Month: January 2019

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Wärtsilä has appointed Torsten Buessow as Director of its Transas business. Buessow joins from DNV GL where he held senior management roles in its Maritime Software Business Unit, and subsequently Fleet Performance…

11th January 2019

Wärtsilä appoints Torsten Buessow to lead Transas business

11th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

International ship owner Transpetrol has upgraded its fleet’s connectivity after renewing a contract with VSAT network operator Marlink, permitting more potential digital applications.

11th January 2019

Transpetrol upgrades fleet connectivity

11th January 2019

LNG

LNG

LNG carrier specialist, GasLog has signed a charter party agreement with the United States’ Cheniere Energy to deliver two new LNG carriers.

11th January 2019

GasLog to deliver LNG carriers to Cheniere

11th January 2019

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Stockholm shipping company Waxholmsbolaget has launched its first hybrid ice-going passenger ferry equipped with a hybrid electric Danfoss Editron marine system to cut fuel usage and emissions.

11th January 2019

Hybrid electric ferry cuts emissions

11th January 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Hamburg-based company, United Wind Logistics (UWL) has ordered a modern deck carrier from Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard. The 148.5m long carrier and 28m beam carrier is scheduled for delivery by the…

10th January 2019

UWL newbuild deck carrier to use MAN GenSets

10th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK-based Datum Electronics has announced that its marine shaft power meter system has been awarded a plan approval by the China Classification Society (CCS).

10th January 2019

Datum Electronics receives CCS plan approval

10th January 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS), HiBallast, has received type approval from DNV GL.

9th January 2019

HHI receives type approval for HiBallast BWMS

9th January 2019

REGULATION

REGULATION

The IMO has reminded members that from 1 January 2019, ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above need to start collecting data on their fuel-oil consumption, under the mandatory data collection reporting…

9th January 2019

Fuel oil consumption data collection begins: IMO

9th January 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute (KOMERI) signed an MoU with two local partners to develop hydrogen fuel cell technology suitable for marine applications.

9th January 2019

KOMERI to research into hydrogen fuel cell ships

9th January 2019

SUPPLIER NEWS

SUPPLIER NEWS

On Thursday 27 December, an InvaSave 300 Mobile Ballast Water Treatment System was transported from Damen Green Solution’s premises in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to be used…

9th January 2019

InvaSave shipped to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for demonstrations under INTERREG Programme “Atlantic Blue Port Services”

9th January 2019