Month: May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Danish naval architects OSK-ShipTech has signed a contract to provide Owner’s Assistance and local assembly supervision of a new passenger ferry currently being assembled in Tanzania.

14th May 2021

OSK-ShipTech to support Great Lakes passenger ferry project in East Africa

14th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A dual-fuelled chemical tanker which can run on methanol has completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering.

14th May 2021

First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

14th May 2021

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Norsepower has completed the installation of five tilting Rotor Sails on board a newbuild very large ore carrier (VLOC) chartered by Brazilian mining company, Vale.

14th May 2021

First Rotor Sails on board bulk carrier

14th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

South Korea’s adaptive shipbuilding industry has landed a major export deal in the rising market for offshore windfarm construction vessels, writes David Tinsley.

14th May 2021

WINDFARM PROJECTS SPUR NEWBUILD BUSINESS

14th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD announced that its X82DF-1.0 had passed type approval and factory acceptance tests at licensee CSE-QMD in Qingdao, China in April. The engine will be installed on a 318,000dwt…

13th May 2021

WINGD X82DF PASSES TYPE APPROVAL TEST

13th May 2021

LNG

LNG

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society ABS for a dual-fuel LNG carrier design on 12 May. The design features the first…

13th May 2021

Jiangnan Shipbuilding receives AiP for LNGC with Type B tank design

13th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Yichang Shipyard has launched a new RoPax 6716, to be operated by the Port Authority of Timor-Leste (APORTIL) stimulating trade, education and employment in the region.

13th May 2021

Damen launches new RoPax in Timor-Leste

13th May 2021

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Keppel Data Centres, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Linde Gas Singapore, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Vopak LNG have joined forces to determine whether bringing liquefied hydrogen (LH2) into Singapore to power Keppel’s data centres…

13th May 2021

Hydrogen LH2 supply chain study

13th May 2021

SUPPLIER NEWS

SUPPLIER NEWS

With over 60 years of experience in the textile industry, ORIZIO SRL, based in Gussago, Italy is one of the leading producers of high technology single jersey, double jersey and electronic circular…

13th May 2021

World leader Orizio SRL recommends Vickers Oils

13th May 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the fire on the self-unloading bulk carrier Iron Chieftain in 2018 demonstrates that international fire safety standards and regulations for the vessel type…

12th May 2021

INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES IRON CHIEFTAIN FIRE HIGHLIGHTS REGULATORY GAP

12th May 2021