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APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Chevron has announced the appointment of Ayten Yavuz as the new General Manager of its Global Marine Products business. With an extensive background spanning numerous years in the industry, Ayten brings a wealth…

9th January 2024

Chevron appoints new GM to spearhead its marine business growth

9th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that an order for MAN B&W ME-GA engines has been placed in connection with an order for a series of 4 × 174,000 cbm. LNG carriers placed by Nippon…

9th January 2024

MAN ME-GA engines specified for NYK LNGC newbuildings

9th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A methanol-fuelled Ultramax bulker design from Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) was granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by ABS in late 2023. The design for the 65,000 dwt bulk carrier was jointly…

9th January 2024

ABS AiP for SDARI MeOH-fuelled Ultramax design

9th January 2024

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Sea trials have begun of a project to explore how effective propeller coatings are at saving energy.

8th January 2024

Propeller coating sea trials begin

8th January 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a new Recommendation (No. 177), to enhance the quality of machinery piping systems in shipbuilding.

8th January 2024

IACS publishes machinery piping systems quality recommendation

8th January 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET) announced that it had placed an order for a series of six methanol-fuelled tanker vessels with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry on 29 December.  

8th January 2024

CSET orders methanol-fuelled tanker newbuilding series

8th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

COSCO Shipping announced that it completed the first dual-fuel conversion at its Nantong shipyard, located near Shanghai, on 1 January. 

8th January 2024

COSCO Shipping Nantong completes first dual-fuel retrofit

8th January 2024

LNG

LNG

Seaspan Energy announced the launch of the first of a series of three 7600 cbm LNG bunkering vessels, the Seaspan Garibaldi, at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering on 5 January 2024.

8th January 2024

Seaspan announces launch of first LNG bunker vessel for Panama

8th January 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Ulstein Verft is to build two new hybrid construction service operation vessels (CSOV) for the offshore wind industry.

5th January 2024

Ulstein Verft to build two new hybrid CSOVs

5th January 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

ClassNK has released a pair of new features for its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management tool.

4th January 2024

ClassNK adds new emissions tool features

4th January 2024