methanol fueled WTIV

Wärtsilä says Van Oord mega WTIV engine order is a “methanol milestone”

The mega jack-up WTIV (wind turbine installation vessel) on order for Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord at China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard (see earlier story) will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable

Alfa-Laval's Viktor Friberg

Growing interest in LPG as a fuel for LPG carriers

As the marine industry focuses on decarbonization, Alfa Laval reports that it is seeing increased demand for solutions related to LPG as fuel, particularly for LPG carriers. Recent months have seen significant

CSM adds holograms to its digitalization tool box

“The future is already here,” said Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) President and CEO Mark O’Neil, as he addressed an audience in Manila, Philippines, recently. The Mark O’Neil that the audience saw and interacted

Wärtsilä 31DF dual-fuel main engine

Wärtsilä to power 7 arctic shuttle tankers

Wärtsilä is to supply the main and auxiliary engines for a series of seven new arctic shuttle tanker vessels being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in South Korea. The

Jan De Nul dredge tested new Chevron lubricant

Chevron HDAX 9700 engine oil wins first-of-its-kind approval

Chevron HDAX 9700 has become the first lubricant to gain time-unrestricted approval for use MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke engines, running on either LNG or distillate fuels (with a sulfur content of up

Rendering of all-electric tug

TTB 2022 Panel: Tech and the future of tugs and towboats

Marine Log’s upcoming TTB 2022 event for the tug, towboat and barge sector will feature a March 29 panel discussion in front of a live-audience that will focus on current and upcoming

Georgios Plevrakis at ABS on Sustainability

Q&A: ABS Director for Global Sustainability Georgios Plevrakis

Georgios Plevrakis serves as ABS director for global sustainability, based in Athens, Greece, where he’s responsible for helping owners and operators develop fuel and operational strategies to meet sustainability goals. Before joining

Maintenance techs in control room

Wärtsilä signs long-term LNG carrier maintenance deal

Putting the long in “long term,” Singapore-based NYK Shipmanagement has signed a 13-year optimized maintenance agreement with Wärtsilä. The contract is designed to ensure maximum uptime and equipment reliability, with assured maintenance

electric pontoon boat

Could all-electric pontoon be small utility work vessel?

Unveiled at the CES 2022 show in Las Vegas today by Seattle-based Pure Watercraft, a new all-electric pontoon boat is aimed at the recreational market, but might well get a lot of

Unmanned autonomous vesse'

HII demonstrates integrated autonomy solutions

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions division says that it has successfully integrated its advanced autonomy solutions with Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomy product. The integration of these capabilities supports complex mission

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