Airbus to equip its RO/RO ships with towing kites
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 — European aerospace giant Airbus is to equip its own ships with SeaWing automated towing kites to help reduce energy costs by up to 20 percent. The SeaWing automated
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 — European aerospace giant Airbus is to equip its own ships with SeaWing automated towing kites to help reduce energy costs by up to 20 percent. The SeaWing automated
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 — At a ceremony at its PrimeServ facility in Copenhagen, Denmark, before a group of shipowners, shipbuilders, designers, and the international media, MAN Energy Solutions unveiled its latest two-stroke engine,
AUGUST 29, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària has selected MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales division of MAN Energy Solutions, to convert two RoPax ferries to dual-fuel operation. The sister ships Nápoles and
AUGUST 3, 2018 — Project partners Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway and DNV GL have announced the closure of the FellowSHIP research project. The cooperation has explored the use of battery, hybrid and
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Spanish ferry operator Baleària is to invest 60 million euros (about $70 million) to switch the engines in five of the current ferries in its fleet to LNG
July 20, 2018 — Crowley Maritime Corp. has taken delivery of El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG), from shipbuilder
JULY 12 2018 — The French Coastguard (Affaires Maritimes) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Thémis has become the first vessel in France to be be given a hydrodynamic upgrade by retrofitting it with
JUNE 26, 2018 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has become MAN Energy Solutions. It says the name change “represents a new vision, as reflected by a new, corporate design” and that the
JUNE 13, 2018 — Fuelsave GmbH, a German energy efficiency start-up, has launched a technology that it says is capable of optimizing the fuel consumption efficiency of all marine diesel engines —
APRIL 30, 2018 — Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) says that installation of a rotor sail on the LNG-fueled ferry Viking Grace (see earlier story) was carried out with LR approval of