MAN signs global agreement with Wallem
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Global Key Account Management contract with Hong Kong based Wallem Group. The contract covers the supply of spares and services to MAN main engines, generators and
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Sapura inks optimized maintenance deal with Wärtsilä
Sub-sea services specialist Sapura Brazil has signed a five-year optimized maintenance agreement with Wärtsilä. The agreement covers Sapura’s six pipe-laying support vessels (PLSVs), which are fitted with Wärtsilä 32 engines and Wärtsilä
Key Turkish shipowners opt for Alfa Laval BWTS
The Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Group, which has around 50 members, has signed a fleet agreement with Alfa Laval worth around $23 million covering the installation of PureBallast 3 systems
Kongsberg offers a more silent propeller
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has adapted a propeller concept used in naval applications to lower vessel sound signature and is offering it to commercial shipping customers to reduce the effect of underwater radiated
Inmarsat to add Arctic Region coverage to Fleet Xpress
Inmarsat is to add Arctic region coverage to its high-speed mobile broadband Fleet Xpress service. It is partnering with Space Norway, which in late 2022 will have two Northrop Grumman-built satellites launched
IMO’s MSC moves ahead on inclinometer carriage
The carriage of electronic inclinometers on all newbuild containers and bulk carriers could become mandatory under the SOLAS convention. IMO’s Marine Safety Committee recently approved a German government submission on inclinometer performance
Grimaldi cruise ferries go greener with Corvus “mega batteries”
Corvus Energy reports that it has completed the installation of a 5.5 MWh battery energy storage systems (ESS) in each of the two Grimaldi Group RoPax cruise ferries Cruise Barcelona and Cruise
ExxonMobil introduces its 0.50 percent sulfur marine fuels range – EMF.5
ExxonMobil has introduced EMF.5, its range of Engineered Marine Fuels developed ahead of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global 0.50 percent sulfur cap. It says that all the fuels in the range
DESMI Ocean Guard BWMS hold time cut to two hours
Aalborg, Denmark, headquartered DESMI Ocean Guard A/S reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has issued an amended type approval certificate for the CompactClean Ballast Water Management System (BWMS). As a result, the
PPG wins $78 million MSC coatings contract
Pittsburgh, Pa., headquartered PPG (NYSE: PPG) reports that it has been awarded a five-year, $78 million contract by the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) to provide coatings, solvents and technical services