Month: November 2020

LNG

LNG

Concordia Damen signed a contract for 40 dual-fuel barges last week. The barges feature an efficient design, Parsifal, and will be chartered by Shell and operated by the VT Group/Marlow.

11th November 2020

Dual-fuel barges for European river network

11th November 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Svanehøj has secured a pump systems order for two very large ethane carriers (VLEC) as it expands its range for the VLEC segment in the form of longer pumps with a larger…

11th November 2020

Svanehøj VLEC pump systems order

11th November 2020

OPINION

OPINION

Gas Fest and the Society for Gas as Marine Fuel (SGMF) hosted a series of virtual workshops last week to explore how to strengthen the framework for clean fuels in shipping. The…

11th November 2020

Gas Fest virtual workshops identify incremental pathway for LNG-fuelled shipping

11th November 2020

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) is to introduce a successor to its low-speed UEC33LSII design. The UEC33LSH-C2 engine is being launched with a new ultrawide rating concept, allowing it to meet LPG carrier…

11th November 2020

J-ENG TO LAUNCH SUCCESSOR TO UEC33LSII

11th November 2020

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) successfully finished the shop test of the first 6UEC50LSH-Eco-C2-EGR engine. The engine will be installed in a Onomichi Dockyard-built wood chip carrier for Japanese ship owner Tokai Shipping…

11th November 2020

Completion of first J-ENG 6UEC50LSH-Eco-C2-EGR engine

11th November 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

MAN Cryo, the wholly-owned subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions, is working on a number of projects for liquid-hydrogen fuel gas supply systems (LH2 FGSSs), the company announced on 10 November.

10th November 2020

MAN Cryo involved in several LH2 FGSS projects

10th November 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between Stena Bulk and Switzerland-based Proman AG, has taken up an option for a third methanol-fuelled chemical tanker at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).

10th November 2020

GSI to build third dual-fuel MR tanker for Proman Stena Bulk

10th November 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

DNV GL has released the first integrated rule set for floating offshore wind structures to help expand the sector.

10th November 2020

New class rules for floating offshore wind

10th November 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new generation of powerful icebreakers is planned by Finland and Sweden for escort work in the changing operating environment of the Baltic Sea, writes David Tinsley.

10th November 2020

NORDIC ICEBREAKER INVESTMENT IN THE OFFING

10th November 2020

LNG

LNG

Taiwan-based ship owner and operator U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation (U-Ming) has signed a ten-year charter agreement for four LNG-fuelled Capesize bulkers with Anglo American, the mining company.

10th November 2020

U-Ming wins first long-term dual-fuel bulker charter

10th November 2020