Month: January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Transport for London (TfL) plans to resume its Thames crossing at Woolwich in February with the launch of two new hybrid diesel-electric ferries.

Importer · 31st January 2019

Woolwich ferry to reopen with hybrids

Importer · 31st January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WE Tech Solutions has supplied its energy efficient Solution Three Economical Operations (PTO) and Boost Mode (PTI) together with direct drive permanent magnet shaft generator to ESL Shipping’s 25,600dwt self-unloader ice-class LNG-fuelled bulk carrier ‘Viiki’.

Importer · 31st January 2019

Efficient shaft generator boosts ice-class vessel

Importer · 31st January 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

UK-based, Cleanship Solutions, has been selected as the dedicated scrubber engineering partner for a large container vessel operator’s 2019 scrubber retrofit programme.

31st January 2019

Cleanship engineers scrubber retrofit deal

31st January 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipowner interest in using LPG as a marine fuel is picking up, both for LPG carriers and for other vessels, with engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions confirming receipt of a seventh order…

31st January 2019

Shipowner interest in LPG-burning engines mounts

31st January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rosneft announced on 10 December that it had developed an electric steerable thruster with a capacity of 7.5 MW for an ice-class multi-functional support vessel project at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex.

31st January 2019

Zvezda develops thruster tech and propulsion workshop

31st January 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The global sulphur cap will take effect in 11 months. But one important milestone has already been reached for exhaust gas cleaning system supplier, Alfa Laval. The new year marks a decade…

31st January 2019

10 years of Alfa Laval PureSOx

31st January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, ClassNK, has launched Primeship-PSC Intelligence, a support system aimed at improving Port State Control (PSC) performance and ship management.

30th January 2019

NK launches PSC performance system

30th January 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin revealed today that 2019 is set to be a record year, with the orderbook currently five times the size it was at this point in 2018.…

30th January 2019

Optimarin reports record early order surge

30th January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Asahi Tanker, the Japanese ship operator, has unveiled a vessel design for the worlds first fully-electric tanker, in conjunction with ship broker Exeno-Yamamizu.

30th January 2019

Asahi Tanker introduces all-electric bunker vessel concept

30th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Classification society, DNV GL, has developed a method of hull condition monitoring which makes use of the ships digital twin, a virtual model prepared during the design phase.

30th January 2019

DNV GL brings digital twin back to life

30th January 2019