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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

After over 60,000 hours of trouble-free operation for shipowner Polarcus, Berg Propulsion’s Twin Fin direct electric drive propulsion system has been chosen by CSL Group for their latest self unloading bulk carrier…

21st April 2021

DIRECT ELECTRIC DRIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM CHOSEN FOR BULK CARRIER

21st April 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HGK Shipping in Duisburg is building two innovative low-draught inland tankers of “pioneering” hybrid propulsion design and more are likely to follow, reports Tom Todd.

21st April 2021

Germans pioneer low-draught hybrid tankships

21st April 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Shipping bodies BIMCO, CLIA, International Chamber of Shipping and the World Shipping Council, along with other industry groups, have submitted a proposal to the IMO, urging it bring forward discussions around market-based…

21st April 2021

Industry calls on UN to develop MBMs

21st April 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Foundation Det Norske Veritas, which owns DNV Group, has teamed up with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and five other industry leaders to establish a maritime decarbonisation centre in…

21st April 2021

Team-up to establish decarbonisation centre

21st April 2021

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

The Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference are please to announce, Roger Strevens, VP, Global Sustainability at Wallenius Wihelmsen as the latest speaker to be announced for the next session of PFF…

21st April 2021

New speaker announced for PFF Live

21st April 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A new partnership aims to accelerate the implementation of wind-assisted propulsion for the global shipping industry.

20th April 2021

Wind propulsion partnership launches

20th April 2021

LNG

LNG

GTT has announced that it has received an order for the tank design of three 174,000 m3 LNG carriers (LNGC) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

20th April 2021

GTT books order for three HHI LNG carriers

20th April 2021

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A study conducted by Cummins and Silicon Valley-based Tula Technology has demonstrated a 74% reduction in NOx emissions and a 5% reduction in CO2 using Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF™) on…

20th April 2021

New Cylinder Deactivation Control Strategy Shown to Reduce Vehicle NOx Emissions

20th April 2021

LNG

LNG

Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has announced that it obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register for a dual-fuel LNG-powered Kamsarmax bulker design on 30 March.

19th April 2021

Tsuneishi receives AiP for dual-fuel Kamsarmax design

19th April 2021

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Shipowners are reverting to high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and scrubbers after initially switching to low-sulphur alternatives in 2020, according to an analysis in March by BIMCO.

19th April 2021

HSFO and scrubber sales continued to rise in March

19th April 2021