Future short sea ships: battery powered and unmanned?

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL thinks that an unmanned, battery powered vessel could revolutionize short sea shipping. DNV GL says that short sea shipping is a promising alternative to

Damen to build wind farm support vessel on spec

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — Damen Shipyards Group,Gorinchem, the Netherlands, says that the final touches have been made to its Walk 2 Work offshore windfarm support vessel and that it will start building

ABS offers BWMS selection service

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 — Classification society ABS has launched a Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) Selection Service to assist designers, shipyards, owners and operators in selecting the solution suited to the unique

LNG Hybrid Barge successfully launched

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — The SAM Shipbuilding and Machinery shipyard in in Komárno, Slovakia has launched the LNG Hybrid Barge being built for Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine

Bore Song to fit DeltaLangh scrubber

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — Helsinki headquartered shipowner Bore Ltd. is to retrofit the M/V Bore Song with an exhaust gas scrubber and has selected the DeltaLangh scrubber technology originally developed by Langh

FMC’s Doyle: “Plenty of LNG for marine fuel”

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — If anyone had any doubts about the ongoing availability of LNG as a marine fuel, Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle laid them to rest today, noting that

Ecoships unveils new eco-friendly bulker design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 — Ecoships, the technical ship management arm of London-headquartered Newport Shipping Group, has introduced the Greenlotus 32, a next generation bulk carrier design developed to set the standard in

WR launches new on-stack scrubber emissions monitor

AUGUST 27, 2014 — Norfolk, VA, based WR Systems (WR) is launching a new variant of its Laser Based Emissions monitor at the upcoming SMM event in Hamburg, Germany. Called the Emsys-iS,

Oil spill closes 15 mile stretch of Ohio River

AUGUST 19, 2014 — The Coast Guard, EPA and Ohio and Kentucky officials are responding to a reported 8,000 gallon diesel spill from the Duke Energy W.C. Beckjord Power Station near Cincinnati,

Arctic Salvage Research Foundation seeks industry input

AUGUST 12, 2014 — Chartered in the state of Alaska and based in Anchorage with an office in Houston, the Arctic Salvage Research Foundation has been formed with the mission of assuring

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