Month: October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Accelleron has published the results of a survey of 200 maritime decision-makers drawn from ship owners and operators. The results indicate that ship owners and operators believe that fuels produced from renewable…

17th October 2023

Accelleron e-fuel survey indicates varying degrees of e-fuel preparedness

17th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Exmar LPG, a joint venture between Exmar and Seapeak, has confirmed that a pair of 46,000 cbm gas carriers on order at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea will be powered by…

17th October 2023

Exmar orders pair of 46,000cbm gas carriers with WinGD X-DF-A engines

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

As the number of vessels operating on methanol as a fuel has steadily increased in recent years, VPS has deepened its experience of methanol as a marine fuel. Steve Bee, VPS Group Commercial Director,…

17th October 2023

VPS experience of methanol as a marine fuel

17th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM gensets in connection with the building of a new purpose-built, cable-laying vessel (CLV) for…

17th October 2023

High-speed gensets for hybrid-electric cable-layer vessel

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

BAE Systems has announced that construction has begun on a new assembly hall at Glasgow’s Govan shipyard. The building hall project forms part of a wider £300m capital expenditure plan implemented on the strength of the…

17th October 2023

Construction of a new assembly hall begins at BAE Systems’ Govan yard

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Brunvoll has been chosen as the supplier of a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for what has been described as the most “technologically-advanced” cable-layer vessel. The new DP3 cable laying vessel has been ordered…

17th October 2023

Ulstein opts for Brunvoll propulsion package for new cable-layer

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Prompted by recent fire incidents aboard vessels carrying electric vehicles (EVs), a leading operator in the deep-sea trades has strengthened measures to reduce fire risks.

17th October 2023

Leading Car Carrier Doubles Down On Fire Safety

17th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Work to upgrade Harland & Wolff’s Belfast shipyard was implemented last month, readying the company for a return to full-scale shipbuilding. The project to improve and enlarge the existing fabrication halls signifies…

17th October 2023

Investment Flow Starts At Belfast Yard

17th October 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

METIS Cyberspace Technology has added new functionality to its emissions management tool to help owners and operators make best use of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

16th October 2023

METIS adds new EU ETS function

16th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Kongsberg Maritime is to supply a Promas Lite propulsion system to Italian passenger ferry operator Moby to improve propeller efficiency on three of its passenger ferries.

13th October 2023

Italian passenger ferries to get Promas upgrade

13th October 2023