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GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

James Fisher Mimic will provide its specialist condition monitoring software to the Stolt Tankers fleet to enable it to enhance operational safety and improve the technical reliability of its key assets.

17th July 2017

JF Mimic monitoring software for Stolt

17th July 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Bureau Veritas has launched a new e-business solution to help the shipping industry meet the Ballast Water Management deadline for certificates and approved plans by September.

17th July 2017

BV launches ballast water management app

17th July 2017

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Brunvoll has signed a contract with Ulstein Design & Solutions for delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring systems to be fitted on SunStone Ships’ new cruise vessel.

13th July 2017

Brunvoll to serve cruise industry

13th July 2017

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Norway-owned Goltens will manage the engineering and retrofit installation of OceanSaver ballast water management systems (BWMS) onboard two of BP Shipping’s gas carriers.

12th July 2017

Goltens gas carrier BWMS retrofit

12th July 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Total Lubmarine’s Talusia Optima lube has now been approved for use by the big three major 2-stroke engine manufacturers.

12th July 2017

Talusia Optima lube approval

12th July 2017

LNG

LNG

DNV GL has conducted a study into the future LNG bunkering market in the Iberian Peninsula, demand for which looks set to surge by 2050.

11th July 2017

Study identifies huge Iberian potential for LNG

11th July 2017

REGULATION

REGULATION

Emissions verification company Verifavia now has over 1,000 ships and Monitoring Plans (MPs) under assessment for compliance with the EU’s Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (EU MRV) regulation.

11th July 2017

1,000 Verifavia EU MRV assessments

11th July 2017

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

In a review of recent studies into two-stroke lubrication, Rathesan Ravendran and Peter Jensen of Hans Jensen Lubricators highlight the importance of cylinder oil distribution.

11th July 2017

Consequences of oil film degradation

11th July 2017

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Offshore services company Bourbon has signed a memorandum of understanding to support Automated Ships’ project to build the world’s first automated offshore vessel.

11th July 2017

Bourbon joins automated offshore vessel project

11th July 2017

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Corvus Energy will supply battery power for the hybridisation of Farstad Shipping’s PSV Far Sun in the second half of 2017.

10th July 2017

Corvus power for PSV hybridisation

10th July 2017