Month: February 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Digital has launched a new 3D virtual application for its state-of-the-art K-Sim Cargo simulator to fulfil the industry need to secure the safety and efficiency of cargo transfer operations.

7th February 2018

Kongsberg develops 3D app for its cargo simulator

7th February 2018

LNG

LNG

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard will build the world’s first ballast-free LNG bunkering vessel.

7th February 2018

HMD builds ballast-free LNG bunker vessel

7th February 2018

LNG

LNG

Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed an LNG bunker vessel charter.

7th February 2018

Total and MOL sign LNG bunker vessel charter

7th February 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Every month an expert from ExxonMobil answers questions on cylinder lubrication and engine condition. This time, global marine engine builder manager Steve Walker discusses a common concern about the global sulphur cap.

7th February 2018

Ask the expert: Cat fines post-2020

7th February 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the design for a wind-assisted general cargo vessel to Dutch shipping company Switijnk Shipping.

7th February 2018

C-Job designs wind-assisted Flettner Freighter

7th February 2018

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

They are finding followers among ferry, offshore and ro-pax vessels, but what will it take for batteries to breakthrough to the deep sea shipping market? Willie Wagen, global vice president of sales…

6th February 2018

Batteries beyond short-sea shipping

6th February 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 has become the first system to be type approved under revised IMO guidelines.

6th February 2018

First BWM system certified under new IMO guidelines

6th February 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has contracted TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) to supply marine compressed air systems to five newbuild product tankers under construction for Norwegian tanker operator DSD Shipping.

6th February 2018

TMC compressors for five Hyundai built tankers

6th February 2018

REGULATION

REGULATION

The implementation and enforcement of sulphur and ballast water regulations are among important environmental issues to be discussed at the fifth meeting of IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) subcommittee in London…

6th February 2018

Sulphur and BWMS enforcement key at PPR5

6th February 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Diesel & Turbo and Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine and Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) are to develop a dual-fuel, two-stroke engine capable of burning liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

5th February 2018

MAN and Hyundai to develop LPG engine

5th February 2018