by Satzuma-Creative | Feb 7, 2018 | Archive, News
Alfa Laval PureBallast 3, the third generation of the market’s leading ballast water treatment technology, is the first solution to meet the revised IMO G8 testing requirements. DNV GL, acting on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Authority, issued an updated type...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 25, 2018 | News
One year since the IMO launched the Polar Code, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment says they can offer a complete range of safety solutions for passenger and cargo vessels operating the region. “Like the Poles themselves, Polar safety is uncharted territory to many...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 25, 2018 | Archive
Thordon Bearings has welcomed an industry initiative to evaluate the effect of biodegradable lubricants on sterntube bearings following a reported marked increase in sealed oil lubricated propeller shaft bearing failures. While many ship operators consider the rise in...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 25, 2018 | Archive
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a 10-year service partnership agreement with the Swiss company Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. (WinGD), developer of two-stroke low-speed gas and diesel engines used for propulsion power in merchant shipping. The new partnership...
by Satzuma-Creative | Jan 22, 2018 | News, Opinion
By Dr. Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter, CEO of Coltraco Ultrasonics The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) have recently investigated the cause of the 2015 El Faro disaster. SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off...
