Year: 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Even after choosing your sulphur compliance option and selecting the type of scrubber you want, installations presents a host of other challenges, writes Stevie Knight.

18th July 2018

The big installation squeeze

18th July 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Scrubber suppliers confirm the trend behind recent announcements – ship owners are finally making investment decisions. But the scramble for installations ahead of 2020 will create winners and losers, writes Stevie Knight.

18th July 2018

Scrubbers: Are you ready for the heat?

18th July 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Research into the use of solar power on ships and the selection and installation of related equipment has found the type of PV module best suited for a ship-based project may vary…

17th July 2018

Location influences solar PV module type

17th July 2018

LNG

LNG

A report downplaying the emissions benefits of LNG as marine fuel has been slammed by proponents of gas-fuelled shipping, writes Gavin Lipsith.

17th July 2018

Is LNG a ‘US$22 billion distraction’?

17th July 2018

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has successfully finished the shop test of the first 6UEC45LSE-C1 engine to be installed in a Kanda Shipbuilding-built Ro-Ro vessel.

16th July 2018

Completion of first J-ENG 6UEC45LSE-C1 engine

16th July 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A cable-laying vessel delivered from Kleven yard in April 2017 for NKT has achieved a 60% reduction in fuel costs compared to similar ships, driven by its advanced power and propulsion arrangement.

16th July 2018

Power configuration slashes cable layer costs

16th July 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Wärtsilä has signed a €170 million deal with an undisclosed ‘major European container shipping company’ to retrofit its hybrid scrubbers on several vessels.

16th July 2018

Wärtsilä scrubbers for ‘major’ European line

16th July 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Corvus Energy is expanding its battery production facilities in Canada and building a new factory in Norway to keep up with a growth in demand.

12th July 2018

Corvus to expand to meet battery demand

12th July 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Chevron Marine Lubricants has received approvals from MAN Energy Solutions for three of its Taro cylinder oils indicating the firm’s confidence in the products.

12th July 2018

MAN approval for Chevron cylinder oils

12th July 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

One of Germany’s oldest shipyards, Lindenau Werft in Kiel, is likely to close by year’s end as part of “unavoidable” cutbacks said to be caused, among other things, by competition from east…

12th July 2018

Lindenau Werft closure decided

12th July 2018