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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MSC Cruises, the worlds largest privately held cruise operator, took delivery of the 171,598 gt MSC Bellissima on 27 February 2019 at Chantiers de lAtlantiques Saint-Nazaire shipyard in France. The MSC Bellissima…

6th March 2019

MSC Cruises takes delivery of second Meraviglia vessel

6th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a contract with Hapag-Lloyd, the liner shipping company, to convert a 15,000 TEU containership to dual-fuel operation. The MV Sajirs existing, HFO-burning MAN B&W 9S90ME-C engine will…

6th March 2019

Hapag-Lloyd Orders First VLCS Retrofit to LNG

6th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Certification agency, Bureau Veritas, has appointed Tim Protheroe as regional chief executive of its North America marine & offshore division.

6th March 2019

BV appoints new North America CEO

6th March 2019

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Clean technology company, Norsepower Oy, has been awarded the first ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system onboard a commercial ship.

6th March 2019

Norsepower gets class approval for rotor sail

6th March 2019

SUPPLIER NEWS

SUPPLIER NEWS

Recently Hydrex divers carried out six stern tube seal operations all across Europe in a very short time span. In this article you can read about two of those. In Flushing the…

6th March 2019

Stern tube seal repairs above and below the waterline

6th March 2019

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Caterpillar Marine has developed new technology solutions for European Union (EU) inland waterway (IWW) vessels, designed to comply with the next generation of regulatory emissions required for EU IWW applications.

5th March 2019

Caterpillar Marine helps cut emissions

5th March 2019

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) has received approval from the US Coast Guard (USCG) to lower its required holding time to just 24 hours for all water salinities.

5th March 2019

Optimarin obtains 24-hour USCG holding time

5th March 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Captain Xu Lirong, Chairman of COSCO Shipping, received public recognition for his service to the shipping industry when he received the President’s Award at BIMCO’s Shanghai Conference and Award dinner.

5th March 2019

BIMCO gives award to COSCO chairman

5th March 2019

NEWS PFF

NEWS PFF

Lloyd’s Register have joined Propulsion & Future Fuels as lunch sponsors of the 2019 event, this year held in Hamburg, Germany from 19-21 November.

5th March 2019

Lloyd’s Register join our 2019 sponsors

5th March 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MAN Energy Solutions has launched a new digital platform, MAN CEON, which will collect and evaluate operating and sensor data, and enable real-time monitoring of marine engines.

5th March 2019

MAN ES unveils new digital platform, MAN CEON

5th March 2019