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
Canada’s Groupe Desgagnés yesterday held a double christening for two polar class dual fuel/LNG petroleum/chemical tankers, M/T Paul A. Desgagnés and M/T Rossi A. Desgagnés. The ceremony was held in front of
The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 says that the preliminary results of an independent study indicate that accumulated concentrations of residues from exhaust gas scrubber wash water are at very low levels
Responding to increasing demand for compact and efficient turbocharger technology for marine engines, ABB Turbocharging has launched the new A255-L and A260-L turbochargers. Optimized for small and medium bore two-stroke diesel and
A new bulk carrier design from Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding is designed to have a 50% better EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) than comparable vessels. The design, the Oshima Ultramax 2300, is the
INTERCARGO (the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners) is warning that there is no room for complacency, even though there has been no reported loss of a bulk carrier in 2018. It
JANUARY 29, 2019 — MAN Energy Solutions has booked the first order for its SCR-HP (Selective Catalytic Reduction – High Pressure) product. Mitsui (MES) has ordered three SCR-HP units in connection with
JANUARY 17, 2019 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of the earliest adopters of Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress Service, is to roll out the high-speed satellite service across its entire fleet. MOL
DECEMBER 18, 2018 — Holger Strack is to become CEO of Germany’s Zeaborn Ship Management on January 1, 2019. Until now Strack has been co-CEO of the third party ship manager, however
DECEMBER 13, 2018 —Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group reports that it had beaten its 2018 annual target for shipbuilding orders before year’s end, recently concluding a contract to build two state-of-the-art frigates
