Month: January 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Yanmar subsidiary, Yanmar Engineering, has announced the deployment of SHIPSWEB, a tool for the management of auxiliary engines on ocean-going vessels.

9th January 2020

Yanmar deploys engine management tool

9th January 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A consortium of industry partners has been awarded a government grant of NOK 33.5 million (US$3.8m) towards the development of a liquid hydrogen fuel supply chain in Norway for marine applications, writes…

9th January 2020

NORWAY PLANS HYDROGEN NETWORK FOR SHIPS

9th January 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Northern Spain’s vibrant shipbuilding industry has landed the contract for Ireland’s new research ship, scheduled to be delivered to the Galway-based Marine Institute (Foras na Mara) in 2022, writes David Tinsley.

9th January 2020

IRELAND INVESTS IN MARINE RESEARCH FLEET

9th January 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

It is a simple concept: a floating box that carries large quantities of a commodity from its producer to its user. Yet the bulk carrier’s evolution into today’s reliable workhorse has not…

9th January 2020

Simplicity and safety concerns mark bulker carrier evolution

9th January 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

The era of autonomous commercial shipping will move a step closer in 2020 with the launching of the coastal container carrier Yara Birkeland, writes David Tinsley.

9th January 2020

NORWAY BANKING ON A GAME-CHANGER

9th January 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has issued its first electronic vessel certificates.

8th January 2020

NMA goes digital with certificate issue

8th January 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

KVH Industries and Kongsberg Digital have successfully installed their first joint maritime IoT system on an active working vessel.

8th January 2020

IoT system installed on research vessel

8th January 2020

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Wärtsilä’s Exhaust Gas Cleaning (EGC) system has been Type Approved in China by the China Classification Society (CCS).

7th January 2020

EGC system gets CCS type approval

7th January 2020

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

WE Tech has received an order to deliver an energy efficient package including its direct drive dual winding permanent magnet shaft generator solution to a series of two LPG carrier vessels. The…

6th January 2020

WE Tech expands into SK shipbuilding market

6th January 2020

LNG

LNG

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. has concluded a contract with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) to build two LNG-fuelled ferries, the first such project in Japan.

6th January 2020

LNG ferries an evolution in cruising

6th January 2020