Month: August 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel has moved one step closer to launch with the signing of a NOK 250 million vessel build deal with Vard.

16th August 2018

Yara autonomous vessel will be built by Vard

16th August 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

German shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has revealed it will, after all, be directly involved in the production of Germany’s biggest-ever cruise ships now being built at east German sister group MV…

16th August 2018

Lloyd Werft gets Genting cruise work after all

16th August 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Yara Environmental Technologies has become the first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) supplier to complete EIAPP certification of a client’s engine and SCR system, marking the first time a non-engine maker has led…

16th August 2018

Yara completes first Scheme B certification

16th August 2018

LNG

LNG

Canadian operator Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) has completed final commissioning of its latest gas-fuelled ferry, the first such vessel to be built in the region

16th August 2018

First LNG ferry built in North America

16th August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce is to produce marine batteries for the first time with the launch of a lithium-ion based energy storage system.

16th August 2018

Rolls-Royce to build marine batteries

16th August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Silverstream Technologies has retrofitted its Silverstream System air lubrication technology onto the Diamond Princess owned by Princess Cruises.

15th August 2018

Air lubrication refit for Carnival cruise ship

15th August 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ExxonMobil is to supply marine fuel via an independently accredited mass flow metering system (MFMS) in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region to provide more bunkering transparency for its customers.

15th August 2018

Independently accredited mass flow metering

15th August 2018

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

A damaged main engine cylinder casing has now been returned to service in Bulgaria, after a repair operation lasting just seven days, saving almost eight months of off-hire time. The shipowners, faced…

15th August 2018

The benefits of the Metalock process

15th August 2018

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The maintenance, inspection, and overhaul scheduling of a vessel’s tail shaft equipment continues to be largely preset based on the number of operating sea hours. This is in accordance with the manufacturer’s…

14th August 2018

Wärtsilä Sea-Master system

14th August 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Liquid hydrogen could get a leg up from the industry’s experience with LNG propulsion, writes Stevie Knight

14th August 2018

From LNG to hydrogen? Pitfalls and possibilities

14th August 2018