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PROPULSION

PROPULSION

More than 25 years since its roll-out, the UK-developed VP185 high-speed diesel engine is continuing to attract contracts and wide interest in the marine export market. Much of the work intake at…

4th April 2019

RESURGENT UK HIGH-SPEED ENGINE

4th April 2019

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

A revolutionary new technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) has been developed by Strathclyde University and Oscar Propulsion, a UK-based innovation and technology transfer company.

4th April 2019

INNOVATIVE PROPELLER TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE URN

4th April 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Chinese Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China Dynamics, a Chinese developer of electric buses and passenger vehicles, to develop and market battery hybrid and hydrogen fuel…

4th April 2019

CSIC signs battery hybrid vessel strategic agreement

4th April 2019

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS

Netherlands-based Damen Marine Components (DMC) has signed its first order with a Turkish shipyard to supply steering equipment for a fishing trawler.

3rd April 2019

DMC signs first Turkish order

3rd April 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Emissions verification company, Verifavia, has launched Inventory of Hazardous Material (IHM) preparation services for ships subject to the EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU SRR) and the Hong Kong International Convention for the…

3rd April 2019

Verifavia helps ships prepare for recycling

3rd April 2019

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS

Alfa Laval has booked orders with a leading Chinese shipping company to supply PureSOx scrubber systems for 31 vessels in its fleet. The deal, which was booked in 2018, includes a long-term…

3rd April 2019

Alfa Laval books 31 vessel EGCS order for Chinese customer

3rd April 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Custom-built in Germany for the Chinese market, the 169,300 gt Spectrum of the Seas is set to become the largest and most capital-intensive cruiseship plying Asian waters when she starts operating out…

3rd April 2019

CRUISESHIP TAILORED TO CHINA MARKET

3rd April 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Denmark-based ferry company DFDS has signed an agreement to retrofit its existing fleet of vessels with Denmark-based DESMI’s UV CompactClean ballast water management system (BWMS).

3rd April 2019

DFDS inks BWMS fleet deal with DESMI

3rd April 2019

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Damen Marine Components (DMC) will make its winches generally available to third-party shipyards and equipment suppliers for the first time.

2nd April 2019

Damen winches now available to third parties

2nd April 2019

LNG

LNG

Classification society DNV GL has awarded a first Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an LNG carrier/bunker vessel based on an offshore supply vessel (OSV).

2nd April 2019

AiP for OSV-based LNG bunker vessel design

2nd April 2019