SmartPredict aims to reduce maneuvering risks

MARCH 13, 2017 — Wärtsilä is using this week’s Seatrade Cruise Global exhibition in Fort Lauderdale to introduce a system designed to provide safer and more efficient vessel operations by reducing the

Senators to Trump Admin: Don’t cut Coast Guard budget

MARCH 13, 2017 — Mexico isn’t going to pay for that wall and neither will the Coast Guard, if a bipartisan group of U.S. senators have their way.  According to reports, the

LNG-fueled bulker design gets ABS Approval in Principle

MARCH 12, 2017 — Classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel bulk carrier design concept developed by Algoship Designers Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas. Algoship worked

Peruvian Navy takes delivery of versatile DSV

MARCH 12, 2017 — Peruvian shipbuilder Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA) recently delivered the BAP Morales to the Peruvian Navy. Features include a four point anchoring system and a launch

Waste heat recovery project aims to cut shipping emissions

MARCH 10, 2017 — The U.K.’s Energy Technologies Institute is launching a £3.6 million (about $4.4 million) waste heat recovery project aimed at cutting emissions and fuel consumption in shipping The project

Stena Bulk buys out partner’s share in Stena Weco

MARCH 10, 2017 — Tanker operator Stena Bulk has agreed to purchase the 50% of the shares in Stena Weco held by its partner, Denmark’s WECO Shipping, part of the privately owned

Two polar cruise newbuilds to have Corvus Energy systems

MARCH 10, 2017 — Corvus Energy is to supply lithium ion based energy storage systems (ESS) for two new polar expedition cruise vessels being built for “a European expedition cruise operator.” Corvus

New MAN Diesel & Turbo two-stroke can burn VOCs

MARCH 10, 2017 — Research following delivery of the world’s first ME-GIE ethane burning two-stroke engine has opened up prospects for multi-fuel combustion including the combustion of waste gas. Delivered by MAN

VIDEO: Crowley builds LNG bunkering terminal

MARCH 9, 2017 — Crowley Maritime Corp. and Eagle LNG Partners recently began construction of a new shore-side, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Crowley-leased property at JAXPORT’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal in

Teekay signs up three ME-GI sisters for PrimeServ EMC

MARCH 9, 2017 — MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Diesel & Turbo, has signed a maintenance contract with Teekay Shipping. The new EMC (Engine Management Concept) contract is for the

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