Month: October 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received approval in principle (AiP) from DNV GL for its Aframax (A-max) crude oil tankers (COT) using fuel cells with improved efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

4th October 2019

DNV GL approves fuel cells for SHI tankers

4th October 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The first pilot of BunkerTrace, the system that combines synthetic DNA tracers and blockchain to manage risk for marine fuels by creating a transparent chain of custody, has successfully completed.

3rd October 2019

DNA-based fuel tracing passes first test

3rd October 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Classification society ClassNK has granted approval in principle (AIP) for the basic design of a hard sail system which converts wind energy to propulsive force with a telescopic hard sail.

3rd October 2019

ClassNK approves hard sail system design

3rd October 2019

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Per Hansson SVP, Head of Group Digital, Group Strategy and M&A MAN Energy Solutions SE discusses the opportunities offered by digitalisation.

3rd October 2019

Digitalisations endless opportunities

3rd October 2019

OPINION

OPINION

Robin Townsend of Bureau Veritas’s ship recycling consultancy partner, Marprof Environmental, warned that ship owners need to pay careful attention to ship recycling regulations.

3rd October 2019

Looming ship recycling deadlines

3rd October 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Corvus Energy agreed a licensing agreement Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) for a lithium-ion capacitor (LiC) technology.

2nd October 2019

Corvus Energy to market LiC technology

2nd October 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Supplementing the ME-GI range of high-pressure dual-fuel, two-stroke engines, MAN Energy Solutions plans to launch its ME-GA low-pressure generation with five- and six-cylinder models in the 700mm-bore size, writes David Tinsley.

2nd October 2019

MAN TO DEBUT LOW-PRESSURE DUAL-FUEL MODELS

2nd October 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

The US Coastguard awarded type approval to Beijing-based COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co. for its Blue Ocean Shield (BOS) ballast water management system (BWMS) on 7 September.

2nd October 2019

COSCO BWMS system gains USCG type approval

2nd October 2019

LNG

LNG

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has confirmed an option with China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group for a third battery hybrid LNG vessel for UECC’s Atlantic short sea trade.

2nd October 2019

UECC orders third hybrid LNG RoRo

2nd October 2019

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A technical seminar has addressed the changes in engine lubrication that the shipping industry is facing because of the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur fuel cap.

1st October 2019

Engine lubrication changes and challenges

1st October 2019