Year: 2018

OPINION

OPINION

The main deliverable from Wärtsilä’s acquisition of Transas will be the software development capability and digital platform needed to knit diverse elements into a cohesive smart ecosystem, writes Gavin Lipsith.

28th March 2018

Digital vision drives transformational Transas deal

28th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Lithium-ion battery expert Dr John Warner is presenting at the NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018.

28th March 2018

Experts Highlight Viable Power and Propulsion Solutions for Next Generation Vessels

28th March 2018

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Van Oord has signed up to its first extensive Bolier service contract for all MaK medium-speed-diesel engines aboard the Subsea Rock Installation vessel Bravenes.

28th March 2018

MaK power by the hour agreement for Van Oord

28th March 2018

REGULATION

REGULATION

Ahead of critical meetings at the IMO which commence on 3 April the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that governments must compromise in order to agree a strategy for the further…

28th March 2018

ICS warns EU compromise needed on Paris Agreement

28th March 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

As one of the pioneers of deepsea transportation of vehicles in dedicated vessels, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has put down a new marker for pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) design through the commissioning…

28th March 2018

MOL puts down PCTC marker with Flexie series

28th March 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Norwegian bank SEB has predicted that strong demand for low-sulphur oil and limited refinery capacity will drive the difference between heavy fuel oil and gas oil prices to beyond US$450 a tonne…

28th March 2018

SEB predicts US$450-plus fuel price spread

28th March 2018

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Scrubbers that remove sulphur from exhaust gasses are one way of complying with the IMO’s global cap from 2020. Monitoring their performance is essential to compliance and should not be overlooked.

28th March 2018

Keeping an eye on scrubber performance

28th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new remote and autonomous operations research hub in Turku reinforces the investments that Rolls-Royce Marine is making in these areas of emerging technology. Gavin Lipsith reports.

28th March 2018

Rolls-Royce advances autonomy agenda

28th March 2018

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

A robust and accurate Rotork valve actuation is at the centre of a new advanced oil tanker Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emission control system.

27th March 2018

Rotork actuator central to VOC emission control

27th March 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A European research project is to tackle the challenges of offshore windfarm O&M through a new service operation vessel (SOV) concept with the aim of making wind energy more cost-effective.

27th March 2018

European service operation vessel concept project

27th March 2018