Year: 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Europe’s top echelon of shipbuilders have record orderbooks through an unerring drive on the cruise vessel market, writes David Tinsley.

31st October 2018

Flourishing cruise sector buoys European yards

31st October 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Tanker owner Euronav has used its third-quarter results announcement to explain its opposition to the use of exhaust gas scrubbers to comply with IMO’s impending global sulphur limit.

30th October 2018

Open loophole? Euronav slams scrubbers

30th October 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast water treatment supplier Optimarin has consolidated its relationship with Höegh Autoliners by securing a new agreement for ten retrofitted BWT systems.

30th October 2018

Optimarin wins Hoegh Autoliner order

30th October 2018

LNG

LNG

Brittany Ferries is set to break new technical ground in the cross-Channel market next year through the introduction of a 42,400gt ro-pax vessel incorporating electrical propulsion and LNG dual-fuel machinery, writes David…

30th October 2018

LNG breakthrough on cross-Channel market

30th October 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian ship owner Eidesvik has retrofitted battery technology onboard offshore supply vessel ‘Viking Princess’, removing one generator from the ship and saving a tonne of fuel a day.

30th October 2018

Eidesvik cuts installed power with hybrid OSV

30th October 2018

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

There are just 2 weeks left until propulsion & Future Fuels so if you haven’t booked your delegate place, do so today to claim your space!

30th October 2018

Less than two weeks to go!

30th October 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The design and construction of three identical battery-powered ropax ferries for Norled AS marks Sembcorp Marine’s entry into the ropax ferry design and construction niche segment.

29th October 2018

Sembmarine wins Norled electric ferry deal

29th October 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says that total vessel operating costs in the shipping industry are expected to rise by 2.7% in 2018 and by 3.1% in 2019.

29th October 2018

Ship operating costs expected to rise

29th October 2018

OPINION

OPINION

Mums multitask; we all know that. But this particular mum, or Modifiable Underwater Mothership (MUM), takes it to a whole new level, writes Stevie Knight.

29th October 2018

The ultimate MUM

29th October 2018

REGULATION

REGULATION

Ships without scrubbers will be unable to carry fuel with a sulphur content higher than 0.5% from March 2020 after the move was adopted by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) last…

29th October 2018

IMO adopts carriage ban on high-sulphur fuel

29th October 2018