Month: December 2020

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Funding of almost €50 million has been allocated in Germany for two new research ships which will both study and test maritime energy systems including hydrogen propulsion, writes Tom Todd.

14th December 2020

Germans double up on hydrogen testing

14th December 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Three global shipping leaders have united to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a push for cleaner, more efficient and greener vessel hull performance.

14th December 2020

HHI, HMM and Jotun sign hull cleaning MoU

14th December 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Verifavia Shipping is providing Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) with Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) maintenance services for around 350 vessels in the BSM fleet.

14th December 2020

Verifavia to provide IHM services to BSM

14th December 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A further phase in the modernisation and expansion of shipping capacity for the Greenland trade has been realised by the delivery of a highly versatile coaster from a Spanish yard, writes David…

14th December 2020

VERSATILE COASTER FOR NORTHWEST GREENLAND

14th December 2020

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

A customised solution for a new LPG carrier is set to demonstrate the flexibility of Svanehøj’s Deepwell (DW) fuel pump, said to be a true multigas pump.

11th December 2020

Future-proofing fuel pumps

11th December 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WE Tech Solutions has received a repeat order from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea to deliver its Solution One: Economical Operations for two new 174,000 cbm LNG carriers for Knutsen OAS…

11th December 2020

WE TECH WINS SHAFT POWER ORDER FROM HHI FOR 2 x LNGCS

11th December 2020

OPINION

OPINION

Lars Robert Pedersen, deputy secretary general of BIMCO assesses MARPOL Annex VI amendments approved at the 75th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75)

11th December 2020

Short-term GHG reduction measures will not deliver decarbonisation

11th December 2020

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Consolidation is a central theme in the Japanese response to the marshalling of shipbuilding forces and new market forays by its Asian competitors, writes David Tinsley.

11th December 2020

YARD RESTRUCTURE GATHERS PACE IN JAPAN

11th December 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has announced its participation in a Planning and Design Centre for Greener Ships that will bring Japan’s shipbuilders and other industry stakeholders together to advance near-zero emission shipping and to…

11th December 2020

JAPANESE SHIPBUILDERS FORM PLANNING AND DESIGN CENTRE FOR GREENER SHIPS

11th December 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Work was starting this month on the first of two RoRo ferry newbuilds promised in August to reconstituted German shipyard FSG by its latest owner, reports Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.

10th December 2020

Work finally starts on promised FSG newbuilds

10th December 2020