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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has commissioned the development of a £1.8 million system that will enable ship owners and financiers to quantify the benefits of fuel efficient technologies.

8th February 2018

UK project to help owners assess ship technologies

8th February 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Purpose-designed for the transport and self-reliant discharge of bulk cement, the 7,800dwt Cymbidium was delivered by the Royal Bodewes group in early January for trade in the Caribbean region, writes David Tinsley.

8th February 2018

Cement trade gains new self-discharger

8th February 2018

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A leading shipyard is to use 3D model-based NAPA Steel software to help to enhance the enhancing the efficiency and reliability of its designs.

7th February 2018

NAPA software to transform DSME ship design processes

7th February 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Digital has launched a new 3D virtual application for its state-of-the-art K-Sim Cargo simulator to fulfil the industry need to secure the safety and efficiency of cargo transfer operations.

7th February 2018

Kongsberg develops 3D app for its cargo simulator

7th February 2018

LNG

LNG

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard will build the world’s first ballast-free LNG bunkering vessel.

7th February 2018

HMD builds ballast-free LNG bunker vessel

7th February 2018

LNG

LNG

Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions (TMFGS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed an LNG bunker vessel charter.

7th February 2018

Total and MOL sign LNG bunker vessel charter

7th February 2018

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Every month an expert from ExxonMobil answers questions on cylinder lubrication and engine condition. This time, global marine engine builder manager Steve Walker discusses a common concern about the global sulphur cap.

7th February 2018

Ask the expert: Cat fines post-2020

7th February 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the design for a wind-assisted general cargo vessel to Dutch shipping company Switijnk Shipping.

7th February 2018

C-Job designs wind-assisted Flettner Freighter

7th February 2018

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

They are finding followers among ferry, offshore and ro-pax vessels, but what will it take for batteries to breakthrough to the deep sea shipping market? Willie Wagen, global vice president of sales…

6th February 2018

Batteries beyond short-sea shipping

6th February 2018

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 3 has become the first system to be type approved under revised IMO guidelines.

6th February 2018

First BWM system certified under new IMO guidelines

6th February 2018