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LNG

LNG

Shell and MSC Cruises have kicked off their new LNG agreement with the successful bunkering of MSC Euribia in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

20th October 2023

Shell and MSC Cruises enter LNG deal

20th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

NYK (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha) has announced that it has developed a digital diagnostic tool to analyse the operational sound of a vessel’s engines together with MTI Co., Ltd. (MTI) and Nabtesco Corporation (Nabtesco). 

20th October 2023

Digital sound tool for engine anomaly detection

20th October 2023

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Sweden-based marine equipment supplier Marinfloc’s membrane-free EGR water treatment system has received approval from WinGD for use with engines equipped with iCER systems.

20th October 2023

EGR bleed off water treatment solution approval

20th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Japanese marine electrical specialist BEMAC Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have agreed a deal to acquire 100% of the shares of The Switch from Yaskawa Europe Holding AB, a subsidiary of Yaskawa.

20th October 2023

Mitsui and BEMAC to acquire The Switch from Yaskawa

20th October 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Purpose-designed for a new waterway in northern Poland, the 63m trailing suction hopper dredger Ursa was launched last month by Finnish shipbuilder Tyovene.

20th October 2023

Finnish-Built Dredger For New Polish Canal

20th October 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The calculations made for IMO efficiency regulations are theoretical and generic, so work is continuing to provide shipowners with a means of accurately measuring energy savings from wind-assist technologies in practice, but…

19th October 2023

Experience Builds Wind-Assist Technology Confidence

19th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has signed a Decarbonization Agreement with Raízen, an integrated energy company with a broad portfolio of renewables, to explore the potential use of ethanol as a marine fuel and to advance the development of the first…

19th October 2023

Wärtsilä inks deal to study feasibility of ethanol as marine fuel

19th October 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Brazilian offshore and merchant shipping company Posidonia signed a deal to install Kongsberg Digital’s vessel-to-cloud infrastructure, Vessel Insight, and its K-fleet applications on a number of vessels in its fleet.

19th October 2023

Brazilian shipowner opts for digitalisation tools

19th October 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a hydrogen-fuelled multi-purpose vessel using Japan Engine’s large low-speed two-stroke hydrogen-fuelled engine as a main mover. The AiP is the world’s first for a…

19th October 2023

ClassNK awards world’s first AiP for H2-fuelled 2-stroke vessel design

19th October 2023

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

BATTERIES, SUPERCAPACITORS, FUEL CELLS AND OTHER ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian technology provider HAV Group’s hydrogen-focused subsidiary HAV Hydrogen and Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) have completed a successful laboratory test of a hydrogen fuel cell in combination with a maritime control system. 

19th October 2023

Successful lab test advances Norwegian fuel cell project

19th October 2023