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APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Denis Bonhomme has joined TotalEnergies Marine Fuels as Global Sales and Business Development Director, overseeing all commercial and operational activities for the business’ growing portfolio of marine fuel solutions.

2nd August 2022

New Global Sales Director For TotalEnergies Marine Fuels

2nd August 2022

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

All the major lubricant manufacturers have now ensured the 40 BN formulations are compliant with MAN Energy Solution’s Cat II requirements for cylinder oil detergency.

2nd August 2022

40 BN lubricants now meet MAN’s Cat II requirements

2nd August 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments has failed to agree on whether poor CII performance should be a detainable deficiency. 

2nd August 2022

CII won’t be detainable deficiency

2nd August 2022

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Bureau Veritas (BV) and Wah Kwong, one of Hong Kong’s largest shipowners, have signed a cooperation agreement to study the feasibility of installing carbon capture and storage (CCS) units on existing ships.

2nd August 2022

BV studies onboard CCS with Hong Kong shipowner

2nd August 2022

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a licence agreement with Mitsui E&S Machinery for MAN’s new TCT axial-turbocharger series.

1st August 2022

MAN ES and Mitsui sign turbocharger deal

1st August 2022

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ClassNK has opened a new exclusive surveyor office in Rome, Italy.

1st August 2022

ClassNK opens Rome office

1st August 2022

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Government funding amounting to nearly $20m has provided a boost to modernisation and improvement plans at small shipyards throughout the USA.

1st August 2022

US Funding For Smaller Players

1st August 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Yara Clean Ammonia and Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) have signed an agreement to jointly facilitate the uptake of clean ammonia as a marine fuel in Western Australia.

1st August 2022

Pilbara Ports plans ammonia bunkering

1st August 2022

LNG

LNG

Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the MV George III, the first LNG-fuelled vessel to fuel on the US West Coast and the first to serve Hawaii.

1st August 2022

Pasha Hawaii takes delivery of LNG-fuelled container ship

1st August 2022

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Metro Weather have demonstrated the onboard operation of Metro Weather’s Doppler Lidar that measures faraway wind conditions in real time.

1st August 2022

MOL trials world’s first onboard wind measurement device

1st August 2022