Month: March 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Cargotecs MacGregor, which provides engineering solutions and services for marine cargo and offshore load handling, has secured orders worth around €22m to provide port, cruise access and equipment for RoPax ferries from…

11th March 2019

MacGregor in €22m RoPax ferry deal

11th March 2019

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Babcock International, the aerospace and defence company, has completed the refit of two NorthLink passenger ferries that run between mainland Scotland and the Orkney and Shetland islands.

11th March 2019

Babcock completes second Northlink docking

11th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two dedicated refrigerated cargo ships of record-breaking capacity have been phased into service with the fleet operated by Stockholm-based Cool Carriers, an associate of the Russian company Baltic Reefers, writes David Tinsley.

11th March 2019

JAPAN DELIVERS LARGEST-EVER REEFERSHIPS

11th March 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Chinese manufacturer SunRui has received a number of orders for its SOxFree exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS), confirming 10 orders from European ship owners since the beginning of the year, with a…

11th March 2019

SunRui confirms first orders for new EGCS

11th March 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Germany-based marine separator manufacturer GEA confirmed the signature of contracts for the installation of 20 GEA marine separators on two cruise ships. The contracts are the first for the company’s new marine…

8th March 2019

GEA confirms cruise ship orders for marine separators

8th March 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Greece-based ship operator Eletson Corporation has selected technology group Wärtsilä to supply ballast water management systems (BWMS) to its entire fleet.

8th March 2019

Eletson selects Wärtsilä for fleet BWMS retrofit

8th March 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä’s LJX series of modular waterjets has been upgraded to deliver greater efficiency with low levels of cavitation and underwater noise and has been redesignated as the WXJ series.

8th March 2019

Wärtsilä upgrades modular waterjets

8th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Norwegian/Swedish Wallenius Wilhelmsen has become the latest shipowner to join the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), increasing the organisations membership to 35 shipowners operating a combined fleet of almost 2500 vessels.

8th March 2019

CSA 2020 welcomes new members

8th March 2019

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Swiss-Swedish multinational, ABB, and Italian shipping company, Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), have completed the first ever retrofit of a technology that optimises the performance of chillers used for heating ventilation and air-conditioning…

7th March 2019

Chiller optimisation brings energy savings

7th March 2019

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the supply of a marine propulsion package to a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) under construction for the Maltese armed…

7th March 2019

Rolls-Royce to propel Maltese military

7th March 2019