MOL’s FLEXIE car carriers will have new bow shape
APRIL 8, 2016 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) says that its next generation FLEXIE car carriers will have a rounded bow shape that will minimize wind resistance and is expected to
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Five year analysis shows effectiveness of Jotun HPS system
APRIL 7, 2016 — Coatings specialist Jotun reports that it has analyzed the first ever five year drydocking of a vessel treated with its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system. The data indicated
Tanker to have first Tier III certified two stroke with EGR
APRIL 5, 2016 – Hyundai’s Ship Building Division (HHI-SBD) has finalized a contract for two Suezmax tankers for Turkish shipowner Ditas Shipping. The 158,000 cu.m crude-oil tankers will each be powered by
BC Ferries awards Spirit conversions to Remontowa
MARCH 24, 2015 — Poland’s Remontowa Ship Repair Yard S.A. of Gdansk has won a $140 million contract for the mid-life upgrades (MLUs) of BC Ferries two Spirit Class ferries. The upgrade
Switch to Intersleek earns shipowners carbon credits
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 — AkzoNobel reports that the first carbon credits, worth a total of more than $500,000, have been issued to the owners of 16 ships that have converted from a
NSK Ship Design develops LNG fueled fish feeder design
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 — Harstad, Norway, based NSK Ship Design has developed a design for an 81.5 m x 16.5 m LNG fueled fish farm feeder vessel for Nordnorsk Shipping. NSK Ship
First WinGD designed dual fuel two strokes passes TAT
JANUARY 19, 2016 — The first dual-fuel two-stroke engine designed and developed by Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) equipped with a low-pressure gas admission system has successfully completed its Type Approval Test
Oman police interceptors to have Rolls-Royce waterjets
JANUARY 14, 2016 — Finland’s Marine Alutech Oy Ab has signed a contract with Royal Oman Police, Sultanate of Oman, covering the delivery of fourteen Watercat K13 Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC). The
IMF staffers urge carbon tax on shipping
JANUARY 12, 2016 – Shipping and aviation may not have been explicitly included in the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at last month’s COP21 conference on climate change, but that does
Swedish owners order LNG fueled tanker series
NOVEMBER 25, 2015 —Three partners in the Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered Gothia Tanker alliance have ordered a series of 16,300 dwt next generation LNG fueled intermediate product/chemical tankers with LNG propulsion. Furetank Rederi