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Chevron Marine Lubricants has released the second in a series of new white papers focusing on innovations and developments impacting the fast-changing shipping industry. This latest white paper, entitled ‘The 2020 Global Sulphur Cap and the role of cylinder oil...

By Alan Haig-Brown There are many fine and elegant places to dine in Washington DC, but few offer the comfort and opulence to match the M/V Odyssey III. Her sleek, low profile superstructure designed to pass under the Potomac River bridges contains enough space to...

A new approach to extending the life cycle of engines has been developed by CMR Group, automation and control system specialists for marine and energy applications. E-Pulse is a new control system that can be installed on medium and high-speed engines operating in...

Damen Marine Components has been producing winches on a commercial scale since 2010, however for many years prior to that date Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam had been maintaining and building highly-regarded winches for its fishing vessel clientele. Eight years...

Diver/technicians from Hydrex carried out a pipe repair on a 238-meter cruise ship during her stop in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. The vessel was suffering a leak as a result of corrosion damage to the pipe and a swift on-site solution was suggested by the company’s...

BIO-UV Group has completed successfully the testing of an enhanced BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system designed to reduce further the time in which treated water has to be held onboard prior to discharge overboard. Holding time is the minimum period between the...

A revolutionary new technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) generated by ships’ propeller cavitation has been developed by Strathclyde University and Oscar Propulsion, a UK-based innovation and technology transfer company. The...

We present two very different views on the future of anti-fouling. Join the debate and have your say here [columns] [column size="1/2"]While marine coatings have developed significantly over time, it is essential that as an industry, we continue to evolve as the world...

Ultraviolet light water treatment pioneer BIO-UV Group has inked a contract to supply its BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system for installation aboard two Worldclass cruiseships currently under construction for MSC Cruises at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard...

ACO Marine, together with a group of leading wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has called for a revision to MARPOL Annex IV in order to verify the ongoing performance and discharge criteria of sewage treated systems onboard...

Oslo-based Bulkship Management AS has chosen Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for compliance in ballast water treatment. The company has signed a comprehensive fleet agreement that includes 30 PureBallast 3 Compact Flex systems, as well as commissioning and training. Bulkship...

from the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association The guidelines for the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), also known as marine scrubbers, have been exhaustively examined and revised three times by the organisation’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and...

Shell Marine’s recommendations on medium-speed engine oils selection have saved the equivalent of around $123,000 annually for its customer Hainan Strait Shipping Co. Ltd, one of China’s leading operators of ro-ro tonnage. On Shell’s advice, Hainan Strait Shipping had...

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 today expressed strong concerns about a proposal submitted by the European Commission (EC) which urges the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to change its Exhaust Gas Cleaning System guidelines. The proposal, which the...

Owners will face mounting difficulties in getting BWT retrofits completed in time for the 2025 regulatory deadline unless they take fast action to complete planning, and place orders for both their chosen system and the yard slots to fit them. Already, with about 250...