Austal and Fred. Olsen hone next gen trimarans’ environmental creds

Australian shipbuilder Austal (ASX: ASB) and long term customer Fred. Olsen, S.A. have partnered on two next generation trimarans with advanced environmental credentials. Starting with the design process, Austal’s R&D team used

Ecuadorian Navy corvettes upgraded using Roxtec multi-cable transits

Ecuadorian state-owned shipyard ASTINAVE specified Roxtec cable transits instead of cable glands when modernizing the corvettes Manabí and Loja for the Ecuadorian Navy. The change to Roxtec cable transits solved three issues:

Auto gasification solution will provide sustainable waste disposal for Princess Cruises vessel

Wärtsilä is to supply and install an auto gasification solution for Princess Cruises vessel Regal Princess. The technology will enable the safe disposal of waste from the ship through a self-fueling thermal

Høglund to supply solutions for refit of bunkering vessel to LNG

Oslo, Norway, headquartered Høglund has been awarded a contract by Bergen Tankers to deliver a cargo handling system (CHS) for the LNG bunker vessel Bergen LNG. As part of a long-term charter

Why non-skid deck and topside coatings make sense for ferries

Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2019 event will include Glenn Arent , Senior. National Sales & Distribution Manager for NCP Coatings Inc., Niles, Mich. His career in the paint and coatings

Uptick in interest in completing stalled OSV newbuilds

China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd has placed orders with Norwegian liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions to supply large liquid-cargo systems and associated equipment for two MPSVs the shipyard  is

LiqTech books $8.4 million order for scrubber filtration systems

As more owners specify closed-loop scrubbers, Ballerup, Denmark based LiqTech International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIQT), which manufactures and markets highly specialized filtration technologies, has won it’s largest single order to date for its

Two more methanol fueled vessels join Waterfront fleet

Methanex Corporation, and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest (Marinvest) have welcomed two new innovative, clean-burning vessels, M/T Mari Couva and M/T Mari Kokako, to the fleet of Methanex subsidiary Waterfront Shipping These 49,000 dwt vessels

GEA develops new, transcritical CO2 marine refrigeration technology

In response to both national and international regulations and voluntary environmental protection measures, more and more environmentally-friendly refrigerants are being used in the marine business. Based on more than 100 years of

Joint Industry Guidance issued on supply and use of 0.50% sulfur marine fuel

As the deadline for implementation of the IMO 2020 sulfur cap nears, a number of shipping, refining, fuel supply and standards organizations, including CIMAC (International Council on Combustion Engines) have worked together

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