Month: March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Constituting close to US$155m in capital expenditure, Palm Beach (Florida)-based Tropical Shipping is realising a major programme of fleet renewal and capacity expansion committed to the Caribbean market, David Tinsley writes.

6th March 2019

MAJOR COMMITMENT TO CARIB TRADE

6th March 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Auramarine, a leading provider of fuel supply systems for the marine and power industries, has launched a Get Ready for 2020 initiative to help owners and operators manage the operational impact of…

6th March 2019

Auramarine launches Get Ready for 2020 initiative

6th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MSC Cruises, the worlds largest privately held cruise operator, took delivery of the 171,598 gt MSC Bellissima on 27 February 2019 at Chantiers de lAtlantiques Saint-Nazaire shipyard in France. The MSC Bellissima…

6th March 2019

MSC Cruises takes delivery of second Meraviglia vessel

6th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a contract with Hapag-Lloyd, the liner shipping company, to convert a 15,000 TEU containership to dual-fuel operation. The MV Sajirs existing, HFO-burning MAN B&W 9S90ME-C engine will…

6th March 2019

Hapag-Lloyd Orders First VLCS Retrofit to LNG

6th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Certification agency, Bureau Veritas, has appointed Tim Protheroe as regional chief executive of its North America marine & offshore division.

6th March 2019

BV appoints new North America CEO

6th March 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Clean technology company, Norsepower Oy, has been awarded the first ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system onboard a commercial ship.

6th March 2019

Norsepower gets class approval for rotor sail

6th March 2019

SUPPLIER NEWS

SUPPLIER NEWS

Recently Hydrex divers carried out six stern tube seal operations all across Europe in a very short time span. In this article you can read about two of those. In Flushing the…

6th March 2019

Stern tube seal repairs above and below the waterline

6th March 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Caterpillar Marine has developed new technology solutions for European Union (EU) inland waterway (IWW) vessels, designed to comply with the next generation of regulatory emissions required for EU IWW applications.

5th March 2019

Caterpillar Marine helps cut emissions

5th March 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) has received approval from the US Coast Guard (USCG) to lower its required holding time to just 24 hours for all water salinities.

5th March 2019

Optimarin obtains 24-hour USCG holding time

5th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Captain Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO Shipping, received public recognition for his service to the shipping industry when he received the President’s Award at BIMCO’s Shanghai Conference and Award dinner.

5th March 2019

BIMCO gives award to COSCO chairman

5th March 2019