General News

A clean technology engineering company has signed an agreement with two Russian institutions to develop cutting edge sulphur stripping technology to help ships comply with the 2020 global sulphur cap regulation.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released the first type approval requirements for components within cyber-enabled systems onboard ships.

Shipowners will be better able to meet emissions regulations with a new partnership which provides scrubber systems.

Modernisation and transparency will be key focuses of IACS going forward.

Shore power could reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 12.5 million tonnes at ports in Norway every year.

A K Line boat has become the first offshore vessel to gain notation from DNV GL for shore-based electrical supply that helps to eliminate emissions.

ClassNK has released the second version of its Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems to help owners and operators meet tighter sulphur limits.

Ship efficiency software will be developed by MacGregor to increase RoRo vessels’ operational efficiency and drive port call optimisation.

Wärtsilä has tested remote control of ship operations for the first time on Gulfmark Offshore platform supply vessel ‘Highland Chieftain’.