Month: June 2020

TURBOCHARGER

TURBOCHARGER

ABB Turbocharging has introduced a new drydock to drydock service package. Turbo MarineCare offers a fixed price turnkey solution to maintenance, offering shipowners greater financial predictability and peace of mind.

23rd June 2020

ABB launches holistic turbocharger service concept

23rd June 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

German propulsion specialist Schottel has launched a retractable variant of its rim thruster (SRT). The solution is available in a retractable (SRT-R) variant, in which no additional flow resistance is generated when…

23rd June 2020

Schottel launches retractable variants of SRT

23rd June 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Following a successful biofuel trial in April, Stena Bulk is now introducing low-carbon shipping options for its customers.

22nd June 2020

Stena Bulk to offer biofuel options

22nd June 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce has expanded the business formerly run as Qinous in to a Microgrid Competence Center which focuses on efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions.

22nd June 2020

Rolls-Royce brings microgrids in-house

22nd June 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Leading Irish owner Arklow Shipping, a prominent player in the European shortsea cargo trades, took delivery in June of a further two vessels from Dutch shipbuilding contractor Ferus Smit, writes David Tinsley.

22nd June 2020

VIGOROUS FLEET RENEWAL BY IRISH OWNER

22nd June 2020

REGULATION

REGULATION

ABS rules and guidelines are being digitised and linked to CAD modelling software to automatically verify designs developed for shipbuilding and ship repair.

22nd June 2020

ABS Rules Digitised for Automatic Application in CAD Designs

22nd June 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In an unexpected about-turn, Brittany Ferries has cancelled its order for the €195 million ferry Honfleur – just as work was due to resume on the unfinished RoPax newbuild at insolvent German…

22nd June 2020

Another cancellation blow for German yard

22nd June 2020

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

US-based Echogen Power Systems has partnered with GE to design a closed-loop exhaust energy recovery system that uses supercritical CO2 (sCO2) rather than steam as the working fluid.

22nd June 2020

Supercritical CO2 in Exhaust Energy Recovery System

22nd June 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to design and equip two zero-emission battery powered ferries for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö that will be built at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands.

19th June 2020

Wärtsilä to power zero-emission ferries

19th June 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Alfa Laval has signed two frame agreements, running over the coming three years, for ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). The agreements comprise firm orders to deliver Alfa Laval PureBallast3 systems to about…

19th June 2020

Alfa Laval inks two BWTS frame agreements

19th June 2020