Year: 2018

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Brunvoll has won two large equipment packages for a live fish carrier vessel and another plug-in hybrid system for a whale watching and sightseeing vessel.

21st August 2018

Brunvoll equipment orders focus on hybrid

21st August 2018

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded significant contracts with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co China to deliver power and hybrid systems to nine Roll on–Roll off (Ro-Ro) vessels ordered by Italy’s Grimaldi Group.

20th August 2018

Hybrid power deal for nine Ro-Ro vessels

20th August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German industrial group Siemens AG to jointly develop fuel cell-based drive and power generating systems for marine applications.

20th August 2018

Marine fuel cell-based drive partnership

20th August 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Meyer is expanding use of Cadmatic design and information management software at its shipyards to improve its cruise vessel design and shorten design and construction lead-times.

17th August 2018

Cadmatic software to improve Meyer design

17th August 2018

SUPPLIER NEWS

SUPPLIER NEWS

Expanding its global presence, MyTaskit has signed its first international reseller. Auckland, New Zealand-based Pacsoft Marina & Boatyard Management Systems now provides sales and technical support for MyTaskit Pro, the award-winning online…

16th August 2018

MYTASKIT NAMES PACSOFT FIRST INTERNATIONAL RESELLER

16th August 2018

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

Scientists at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy have developed a computational model which determines the maintenance intervals for exhaust gas turbochargers.

16th August 2018

Turbocharger service interval predictions

16th 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