyard in Romania, Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI).

12th November 2017

Damen acquires Daewoo’s Mangalia yard

12th November 2017