Scrubber manufacturers: Singapore gets it wrong on wash water
DECEMBER 5, 2018 — The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGSA) is less than happy with the news that Singapore is to ban the discharge of wash water from open-loop exhaust gas
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Maersk: Carbon neutral vessels must be viable by 2030
DECEMBER 5, 2018 — The world’s largest containership operator, Maersk, yesterday announced a goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and said that to achieve this goal, carbon neutral vessels must be
MAN Cryo develops liquefied hydrogen marine fuel system
DECEMBER 5, 2018 — Fuel cell powered, emission-free shipping is starting to move from bright vision to practical possibility. Working in close cooperation with Norwegian ferry owner Fjord1 and ship designer Multi
Pacific Green Marine to supply Scorpio scrubbers
DECEMBER 5, 2018 — Scorpio Tankers and Scorpio Bulkers have announced that they are to fit up to 126 vessels with “hybrid ready” exhaust gas cleaning systems by 2020, if all options
Owners switch BWTS choice to USCG approved Alfa Laval technology
DECEMBER 5, 2018 — A number of shipowners, including two cruise ship operators, have changed their choice of UV ballast water treatment systems from those they originally specified to another UV technology:
Goltens completes cruise ship scrubber installation in 18 days
DECEMBER 4, 2018 — Goltens reports that it was recently engaged to undertake the installation of two exhaust gas scrubbers on a cruise ship equipped with four GMT/Sulzer 16ZAV40S and two GMT/Sulzer
Scrubbers: Singapore adds to reasons for shipowner headaches
DECEMBER 3, 2018 — In his last public speech before stepping down as Chief Executive of the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority at the end of this year, Andrew Tan gave shipowners
Norden successfully trials “drop in” biofuel HFO equivalent
NOVEMBER 30, 2018 – Danish operator Norden A/S has successfully completed trials of a marine biofuel that is a “drop in” equivalent to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), that almost entirely reduces all
French court slams U.S. master, Carnival with EUR 100,000 sulfur fine
NOVEMBER 27, 2018 — A court in Marseille, France, has issued its judgement in the case in which Evans Hoyt, the American master of Carnival subsidiary P&O Cruises’ cruise ship Azura, was
Hapag-Lloyd to fit ten Hamburg class ships with scrubbers
NOVEMBER 23, 2018 — Hapag-Lloyd has ordered ten hybrid ready Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) that will be installed on ten Hamburg class vessels (13,000 TEU) during 2019 and 2020. This will