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Paraná River push boat fleet migrates to Thordon

Atria Logistics UABL, one of South America’s leading push boat operators, is on its way to completing a fleet-wide retrofit to Thordon’s water lubricated tailshaft and rudder bearings. Atria operates a fleet

Zycraft moves ahead on unmanned fireboat development

Singapore-based unmanned surface vessel developer Zycraft USV PL has now completed Phase II engineering development of an 8 meter long unmanned fireboat. This follows completion of Phase I which started in 2019,

ASR to represent Hamworthy Pumps in United States

Brooklyn, New York, N.Y., based American Ship Repair (ASR) has signed an agreement to represent Hamworthy Pumps in the United States. ASR, which has 70 years of experience in technical solutions and

Silverstream system demonstrates 5.1% energy savings on Grimaldi newbuild

London-headquartered Silverstream Technologies reports that its hull air lubrication system (ALS) has demonstrated significant fuel and emissions savings during testing on Grimaldi Group’s newbuild RO/RO vessel Eco Valencia. The Silverstream technology, which

NYK LNG Ship Management signs optimized maintenance agreements with Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä has signed two long-term optimized maintenance agreements with Japan based NYK LNG Ship Management. The 15-year agreements, which took effect fom January 2021, cover the Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines and other

Two new products join AkzoNobel Intersmooth anti-fouling line

AkzoNobel International Marine Coatings has introduced two new Intersmooth anti-fouling hull coatings featuring self-polishing silyl methacrylate technology. Intersmooth 7200Si SPC Described as a next generation self-polishing silyl methacrylate anti-fouling. Intersmooth 7200Si SPC

Sumitomo Heavy wins AiP for methanol dual-fueled tanker

In another indication of growing interest in the use of methanol as a marine fuel, ClassNK has granted Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd. an Approval in Principle (AiP) for

MAN unveils low-pressure addition to MAN B&W dual-fuel portfolio

In a ceremony live-streamed from its Copenhagen Research Center today, MAN Energy Solutions demonstrated its latest low-speed, dual-fuel engine. Designed for LNG/fuel-oil operation, the new MAN B&W ME-GA type engine, is an

Wärtsilä sees potential for scrubbers to be used for onboard carbon capture

Could scrubbers do more than remove sulfur from ships’ exhaust emissions? Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Treatment at Wärtsilä, thinks so. He sees the potential for exhaust gas abatement systems to directly tackle

Major players eye new LNG containment system

Qatar Petroleum is one of several leading international LNG players that have signed a multi-party agreement collaborate on the development of new medium and large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier designs using

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