Month: June 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Full electrification of deepsea vessels may be some time off yet, but the outlook isn’t as grim as some might suggest.

12th June 2024

Electrification expanding beyond the passenger segment

12th June 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Wallenius Wilhelmsen, the Oslo based PCTC and logistics group, has doubled an order for 9,350 CEU capacity Shaper class methanol dual fuel ammonia ready vessels at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) Co.,…

12th June 2024

Cheaper supply and regs Needed to support MeOH use

12th June 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Early orders indicate that WinGD’s latest advance to its X-DF platform could answer some of the challenges associated with low-pressure dual-fuel engines.

12th June 2024

VCR narrows gap between dual-fuel two-stroke designs

12th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The CHEK project’s analysis of the emissions reduction potential that multiple energy saving technologies would have on a Kamsarmax bulk carrier paves the way for decarbonisation solutions and more accurate ESG reporting.

12th June 2024

Bulk carrier life cycle assessment quantifies benefits of energy-saving technologies

12th June 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Increasing numbers of vessels are suffering failures in their stern tube bearings, according to SLS Technical Manager, Engineering, Jose Antonio Vazquez and 90% of them are in the aft bearing. And he…

12th June 2024

Sterntube failures on the rise

12th June 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Updated Marine Vessel Rules include new functional requirements and a risk-based methodology to accommodate the latest technology, writes Dan Cronin, ABS

12th June 2024

Risk-based class rules needed for marine sector

12th June 2024

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The 81st meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in London on 18 to 22 March 2024 was held the week after the Intersessional Working Group on the reduction of…

12th June 2024

Mid-term measure debate will Dominate runup to MEPC82

12th June 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Installed within Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions’ Bearing Centre in Vigo, Spain, is a practical simulation of a complete shaft line, from engine to propeller. 

12th June 2024

Test rig demonstrates complete FuTube family

12th June 2024

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Wärtsilä SLS’s IntelliSafe bearing uses sensors to provide immediate information to control oil flow in the event that there is a risk of metal-to-metal contact, which would result in expensive damage to…

12th June 2024

IntelliSafe is caring for bearings

12th June 2024

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Wärtsilä’s FuTube is a modular system, but each component is available separately, SLS Sales director Panu Sorvisto explained to The Motorship. “That’s the beauty of it; it allows for flexibility.”

12th June 2024

Unwrapping the FuTube package

12th June 2024