100-scrubber retrofit order from Newport

100-scrubber retrofit order from Newport

Newport Shipping Group has purchased 100 scrubbers with options for an additional 100 units from Chinese scrubber manufacturer Weihai Puyi Marine Environmental Technology Co (Puyier). The bulk purchase of scrubbers, which aims to safeguard shipowners against any price...
Bio-Sea signs up roro for BWT

Bio-Sea signs up roro for BWT

BIO-UV Group has signed an agreement to supply its fully type-approved BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system for retrofit installation to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ 3500dwt ro-ro vessel Ciudad de Cadiz. BIO-UV Group will supply a BIO-SEA semi-modular system capable of...
World’s largest sloop runs seawater bearings

World’s largest sloop runs seawater bearings

Canada’s Thordon Bearings says the Mirabella V has now completed 15 years running with company’s SXL and COMPAC bearings. The M5, formerly named Mirabella V, designed by Ron Holland Designs, was built by VT Shipbuilding of Woolston, UK in 2003. The 77m flybridge...
Class NK encourages early BWT retrofits

Class NK encourages early BWT retrofits

Leading classification society ClassNK has analyzed the retrofitting status of ballast water management systems (BWMS) on its registered ships and confirmed that installation deadlines based on the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) for many of them...
RoRo vessel moves to ecological goals

RoRo vessel moves to ecological goals

Last July the underwater hull of the roro vessel Magnolia Seaways was coated with Ecospeed in Gdansk, Poland. This non-toxic and easy washable coating system will keep the hull smooth for the service life of the vessel with minimal repair and no replacement. At the...