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MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Kongsberg Digital has acquired Coach Solutions, a supplier of software solutions for vessel performance and monitoring. The new name will be Kongsberg Coach Solutions.

1st July 2020

Kongsberg Digital acquires Coach Solutions

1st July 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Composites have a place on ferries, writes Stevie Knight, but just how effective these changes will be depends on commitment

1st July 2020

Ferries and composites: commercial and practical challenges

1st July 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Didier Jouffroy, the Marine System Technical Advisor at battery supplier Saft, discusses the market and advances in technology in an interview with The Motorship

1st July 2020

Battery supplier looks to future

1st July 2020

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

Canadian marine energy storage company Sterling PBES has tested its battery systems ability to withstand catastrophic mechanical damage and demonstrated that thermal runaway did not occur.

1st July 2020

NMC BATTERY SURVIVES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TEST

1st July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Investigations into the 2019 loss of 345 containers from MSC Zoe have indicated that the vessels high stability was a contributing factor, and other vessels may face similar risks

1st July 2020

HIGH STABILITY OF MSC ZOE CONTRIBUTED TO CONTAINER LOSSES

1st July 2020

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Eurotank Service Group is extending its full spectrum of fuel system maintenance and installation services to the fleet fuelling sector with the launch of Europump Maintenance for commercial customers.

30th June 2020

Eurotank invests in commercial fuelling

30th June 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US based-fuel cell producer Bloom Energy to design and develop fuel cell-powered ships.

30th June 2020

SHI inks deal to develop SOFC-powered vessels

30th June 2020

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Wärtsilä’s Aquarius UV and Aquarius EC ballast water management systems (BWMS) have been granted compliance with revised IMO guidelines by class society DNV GL on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Authority.

30th June 2020

Revised G8 Type Approvals for Aquarius UV and EC BWMS solutions

30th June 2020

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä is to begin long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel from Q1 2021. The tests will be conducted on a marine four-stroke combustion engine at the Sustainable Energy Catapult…

30th June 2020

Full scale ammonia engine tests to begin in 2021

30th June 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

An international demonstration project to validate the feasibility of creating an international hydrogen supply chain, connecting Japan from Southeast Asia, has taken a number of major steps forward in recent months.

29th June 2020

LOHC hydrogen supply chain project advances

29th June 2020